LEANN ALDUENDA
SEBASTIAN ARANGO
CHRISTINE BALTES
SARA BLUMENKRANZ
GINA CERATO
MAGGIE DORMIER
MIKE ESPERANZA
ALLISON FAORO
MICHEL GERVAIS
NICOLE GONZALES
BRIANA HAFT
TIM HILL
NATE HODGES
TIFFANY HUDSON
ARIANNA HYATT
STEVEN INSKEEP
HANNAH KARACIC
LYNEE LAURENT
CHRIS LIU
SARAH LONG
CHRISTINA LYON
SARAH MELLI
GINA MENDES
CINDY MINOWA
CONNIE NEEDHAM
MICHAEL ROSSI NICKERSON
SUE OKUDA
RIKA PIPER
SARAH RAYBURN
GERRAN REESE
STEPHANIE RENZ-DAVIS
TIFFANY ROSALES
MARIA SiFUENTES
LINDA SIMMONS
PHILLIP SOLIS
TIM STEVENSON
MICHAEL VAN PATTEN
SHAWN VITALE
RUTH ZIEGLER


 

Nate Hodges

Originally from the San Francisco Bay area, Nate trained with “A Chorus Line” veteran Pamm Drake. He graduated with a B.A. in Dance from the University of California, Irvine, where he performed and choreographed with the award winning hip-hop company Kaba Modern, danced with Donald McKayle’s pre-professional company Etude Ensemble, and was chosen among nine others to represent the University at the Conservatoire de Danse in Paris, France for their concert “Danses en Mai”.

Upon graduation, Nate choreographed for The Etude Ensemble, BareBones Dance Theatre, the Jimmie DeFore Dance Center, Funkanometry SF, KM Legacy, Phoenix Dance Company as well as several studios and schools across California. He has danced professionally with Louisa Reichlin Dancers, Funkanometry SF, KM Legacy, and BARE Dance Company from 2004 to 2006. He has also appeared in movies, including “Another Gay Movie”. Nate is currently focusing on his contemporary jazz ensemble, RhetOracle Dance Company.

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