Dancer/Performers
Tasha Taylor
Tasha Taylor has performed extensively with many choreographers including Pat Cremins, Steve Gross, Dean Moss, Lynn Shapiro, Matthew Brookoff, and RoseAnne Spradlin. She received a "Bessie" Award for her performance in Spradlin's Underworld. Tasha is excited to return to dance with Rachel and RTGPC . A Feldenkrais® practitioner since 2006, Tasha teaches classes at Movement Research and maintains a practice on the Upper West Side focusing on performing artists interested in improving their self-use. Tasha delights in improvisation and poetry and is curious about the relationship between movement, feeling and learning.
Roster of Previous Dancers/Performers with Rachel Thorne Germond Performance Collage / aka RTG DANCE, NFP - New York, NY, Chicago, IL , & Norfolk, VA
Kirsten Reynolds
Kirsten Reynolds of Harbor Springs, Michigan, began her early training in classical ballet under Heather Raue. She graduated in 2017 with BFA degrees in Ballet and Modern Dance from Texas Christian University's School for Classical and Contemporary Dance. Since moving to NYC, Kirsten has performed with Rachel Thorne Germond Performance Collage, [insert dance company title here], Ninja Ballet, Nuo Spiritual Dance Company and appeared in Jacqulyn Buglisi's Table of Silence and Regina Opera's Aida and Hansel and Gretel in addition to working as a freelance dancer.
Anna Zekan
Anna Zekan is from Newport, OR where she began dancing under the direction of Nancy Mittleman. She continued her training at Colorado College under the mentorship of Patrizia Herminjard, Tsui-shuang Lai, Yunyu Wang, Debra Mercer, and Casey Avaunt. After graduating with a B.A. in Dance and Creative Writing, she relocated to NYC to attend the Martha Graham School Professional Training Program. Since then, she has performed with Coyote Dancers (dir. Maher Benham), Alice Klugherz, Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, Carlos Fittante, and Fooju Dance Collaborative. Anna is also a published writer, barre fitness instructor, and teaching artist.
Ashley Carter
Both internationally as well as in the U.S., Ashley is passionate about her work as a dancer, teacher and choreographer. Primarily
trained in New York, she has studied and worked in many different styles from ballet to lyrical, modern, tap, hip-hop, contemporary, and musical theatre. She has had the opportunity to perform and/or choreograph at venues such as Jacob's Pillow, Teatro Madrid, The Gerald Lynch Theater, The Barrow Street Theater, SummerStage, The Highline Ballroom, Webster Hall, BB Kings and the Ailey Theatre.
Ashley is on faculty at Ballet Academy East, and Joffrey in New York, various schools in Mexico and Spain; former faculty at Peridance, and has taught at Broadway Dance Center, Steps on Broadway, and Ballet Arts in New York City, Lines Dance Center in San Francisco, Tony Williams Dance Center and Green St Studios in Boston; Punahou, University of Hawaii, Kailua Dance Academy and the Mid-Pacific Institute in Hawaii, and Tarrytown Dance in Austin.
Larissa Asebedo
Larissa Asebedo is a dancer, creator, and educator based in New York City. Originally from the Denver area she attended the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College where she completed her B.F.A. with a psychology minor while also studying abroad in Perth, Australia. Larissa has worked professionally with Lisa Fagan, Daniel Gwirtzman, Megan Mizanty, Kensaku Shinohara, Mei Yamanaka, the Merce Cunningham Trust, and various peers. She has presented her choreographic work with Triskelion Arts, Dixon Place, The Craft, Fooju Dance Collaborative, & Spitball. Larissa has experience teaching dance and Pilates to children and adults. She values the mind-body connection, creative expression, and lifelong learning. Larissa has been dancing with Rachel Thorne Germond since 2017.
New York, NY 2014-2019
February, 2019 - RTGPC Recent Dances by Rachel Thorne Germond at University Settlement House
Prudent Sky: Rachel Thorne Germond and Tasha Taylor
Tripod: Rachel Thorne Germond, Larissa Asebedo, Kirsten Reynolds
Shadow Box : Larissa Asebedo and Kirsten Reynolds
Safety Dance: Jacqueline Calle, Sally Rhoades, Irene Siegel, and Jessica Winograd
Roni Gross - Performance Collage #3: Safety Dance (duet version)
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Norfolk, VA 2010-2014
Megan Thompson, Jennifer Clark Stone, Ashley Budy Whitlinger (ODU Faculty)
Megan Thompson - Under the Rainbow and Rejoinder
Jennifer Stone - Rejoinder
Ashley Budy Whitlinger - Precious Unfolding
Students at Old Dominion University - 2010-2014
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Chicago, IL 2001 - 2010
Chicago, IL (2001-2010)
Johannah Wininsky (company member RTG DANCE), Esteban Cruz (company member RTGDANCE) , Jennifer Thompson (company member RTGDANCE) , Natalie Bogira, Christopher Knowlton, Cecilia Bambara, Lucy Verusic Riner, Jeannine Salemi, Tabitha Faes, Julie Ann Graham, Renata Sheppard, Grace Whitworth.
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New York, NY 1986 - 2001
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