Dancer

Cameron Cofrancesco began his dance training at the Rock School West for Dance Education, and continued his studies at The USC Kaufman School of Dance under the direction of Jodie Gates. Here, he developed his own BFA concentration in tandem with the Cinema School, studying how dance is translated between the stage and screen. During this time, he learned from a vast range of concert choreographers and commercial artists including William Forsythe, Aszure Barton, Tessandra Chavez, Justin Peck, Jermaine Spivey, Hope Boykin, and Bret Easterling.

Cameron joined his first professional company while in college becoming an inaugural company member with Zeitgeist Dance Theatre, led by Francisco Gella and Yusha Marie Sorzano. Upon graduating, he joined Ballet Memphis as a professional company member and teacher for their youth education program. While dancing at Ballet Memphis he got to work with Marcus Jarrell Willis, Steven McMahon, and Garrett Ammon who later invited Cameron to join his personal company, Wonderbound, in Denver, CO.

Cameron presently resides in Denver, CO dancing with Wonderbound, and continues to guest teach and choreograph for the Ballet Memphis education program. He also has taught numerous times for Francisco Gella’s established intensive Ballet + and is excited to be joining his emerging education program ROOTS Dance Summit as a professional guide for the students.

In 2023, Cameron produced a short dance film, On the Moon, that was selected & shown at festivals internationally. He has also directed an advertisement for Bose Earbuds featuring Lennon Torres and assistant directed em.bod.y, a documentary by Jainil Mehta. In addition, he presently works for LA’s premier film festival, Dance Camera West, and has served as a board member and production assistant.

Dancer

Edward Oyarce-Solomon, a San Francisco Bay Area native, trained extensively under Mark Foehringer, and Brian Fisher-Paulson. During his highschool years, Edward traveled to Peru with MFDPSF by invitation of the US Embassy. There he performed at Danzas Nuevas for the Instituto Cultural Norteamericano. He then attended USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance from which he graduated summa cum laude. During his time there he had the opportunity to perform works by Crystal Pite, Barak Marshall, Jiří Kylián, and William Forsythe among others. Edward currently dances with Ballet Tucson under the direction of Margaret Mullin. In his time at Ballet Tucson some of his favorite opportunities have been performing new creations by Chieko Imada and Amanda Morgan as well as classic works such as “Who Cares'' by George Balanchine. Edward’s love of dance stems from his passion for theatricality and storytelling as it relates to performance and how these tools interact with connection and understanding between individuals. He believes that nonverbal or indirect communication of ideas at its core requires gentleness of understanding. This gentleness is what fascinates him most. Edward is overjoyed to be joining Woodworks for the first time this summer!

Dancer, Digital Design Director

Eileen Kim was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Formerly a competitive rhythmic gymnast, she began training with Stella Voskovetskaya of the Mariinsky Theatre and went on to study at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington D.C. as an artistic scholarship recipient. Following her time training with Marianna Lobanova, Erin Forrest, and Anton Wilson, she spent an additional year studying at the Forrest Academy of Ballet New York.

Kim began her professional career as an apprentice at Universal Ballet in Seoul, South Korea. Later promoted to the corps de ballet, she performed in theaters across South Korea and toured with the company, performing at the Palais de Congrés in Paris, France. Her repertory with Universal Ballet includes Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, La Bayadere, The Nutcracker, Minus 16 and more. Kim is an inaugural member of Zeitgeist Dance Theatre, collaborating with other artists on innovative company projects.

Kim graduated as the valedictorian of the Kirov Academy of Ballet and is a BFA candidate at the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance at the University of Southern California. During her time at USC Kaufman she has performed works by William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin, Justin Peck, Balanchine, and Penny Saunders. Along with performance, she focuses her degree in composition and has a passion for American studies.

Dancer

Elise Monson is a performing artist and choreographer originally from Salt Lake City, Utah. She continued her dance studies at the University of Southern California’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance as a Presidential Scholar recipient where she performed the choreographic work of William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Jermaine Spivey, Ohad Naharin, Bret Easterling, and Barak Marshall, among others. Through her academic and artistic studies, Elise has become predominantly interested in how dance can be a form of communication and a tool to better understand the human condition. Elise also maintained many leadership positions while at USC, such as being Co-President of the Southern California Choreographic Collective, where she created platforms for USC artists to showcase and present their artistic work. In this position, she also developed the SC Student Production Fund, which provides financial support to USC artists who want to create their own shows and productions. Elise is also a certified Stott Pilates instructor and implements this gained kinesthetic awareness and knowledge into her own personal practice. She is very excited to be performing again with Woodworks this summer!

Director, Choreographer

Madison Falconer is a Michigan raised choreographer, dancer, and the Artistic Director and Founder of Falco.

Madison began her career in Chicago dancing with A&A Ballet and FLOCK, training with the Hubbard Street Lou Conte Scholarship Program. From a young age, she gained recognition for her choreographic works becoming one of the youngest recipients of Outstanding Choreographer at YAGP and winning multiple Critics Choice Awards across the Midwest.

In 2023, Madison graduated with her BFA from the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. At USC, Madison studied Composition under the mentorship of William Forsythe, Thomas McManus, Patrick Corbin, Dawn Stoppiello, d. Sabela grimes, and Jermaine Spivey. She focused her Occupational Science and Compositional research on methods for making dance more accessible to diverse audiences. During her time at USC Madison Co-Produced and Directed tens of interactive arts events to cultivate community and play in unconventional spaces.

In 2021, Madison founded her company, Falco, and the Woodworks Residency, with the mission to empower a space for collaboration, creative opportunity and immersive performance events. In 2023, she was the Resident Choreographer at Company Dance Traverse and the Vista Del Mar Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center. She was a 2023 Carmel Dance Festival Choreographic Fellow and has choreographed original works for Trinity Laban in London, Ballet Arkansas, Traverse City Dance Project, Save as Draft, Laguna Dance Festival, A&A Ballet, Jackson Dance Company, Imprint Dance Company, among others. Madison worked as Associate Choreographer with Artists, Veegee, for Cartier’s 2024 Trinity Centennial Celebration, and Jackson Wang with Hennessy’s 2024 Chinese New Year in Shanghai, in addition to Choreography for music videos of Leaha Maria, Shorty-G, Daniel Mangiaracino, and Movement Direction on SUNFISH (& OTHER STORIES ON GREEN LAKE).

Madison is interested in multi-sensory surrealism, the blending and bending of different mediums to emphasize natural space and pace of everyday life.

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Composer

Michael is a Colorado-born artist on a mission to redefine and revolutionize the way music and dance are perceived together. Always somewhere between definable structures, his multi-medium approach to curation and facilitation carves out spaces that are accessible and empowering. His philosophy stems from the belief that all practices—whether creative or not—are deeply interconnected, and these connections can be further deepened through holistic embrace.

He graduated in 2023 from the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance as a BFA dance major with a concentration in Choreography for Stage and Screen. There he received training in styles such as hip-hop, house, contemporary, ballet, jazz, and gaga; he studied under Sabela d. Grimes, Tiffany Bong, William Forsythe, Fiona Lummis, Jermaine Spivey, Dawn Stoppiello, Jennifer Lott, Bret Easterling, Dante Rose, and more.

Along the way, he discovered a love and passion for music composition, production and performance. Utilizing his unique perspective as a dancer and movement maker to inform his musical process, Michael has done commissioned work for choreographers, scored evening-length works, performed live for dance events and shows utilizing Ableton Live and MIDI instruments. He is currently developing a framework that gives dancers the tools and language to connect more deeply with music and themselves.

Choreographer

Originally from Asheville, North Carolina, Win McCain graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts high school program with a concentration in ballet. Under the direction of current ABT artistic director Susan Jaffe, he performed works by Ethan Stiefel, Goyo Montero, and Alexei Kremnev. Following his time at UNCSA, he attended the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance where he majored in both dance and political science. He has performed work by William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Jiří Kylián, and Barak Marshall among others while he was in school. While at USC, Win focused on developing his choreographic voice through creating numerous works for the stage and screen, often in collaboration with musicians and composers. Post graduation Win has continued to produce his own work, releasing an evening length show “RIPE” on digital platforms this past April. He is also an eager student of improv and comedy performance. While seemingly unrelated, his choreographic work uses comedy as a mechanism to advance his commentary on political events and issues. He hopes to use his knowledge of political science to center dance as social activism and a powerful force in political change. He is interested in the potential dancers have to create lasting impact on how we engage in political participation. In the fall, Win will be joining Theater Regensburg in Germany as a company member where he will continue his performance and choreographic career.

Dancer

Jordan Powell, originally from Freehold, New Jersey, received a BFA in dance from the University of Southern California, Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. Prior to college, she trained at local dance studios and supplemented her education by attending intensives from Jacobs Pillow, The Juilliard School, BalletX, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. At USC Kaufman, Jordan had the privilege of performing works by Ohad Naharin, William Forsythe, Jodie Gates, Jiří Kylián, Barak Marshall, Hope Boykin, Bret Easterling, and Jermaine Spivey among other influential choreographers. She has nurtured her love for dance education through participating in Kaufman Connections, a community engagement initiative, where USC Kaufman students provide dance classes to students at the 32nd Street Elementary School. Jordan has also served as an instructor and Arts Education intern for Everybody Dance LA! from 2020-2021, and continues to teach at Project Dance in New Jersey, from where she is an alumna. She’s had additional opportunities such as appearing in Kate Spade’s Summer 2021 campaign and performing with the Traverse City Dance Project in their 2021 community tour program. Later this summer Jordan will be joining the Gibney Company as an Artistic Associate for their 2022-2023 season. Jordan finds fulfillment through performance and community engagement, and continues to research the intersections between dance and culture.

Dancer

Sidney Ramsey (she/her) currently works as a professional dancer with the Saarlandisches Staatsballett in Saarbrücken, Germany. Originally from South Carolina, Ramsey began her training across all styles of dance from ballet and modern to tap and jazz. Ramsey then moved to LA and continued her studies by pursuing a B.F.A. in Dance at the University of Southern California Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. At Kaufman, she became the school’s first student to double major, also receiving a B.A. in Health and Human Science with a minor in Psychology. Since graduating from university, Ramsey has danced professionally in contemporary ballet companies across the U.S.A., Canada, Hungary, and Germany. In Saarbrücken, she performs a variety of ballet and contemporary works by world-renowned choreographers, teaches contemporary classes to young dancers, and choreographs her own works to present in Saarbrücken. Ramsey loved both summers she got to spend with Woodworks and can’t wait for the next time she can make a trip to Traverse City!

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