Who's Who

Benita Bike, Artistic Director

Choreographer Benita Bike began her dance training in Arizona at the age of three. In college, she studied with Utah Repertory Dance Theatre, the faculty of Bennington College and the faculty of the University of Arizona. In New York, she studied with Robert Christopher, Emmy Devine, Karen Levy, and Ruth Currier.

Benita is a 2008 recipient of a Durfee ARC grant, a Massachusetts Artists Foundation Choreographic Fellowship recipient, and a former Artist-in-residence at Massachusetts College of Art. In Massachusetts, Benita was the Chair of the Boston Dance Alliance and a member of the Boston Cultural Corporation's Curatorial Board.

In Los Angeles, Benita served on the Board of the Dance Resource Center for two years. She has taught dance at her studio in Boston, at Boston Center for Adult Education, Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro and at Whittier College in Whittier, California. Benita was Co-producer of the Fountain Theatre's annual Festival of Solos & Duets in Hollywood between 1995 and 2007. From 2001-2004, she was Coordinator of the annual dance series at the Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, California.

The Company

Tiffany Jones
Denai Lovrien
Trudy Niess-Stevens
Teya Wolvington

(For former company members, click here.)

Photo by Elazar Harel

Board of Directors

• Sandra Spade Abeles
• Roseann Baker
• Cari Reese Beehler
• Benita Bike
• Patricia Buckley
• Anna Harris
• Karen Schetina
• Loui Tucker

Technical

Dean Wallraff, Composer in Residence