Babatunji Johnson-Guest Artist
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.
Tim Fox- 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.
Tatum Quiñónez- 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