Artists
Kevin Williamsonartistic director
Kevin Williamson is the artistic director of KDUB DANCE, founded in Los Angeles in 2008. Kevin began training and performing commercially at the age of ten. He received his BA in World Arts and Cultures in 2004 from UCLA. Since he has performed for Julie Taymor, Angelin Preljocaj, Robert Moses, Maria Gillespie, David Gordon, Stephan Koplowitz, Sebastian Prantl, David Bridel, and Kate Hutter across the US, UK, and Europe. Kevin is a member of Robert Moses’ Kin, Oni Dance, and a founding member of Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company (LACDC). He is the winner of this year’s Lester Horton Award for Outstanding Achievement in Male Performance and one of the Beverly Hills Outlook’s Male Performer of the year in 2010.
Choreographically, Kevin has created works for LACDC, Los Angeles Movement Arts (LAMA), Fringe Festival Scotland, Highways Performance Space, House of Blues (Las Vegas), Freud Theatre (UCLA), and Miami’s Winter Music Conference. Williamson’s interest is in the fragility, and flailing nature of structured improvisation, and the idiosyncratic possibilities of contemporary choreography. His hope is that KDUB DANCE will create opportunities for artists and audiences to experience the potency of live dance theatre in a format that is an open, and on-going dialogue.
Kevin began teaching in the studio network at the age of 16. During college he was an instructor, and choreographer for four dance academies in Southern California. He became the full-time dance educator at Chadwick School in Palos Verdes in 2008, and most recently finished a Teacher’s Fellowship awarded by Bates Dance Festival in Lewiston, Maine. Kevin’s philosophy is that each class is a unique, imperfect dance experience focused on somatic functions, performance skill sets, and healthy risk-taking.
Arletta Andersongrew up in Northern California where her outfit of choice was always a tutu. She came to Los Angeles to attend Loyola Marymount University. Since receiving her B.A. in Dance, she has been performing and collaborating with unique artists as a highly active member in the professional dance community. She is a founding core member of Holly Johnston’s Ledges and Bones Dance Project, and is a member of Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company. She has worked with IN/EX Dance Project, choreographer Kindra Windish, Rebecca Pappas’ Pappas and Dancers, and is currently performing with the Regina Klenjoski Dance Company. Arletta has performed at venues throughout Southern California, San Francisco, Berkeley, Connecticut, and New York. Arletta began working with Kevin Williamson in 2008, and is a collaborating member of KDubdance.
Zsolt Banki
originally from Hungary, was a graduate of the Hungarian Dance Academy, where he received his degree in classical training, specializing in folk dance and theatrical dance art. Additional training included the Nizza Art Institute and a master’s course with Jorma Uoutien. He has performed leading roles in Piaf Piaf, Spartacus 2076, Carmen, Black Advent, Cats, Chess, Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar. His choreography credits include Snow Queen, Carmen, Do You Love Me?, Angel Of Graffiti, and Study Of Women.
Nicholas Heitzerbergunlike most dancers, grew up playing competitive sports with his 3 brothers. During high school he found a love for hip-hop and partner dance. He graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in Dance, and a minor in Art in 2007. There he studied with movement educators, and choreographers Holly Johnston, Maria Gillespie, Hassan Christopher, Damon Rago, and Scott Heinzerling. Since graduating he has been performing with the Regina Klenjoski Dance Company, Ledges and Bones Dance Project, Company of Strangers, Palindrome Performance Group, Collage Dance Theatre, and for Argentine Tango masters Miriam Larici, and Hugo Patyn. Nicholas is an aggressive, and responsive dancer. He loves to explore and create movement in all aspects of life. Nicholas is a full time faculty member at RenArts high school.
Kate Hutteris co-founder and Artistic Director of the L.A. Contemporary Dance Company. Kate is an alumnus of the Walnut Hill School and a graduate of the University of Southern California with a BFA in Theatrical Design. Kate also holds a MFA in Dance / Choreography from Purchase College, SUNY. Kate has won awards from the USC School of Theatre for Outstanding Choreography 2001-2004 as well as the Stanley Musgrove Award and the James and Nony Doolittle Award for her unique contributions in the theatre, and received the MFA award for excellence in her program at SUNY. Kate’s work has also been nominated for two Lester Horton Awards for “Best Small Ensemble.” Kate continues to create new works for the L.A. Contemporary Dance Company, choreograph for theater productions, commercials and school concerts, and teach at the Brockus Project Space in downtown L.A. while developing new ways of bringing dance to the public and educating students through LACDC’s outreach programming and performances.
Stephanie Jamieson
graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 2008 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Dance, and a minor in Theatre Arts. At LMU, she performed in several concerts, and choreographed numerous works. Her piece Submerged was presented in the Emerging Above Ground festival in 2007. In 2008, she choreographed the musical Cabaret for LMU that was directed by Sharon Madden. That summer, Stephanie also performed with Ledges and Bones Dance Project in the NOW Festival at the REDCAT Theatre. Since, she has performed for local choreographers Bradley Michaud, Laura Carlin, and Kindra Windish. Stephanie recently premiered a new work titled Constrained Relieve that premiered in HATCHED that was an evening of brand new dance in LA. Stephanie is a certified GYROTONICÒ Instructor teaching throughout Los Angeles. Stephanie is a full time faculty member at RenArts High School.
Andrea Sobke
loves dance, food and socks. Originally from sunny San Diego, Drea graduated from Chapman University cum laude with a BFA in Dance Performance under the guidance of Cyrus Parker-Jeanette, where she had numerous performance and choreographic opportunities. Since Drea has had the pleasure to perform with various Southern California companies including Sean Greene Dance Company (now Gallimaufry and Greene), Collage Dance Theatre, Malashock Dance, Backhausdance, San Diego Dance Theater and Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company. She has performed in venues throughout San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, New York City, and Zurich, Switlzerland. Her choreography has been featured in a motley of festivals including American College Dance Festival 2005, Palm Desert’s McCallum Theatre Choreography Festival, SOLA Contemporary Dance Festival, and South Coast Dance Arts Festival. In 2009 Drea was honored by the Dance Resource Center with a Lester Horton Award for Outstanding Achievement in Performance by a Female for her performance in Arrive with Backhausdance, and received a second nomination in 2011 for her performance in Gods and Marionettes with LACDC. Drea is a certified Pilates instructor.
Alexandria Yalj
attended Montclair State University with received a BFA in dance; she also studied social science at Middlesex University in the United Kingdom. Now holding a MFA in choreography from the California Institute of the Arts, Alexandria teaches, produces, and continues to create work and perform. She is a company member of Rosanna Gamson/Worldwide and Stephan Koplowitz’s TaskForceProject. Recently she unveiled an evening lengths work at Highways Performance space. Her personal objective is to stretch the boundaries of diverse art forms and to free dance from an exclusively dance oriented audience.