Hannah (she/they) is a freelance choreographer, dancer, and performer based in the Bay Area. They graduated with honors from the Alonzo King Lines Ballet BFA program in dance at Dominican University of California where they also earned a minor in mathematics. Hannah was recently onstage in Calculated Movements (MoveSpeakSpin), Oklahoma! (Cinnabar Theater), Manifold (Stanford Live), A Chorus Line (San Francisco Playhouse), Knufflebunny (PLAY Theater Company), Beauty and the Beast (Opera San Luis Obispo), Hello Dolly! (Mountain Play), and as a dancer for Dr. Catie Cuan’s research at the Stanford Robotics Center. Hannah recently choreographed A Chorus Line at 6th Street Playhouse and is assistant directing A Year with Frog and Toad at PLAY Theater Company. Additionally, they trained at dance intensives, including Salt Dance, Ballet West, Post:Ballet, and VerdonFosse Legacy. You can find her choreographing, performing, and frequently cartwheeling throughout the Bay. Hannah is forever thankful for the support of her family and artistic community.
Photo by: BekahLynn Broas
Hannah Woolfenden - Choreographer in Residence
Babatunji is a dance artist, choreographer, and creative innovator based out of San Francisco. Over the past 8 years, Babatunji has developed a unique movement language, blending his background in ballet, contemporary, breaking, and hip hop. For over a decade he has worked with one of the greatest American choreographers, Alonzo King. As a freelance dancer, Babatunji has worked with Post:ballet, Ishida Dance Company, SFDanceworks, tinypistol and Ballare Carmel. Additionally, his work for film includes features in Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs’ Blindspotting on Starz, as well as Misty Copeland’s short art film Flower.
Babatunji Johnson-Guest Artist
Mr. Fox began his training at the age of nine in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with Moscelyne Larkin and Roman Jasinski who danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. He studied on full scholarships at American Ballet Theatre (ABT) and The School of American Ballet (SAB) where he was personally asked by George Balanchine to join The New York City Ballet. While dancing at NYCB, Tim worked under the direction of George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Peter Martins. He also danced as a Principal Dancer with the San Francisco Ballet under the direction of Helgi Tomasson. Tim is grateful to have had teachers like Stanley Williams, Andre Kramarevsky and Suki Schorer. Tim performed principal roles in Divertimento #15, Symphony in C, Four Temperaments, Midsummer Night's Dream, Serenade (George Balanchine), Fancy Free, Four Seasons (original cast), and Interplay (Jerome Robbins), Romeo and Juliet (Michael Smuin), Val Caniporoli as well as Forgotten Land by Jiri Kylian and Sunset by Paul Taylor.
Tim Fox- Guest Artist
Tatum Quiñónez grew up in Phoenix, Arizona where she began her training at Master Ballet Academy. In 2016, she continued with her training at Ballet West Academy and the BWA trainee program. She spent her summers at Ballet Arizona, Ballet Austin, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet West, and Oregon Ballet Theatre. Quiñónez then joined Oregon Ballet Theatre’s second company, OBT2, in 2019. She has performed works by Alonzo King, George Balanchine, August Bournonville, Willam Christensen, Gerald Arpino, Christopher Stowell, James Canfield, and LeeWei Chao. Quiñónez joined Alonzo King LINES Ballet in 2021, where she is currently a company artist.
Photo by: RJ Muna
Tatum Quiñónez- Guest Artist
Nic Moore (he/him) is a director, stage combat coordinator and actor who has worked across the Bay Area. He has directed and taught at: Novato Theater Company, Marin School of the Arts, YES Theater, Marin Shakespeare Company, Stapleton School of the Performing Arts and Lorenzo High School. As an actor he has performed with Curtain Theatre, 6th Street Playhouse, Theatre Rhinoceros, Alter Theater, New Conservatory Theater Center and will be performing at the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival this Summer. Nic has trained at Shakespeare & Company, The American Musical and Dramatic Academy and The Meisner Technique Studio.