ALONZO KING has been called a visionary choreographer, who is altering the way we look and think about movement. King calls his works ‘thought structures’, created by the manipulation of energies that exist in matter through laws, which govern the shapes and movement directions of everything that exists. Named as a choreographer with ”astonishing originality” by the New York Times, Alonzo King LINES Ballet has been guided by his unique artistic vision since 1982. King has works in the repertories of the world’s leading ballet and modern companies and has collaborated with distinguished visual artists, musicians and composers across the globe. His work has been recognized for its impact on the cultural fabric of the company’s home in San Francisco, as well as internationally by the dance world’s most prestigious institutions. Named a Master of Choreography by the Kennedy Center in 2005, King is the recipient of the NEA Choreographer’s Fellowship, the Jacob’s Pillow Creativity Award, the US Artist Award in Dance, NY Bessie Award, and the National Dance Project’s Residency and Touring Awards. In 2015 he received the Doris Duke Artist Award in recognition of his ongoing contributions to the advancement of contemporary dance. Joining historic icons in the field, King was named one of America’s “Irreplaceable Dance Treasures” by the Dance Heritage Coalition. He is a former San Francisco commissioner, and a writer and lecturer on humanity and art. He holds an honorary Doctorate from Dominican University, California Institute of the Arts, and The Juilliard School. In 2024, he also received the Minyon Harlin Award from UCSF for his service to women and girls with HIV.
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Nicholas Korkos
Native San Franciscan, Nicholas Korkos has performed with Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Aszure Barton & Artists, Hubbard Street 2, Loni Landon Dance Project, Zhukov Dance Theatre, Robert Moses’ KIN, project agora, tinypistol, Opera Omaha, San Francisco Opera and three times with the San Francisco Symphony, including a restaged version of On the Town with the original Broadway revival cast. In addition to performing, Korkos has choreographed on San Francisco Danceworks, LINES Ballet BFA at Dominican, LINES Ballet Summer Program, at SAFEhouse Arts, and in the RAW Concept Series. As a photographer Korkos has photographed for Opera Philadelphia, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Opera Parallèle, and various dance companies, and his work has been seen in numerous publications including The New York Times. Finally, Korkos is the founder of Red Brick Company, a contemporary dance theatre company, a band of missing puzzle pieces coming together to tell the stories of the people, of the simple yet profound, and of those that celebrate the inclusive and collaborative necessity.
Alonzo King LINES Ballet | BFA at Dominican, Summer Program
Photography | © Maximillian Tortoriello
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Marlayna Locklear
Marlayna Locklear hails from Milwaukee, WI. She began her training at the age of 12 at City Ballet Theatre and went on to graduate from Milwaukee High School of the Arts and University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA with a BFA in Ballet and Jazz. Marlayna was one of the founding members of The Milwaukee Dance Connection and has gone on to dance with Eleone Dance Theatre, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Dallas Black Dance Theatre II, Owen Cox Dance group, NuWorld Contemporary Danse Theatre, Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre, and Dayton Contemporary Dance Company where she served as the company Jazz and Contemporary instructor as well as Resident Choreographer for DCDC II.
Marlayna is a freelance artist and teaches and choreographs at Universities around the nation.
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MARUSYA MADUBUKO
Originally from New York, NY, Marusya Madubuko began her pre-professional training at age 15 with Premiere Division Ballet under the tutelage of Nadege Hottier. In 2019, Madubuko competed at the Royal Grand Prix in Italy, winning second place for her contemporary and classical solo. She has trained with the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, the Royal Ballet School, and at San Francisco Ballet School where she had the opportunity to dance repertoire including Helgi Tomasson’s Nutcracker and Cinderella, as well as George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In 2021, she participated in BalletUnleashed’s first creative project “Switchback”, working with choreographer Cathy Marston to create a solo. Madubuko joined LINES Ballet in 2021.
Photography: Alonzo King LINES Ballet | Dancer: Marusya Madubuko | © RJ Muna
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Kathy Mata
To register for classes at LINES Dance Center with Kathy Mata, visit kathymataballet.org.
Kathy Mata trained with Ms. Tatiana Svetlanova of the School of Russian Ballet, Mr. Alan Howard of the Academy of Ballet, The Royal Academy of Dancing, and others. She was a member of the California Imperial Ballet, Pacific Ballet, and the San Francisco Ballet. Ms. Mata has taught adult dancers since 1985, and she has taught at LINES Dance Center in San Francisco since 1995, specializing in adult ballet. Kathy Mata Ballet was created in 1988 and has been showcasing original works synthesizing contemporary and classical dance forms since. Her company often incorporates multi-cultural dances and music, including gospel, Afro-Cuban, Japanese, Brazilian, Chinese, and modern dance, with classical ballet.
Alonzo King LINES Ballet | Dance Center
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Catalina O’Connor
Catalina O’Connor is a dancer and teaching artist based in the Bay Area. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Saint Mary’s College of California in 2019 where she studied Dance, Hispanic Literature, and Art History. Catalina was an assistant teaching artist for Jia Wu’s AAIACE (American Alliance of International Arts, Culture, and Education) inaugural Summer camp in Suzhou, China in Summer 2019. She is currently an instructor at Ace Dance Academy and subbing classes for the Shawl Anderson Youth Program. She is a member of Davalos Dance Company and has performed their work in Panicale, Italy and around the Bay Area. Catalina has also collaborated with Kaveri Seth, Hailey Yaffee and Andrew Merrell & Randee Paufve. She is excited to join the HeART with LINES program as an assistant teaching artist and hopes to continue learning from her colleagues and students.
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Daiane Lopes da Silva
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Daiane Lopes da Silva is a choreographer, educator and artistic director of Kinetech Arts, where she investigates the intersection of dance, science, and technology. She is a faculty member of Alonzo King LINES Dance Center and Western Ballet, and has taught at ODC Dance Commons, Sonoma State University, and various international dance schools. Daiane leverages her broad practice in ballet, contemporary dance, yoga, Tai chi and meditation to help students gain efficiency and elegance in their movement.
Daiane has choreographed more than ten full-length performances. Her work has been performed in South America, North America and Europe. In addition to choreographing for Kinetech Arts, she has also created works for Dance Brigade, West Bay Opera, Robert Moses’ Kin, Lake Tahoe Dance Collective, and Western Ballet. Her main residencies include Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Headlands Center for the Arts, ODC Theater, CounterPulse, SAFEhouse Arts, and Estalagem da Ponta do Sol Residency in Madeira, Portugal.
Daiane studied at The Municipal Ballet of São Paulo and at P.A.R.T.S. (Performing Arts Research and Training Studios), directed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker in Brussels. She has performed with Companhia de Dança de Lisboa, Companhia de Dança de Almada, KUNST-STOFF Dance Company, Labayen Dance, little seismic dance company, Robert Moses’ Kin, and in works of Sara Shelton Mann, among others. For more information about her work, please visit www.kinetecharts.org
Alonzo King LINES Ballet | Dance Center, TEENS at LINES
Photography | © Weidong Yang
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Sally Miramon
To inquire about classes at LINES Dance Center with Sally Miramon, send her an email.
Sally Miramon was trained at the University of Utah and has over twenty-five years of ballet training and over ten years of ethnic dance training. She has trained and taught with Ratimir Antic Exq., M. La Nova, Ron Guidi, and Yehuda Maor. She has performed with the Utah Festival Ballet, Theatre Ballet of San Francisco, Pacific Dance Theatre, Pepper Smith’s Arabesque, Amorfia, and Kathy’s Dance Inspirations. Her dance experience includes being an assistant director, ballet mistress, choreographer, and costume designer.
Alonzo King LINES Ballet | Dance Center
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Dexandro Montalvo
Born and raised in New York, Dexandro Montalvo is a San Francisco based director, choreographer, dancer, and dance educator. A professional dancer with Robert Moses’ Kin (RMK) and various other companies for over six seasons, his choreographic commissions include works for RMK, Liss Fain Dance Company, LINES Ballet’s Training and Summer Programs, The Black Eyed Peas, DanceWorks Chicago, MINI (USA), Mini Amp Live, SF Ballet School, Concept o4, Dance Mission’s Dance Brigade, Sleepy Hollow Performing Arts Center, Cardinal Ballet, University of SF Dance Ensemble, Marin School of the Arts, & the ODC Dance Jam. Dexandro and his choreography have appeared on the MTV, BET, Telemundo, and Fox networks. He is a past Artistic Director of the Dance Theatre of San Francisco (in his tenure DTSF won two of the four Isadora Duncan award nominations including “Outstanding Choreography” for his ballet, “Pent”). Additionally, he was awarded a 2019 Saint Louis Inner Circle Award for “Such Sweet Thunder”, won an Izzie Award for his choreography in “Art Behind Bars” in 2014, and was nominated for another with “Impluse” in 2015 (RMK commission).
As a dance educator, Dexandro currently teaches at SF Ballet, USF, Dominican University of California (LINES Ballet BFA Program), LINES Ballet Training Program, and ODC Dance Commons. Dexandro also serves as Assistant Director and Rehearsal Master of ODC’s pre-professional teen company. He has also taught at many other schools including Stanford University, SUNY Purchase College, and Sleepy Hollow Performing Arts Center. Dexandro holds a BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase College.
Learn more at DexandroMontalvo.com
Alonzo King LINES Ballet | BFA at Dominican and Summer Program
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Charles Moulton
Guggenheim Award winner Charles Moulton began his career dancing with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1973–1976. He created and set works on the Joffrey Ballet, Baryshnikov’s White Oak Project and many other dance companies in the US and abroad. He won 1989 Dorothy Chandler Arts Achievement Award and received support for his work from the NEA, NYSCA, The Jerome Foundation, and New Music USA. Moulton directed many theater and opera productions and created numerous works for film and television, including choreography for 2,000 dancers in the Matrix Reloaded.
Charles Moulton is a founding co-director of Performance Space 122 in downtown Manhattan and is widely regarded for his signature work Ball Passing, in which large groups work together to solve a living puzzle. Over its more than 40 year history, Ball Passing emerged as a powerful tool for learning and change for community centers, corporations, hospitals, management teams, performing arts organizations, and those with special physical and emotional needs. Moulton lives in Oakland, CA and is the co-artistic director of Garrett + Moulton Productions with choreographer Janice Garrett.
Alonzo King LINES Ballet | BFA at Dominican
Photography | © Charles Moulton