ZEHNDER DANCE

Angelina Cohen is a Massachusetts-based movement artist interested in dance as a means of release, resistance, and discovery, as it relates to human experience, connection, and potential. She began her training with Mystic Ballet, dancing in their pre-professional program and joining them on tour in Serbia in 2019, before going on to earn her B.A. in Dance and Psychology from Springfield College. Angelina has had the pleasure of performing works by Monica Bill Barnes, Tatianna Desardouin, Darrell Grand Moultrie, and Didy Veldman, as well as a solo created collaboratively with David Dorfman. She joined Zehnder Dance in 2022, and since then has been honored to perform at prestigious venues and festivals including Jacob’s Pillow, the American Dance Guild Festival at the Ailey Citigroup Theatre, DUMBO Dance Festival, WAXworks at Triskelion Arts, The Evening of Contemporary Dance Performance Series (NYC), the Versatility Dance Festival, KoDaFe, and the Women in Dance Leadership Conference. In addition to her work with Zehnder Dance, Angelina is a trainee with Boston-based KAIROS Dance Theater, as well as a teacher at Velocity Dance Company.

Alexis Von Maluski (she/her) is a Filipino-American dance artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. Her first introduction to movement was learning traditional Filipino dance. She is passionate about celebrating diversity through the integration of culture and movement. Alexis has been recognized by the Lin-Manuel Miranda Family Fellowship scholarship and the Yetta Rauch Melcer award for Excellence in Dance. She has worked with a diverse array of choreographers, including David Dorfman, Kimberly Bartosik, Adrienne Hawkins, Jessica T. Pearson, Kat Pantos, Shani Collins-Achillle. She has also been featured in Marta Renzi’s short films, Tumult 2019, Through Mabel's Eyes 2020, and A Day’s Work 2023, also performed live at the University Settlement House NY. In 2024, Alexis danced in the RI Women’s Choreography Project and performed The Encounter, an intergenerational physical-theatre project. Alexis is currently thrilled to be dancing with Zehnder Dance and is a company member of the Metamorphosis Dance Company.

Sara Thoreson is a movement based artist who works to actualize reimagined futures based in community, accessibility, advocacy, and sustainability. Sara was born and raised in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho where she began dancing at three years old. Training at Expressions School of Performing Arts, Sara actively performed and competed in her community. She subsequently spent two years at Collective Dance Artistry in San Antonio, Texas. Moving to New York in 2020, Sara received her BFA in Dance and Sociology from Fordham University and The Ailey School. She has been humbled to attend intensives with UNCSA, Jacob Jonas the Company at Orsolina 28, Gallim's Andrea Miller Experience, and CREATE Workshop. Additionally, Sara has actively engaged in community based arts programming. She was honored to intern with the Center for Traditional Music and Dance and the Bessies. Implementing adaptable arts and culture experience, Sara worked in HR and Programming at Lincoln Center and is now an Artist Services assistant. Sara has performed works by Rebecca Margolick, Maleek Washington, Alexander Anderson, Georgia Usborne, and Petra Zanki. Now freelancing, Sara aims to present an authenticity to human expression and intimacy, utilizing physical sensation in her movement. Her artistic practice is intersected with her passion for community and social justice. She is excited to have the privilege of working with Zehnder Dance in this season. 

Anna Stribrny aims to share stories through dance. Most recently engaged in the creative process with Monica Bill Barnes & Company, Larry Keigwin, FLOCK (Alice Klock & Florian Lochner), and Juliano Nunes, she strives to challenge her physical limits, find intricacies, and uncover the beauty in the ugly. Anna has performed professionally with BalletX in their touring show at S.P.A.C. Little Theater in March 2024, and with ODC/Dance in their touring show at SUNY Albany in the spring of 2023. Anna is currently training in the Paul Taylor Pre-Professional Division and a dancer in Zehnder Dance, a partner-based company. As a dance artist, she loves the exhilaration of performing live and embodying a character. She often finds herself blurring the lines between commercial and concert dance, creating movement that feels undefined. Influenced by her art history studies, Anna enjoys mixing mediums to explore the interdisciplinary potential of art. When Anna isn’t on the stage or in the studio, you can find her crocheting.