Calvin Walker
Calvin Walker is a Vermont based dancer, writer, and artist. He is a founding member of the Rhythm Riderz, Vermont’s oldest active breaking crew. He has coordinated dance workshops throughout New England for two decades. Previously, he worked with Green Mountain Performing Arts (formerly One Studio) during its transition into a nonprofit, The Flynn Center for Performing Arts, and the Blue Cross Velocity community outreach program.
Elizabeth Kurylo
Elizabeth was born in France where she began her dance career. In the 90’s, she left the profession to pursue a degree in physical therapy at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, NJ. She never really stopped dancing and choreographing while being a therapist, but now that she is retired, she is free to focus all her energy and renewed passion into creating new works with dancers from the Upper Valley community. She is dedicated to help dance artists develop their creative potential and to make dance accessible to all audience. The ChoreoLab residency and Junction Dance Festival are her brainchilds.
Mary Chris DeBelina
MC is a dance artist, living in Montpelier, VT. MC holds a BA in biology and dance from Dartmouth College and an MFA in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College. She has trained at Children’s Creative Dance Theater at the University of Utah and at Mark Morris Dance Group in Brooklyn in Dance for Parkinson’s, rounding out her dance teaching as she says “from ages 0-100.” In addition to teaching, she creates her own work, performs with local artists and the Juventas New Music Ensemble. MC is also on the board of directors for Phantom Theater and the Vermont Dance Alliance, as well as being a mother of four. When she and her family aren’t dancing, they can be found hiking up mountains or folding mountains of laundry.
Edward P Childs
Edward has served on a number of non-profit boards during his 35 years in Vermont, including the Montessori School (Norwich), the Upper Valley Music Center and the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. He currently represents the town of Corinth on the board of E.C. Fiber. Edward composes music in his spare time. His sister and daughter are internationally acclaimed dance artists.
Sonia Plumb
Sonia Plumb was born and raised in rural Vermont. She moved to Hartford to attend Trinity College, where she received a BA in Theater & Dance. Sonia has choreographed 50+ dances during her career. She was the first artist in residence at the University of St. Joseph, West Hartford, CT and launched Sonia Plumb Dance Company, as a nonprofit, in 1991.
Chloe Schafer
Chloe A. Schafer (she/her) is a dance artist, scholar, teacher, and arts administrator based in New York, with lasting ties to Vermont. She researches, teaches, and creates dance with the hope of softening the edges of our collective imagination and proposing alternative realities full of whimsy, focus, humor, and care. Chloe was one of the 2023 ChoreoLab TJDF residents and is excited to return and help organize this year’s festival. Chloe received her M.F.A.in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College and holds a B.A. in Dance and B.S. in Anthropology from the University of Vermont.
Ann Bosse
Ann Bosse has been a body in motion since childhood. After earning her B.S. in Dance Performance and Choreography from Skidmore College Ann went on to dance professionally with many companies including the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, Saba Dance Theater, TAKE Dance, RIOULT, Trainor Dance, and Mazzini Dance. The majority of her 12 years dancing in NYC were spent studying with the Paul Taylor Dance Company and former Lar Lubovitch Dance Company dancer Christine Wright. Ann and her family relocated to Vermont in 2022, finding a new dance home in partnership with MC DeBelina and the co-creation of Bosse DeBelina Dance, a small but mighty dance company based out of Dance And Movement Center (DAMC) in Barre, VT. Ann is a proud member of the DAMC faculty and is honored to serve on the board of directors for The Junction Dance Festival.