Company Dancers
Raised in Sixes, Oregon, Veronica DeWitt began her professional training at the University of Oregon when she was eighteen. She graduated with a BA in dance in 2007 and in the same year joined DPC. In 2010 she studied with Susan Marshall at the SUMAC workshop in NYC. She is also a member of Nutshell Mask and Theater, working closely with director Jamie Peck and touring to Pennsylvania. She has choreographed for two productions of Children’s Musical Theater of Oregon. In addition to being a professional dancer, Veronica is also on her way to rock-n-roll stardom as a member of the band Lost Maven. She hopes to create performance art that represents a new generation of expression through the synthesis of multiple artistic disciplines.
Alonzo Lee Moore IV began his dance training in 2002 in Loyola University's Ballet Repertory Program. He has danced for the New Orleans Metropolitan Opera and New Orleans only professional ethnic dance ensemble, Komenka. While with Komenka Ethnic Dance and Music Ensemble Alonzo had the opportunity to perform in three separate European tours, visiting the great countries of Poland, Bulgaria, and France. Alonzo moved to Eugene in 2005 and there performed with Traduza Dance Company and Ballet Fantastique. Alonzo is now in his third season with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. With OSF in 2010, he performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Throne of Blood, directed by experimental theater master Ping Chong. Now a member of Dancing People Company for nearly five years, Alonzo gladly calls Ashland home and DPC family.
Erin Drummond received her early dance training at Ballet Arts Minnesota and went on to earn her B.A. in Dance from Columbia University. She has created and performed with various artists in New York, Maine, Seattle and the Twin Cities including recently Wicked Sister Dance Theatre, RAW Dance Collective, We Dance and Rosy Simas Danse. In 2007 she travelled to Bangkok, Thailand to choreograph and perform with Dhamma Theatre West for the United Nations. She has also created work in places ranging from the Sonoran desert to her own apartment, and continues to be interested in the body's sensorial relationship with place. Erin moved to Ashland, OR to join Dancing People Company in 2010. She is thrilled to join the DPC family.
At the age of 18, Will Cooper (Apprentice) began his unique dance journey with the youth of Kosovo in the international project, Global Motion, and performed at Kosovo's National Theater. Will went on to choreograph for the project and facilitate dozens of youth as a regional coordinator. Back in the U.S., Will studied at Santa Monica College, performing for both their modern and ethnic dance companies. While in L.A., he also performed for Kybele Dance Theater and Donlavy Dance Company and studied at California Institute of the Arts. In 2009 Will returned to his home town of Mt. Shasta, CA where he worked extensively in ritual dance theater with The Flying Lotus Production Ensemble and performed in other local dance and theater productions, such as H2O Manifesto. Will feels blessed to bring his budding artistry to join forces with the growing dance wave of Dancing People Company!
Brianna Rae Johnson discovered her passion for dance during high school in Minnesota. She spent her college years at St Olaf College focusing on dance and exploring its connections with environmental and social justice issues. She earned two Bachelor of Arts degrees, in dance and biology, and a concentration in multicultural issues. Brianna is proud to have worked with a number of choreographers from all over the US and performed around the country. She also danced commercially in Adele's "Chasing Pavements" music video. Now in her second year with Dancing People Company, Brianna feels right at home with the artistry, direction and energy of the company. She's glad to be here.
