Brendan Barthel is a student of movement, studying Japanese martial arts, healing arts and dance. He maintains a goal of movement fluency in order to best convey and express that which needs to be put forth. In dance, Brendan has worked and performed with choreographers throughout the Greater Bay Area, including Tandy Beal, Mary Carbonara, Todd Courage, Todd Eckert, Janice Garrett, Richard Gibson, Paco Gomes, Joanna Haigood, Fran Spector-Atkins, and Margaret Wingrove. Brendan believes in the power and purpose of RMK, which he joined in the fall of 2007.
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Kelly Del Rosario was born and raised in Mililani, Hawaii. He began his studies in dance in 2001 at the University of Hawaii and received his B.F.A. in Dance in 2005. Del Rosario has also studied Capoeira in Hawaii, California and Brazil since 1998. Upon graduation he moved to San Francisco where he worked with Shift>>>Physical Theater, Kara Davis of Project Agora, Liberation Dance, Sarah Bush Dance Project, and currently Margaret Jenkins Dance Company.
Todd Eckert received his BA in Dance from UC Berkeley, and has been ensconced in the modern dance community of San Francisco since 1999. Todd teaches dance to adults and teens at the ODC Dance Commons, and as a Lecturer in the Dance Department at UC Berkeley. Recently, he taught at the Guangdong Modern Dance Festival in Guangzhou, China. He also presents his own choreography in many venues in San Francisco including his annual home season "Shared Space" at Dance Mission Theater. Todd joined Robert Moses’ Kin in 2001.
Amy Foley began her dance training in Anchorage, Alaska, where she was born and raised. She moved to San Francisco after attending The Colorado College, where she received a degree in English Literature and Women's Studies. Amy joined Robert Moses' Kin dance company in 1999 and has had the pleasure of touring, teaching and performing with the company extensively, since then. In addition to her work with RMK, Amy has toured as a guest artist with Margaret Jenkins Dance Company and with Shift>>Physical Theater and has performed with numerous Bay Area choreographic luminaries. She has shown her own work through ODC's Pilot program, ODC's Dance Jam and the LINES Ballet Summer Intensive. Amy also teaches both youth and adult contemporary technique classes at the ODC Dance Commons, works as a choreographer in the schools and is a Pilates instructor.
Norma Fong began her studies at Pacific Ballet Academy in Mountain View, CA. She also studied classical Chinese folk dance and was a soloist for the Chinese Performing Artists of America. She graduated from California Institute of the Arts in May of 2005 with a BFA in dance, performance, and choreography and went on to dance with Pasadena Dance Theatre. In San Francisco, she has had the opportunity to work with with Shift>>> Physical Theater, Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, and the Guangdong Modern Dance Company. She began her association with RMK as an apprentice in 2006.
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Jeffrey Huang was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. In 2005, he graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in Business and Dance and attended the American Dance Festival as a scholarship student. He joined Pilobolus shortly thereafter, performing over 450 shows in 11 countries. In 2009, he left Pilobolus and moved back to the "left" coast. He is excited to begin his San Francisco dancing career with RMK.
Natasha Adorlee Johnson was born in Huntington Beach, CA. She has trained with American Ballet Theatre, Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet as a Lines Ballet Ensemble member, and SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance, along with other institutions. She has performed works by George Balanchine, Gerald Arpino, Alonzo King, Keelan Whitmore, and Yannis Adoniou. She has choreographed work for the European Tanzsommer Festival, Mouse House in Walt Disney World, and Regional Dance America. Natasha is grateful to be a member of Robert’s Kin and thankful to all who have supported her.
Caitlin Kolb was born in Port Jefferson Station, New York. She received her BA in Dance and Sociology from Goucher College and relocated to San Francisco shortly after. Caitlin began with Robert Moses’ Kin as an apprentice in 2006 and has been performing with the company since early 2008. She has also worked with RAWdance and continues to perform annually with Todd Eckert. When not dancing, Caitlin can be found teaching Pilates around the Bay Area.
Nicholas Korkos, a native of San Francisco, has trained at the SF School of the Arts, Alonzo King's LINES Ballet School and at SUNY Purchase. He has performed the works of Alonzo King, Yannis Adoniou, Gregory Dawson, Kara Davis, Arturo Fernandez, Marina Hotchkiss, Janice Garrett and Robert Moses. Nick is currently working with Kara Davis' Project Agora. He would like to thank his greatest mentor Marina Hotchkiss for everything she has given him. This is Nick's second season with RMK.
