CAMERON GROWDEN received his dance training from Beloit College, or rather, stumbled into it in an attempt to get a spot in the production of Guys and Dolls. As it turned out, he would have had no trouble making the cast and found dance to be refreshing. He stuck with it and graduated with a degree in dance and creative writing, then moved to San Francisco. This is his fourth season dancing with Hope Mohr; he also dances with kelly kemp & co. and Scott Wells and dancers.

DEREK HARRIS is a multi-disciplinary artist from Oklahoma City. He began his formal dance training at the University of Oklahoma where he received several awards in modern dance as well as scholarships to attend the University of Oklahoma, the American Dance Festival, and the Joffrey Workshop in San Antonio. Since moving to San Francisco, Derek has presented his own work with Human Creature, which he co-founded in 2008. This is Derek's second season with Hope Mohr Dance.

KATHARINE HAWTHORNE is a San Francisco based dancer and choreographer. She has performed with dance and theater artists in the San Francisco Bay Area; Minneapolis, MN; and Beijing, China. Katharine holds a B.S. in Physics and Dance, with honors, from Stanford University. For more about her, please visit her website.

ROCHE JANKEN, a Los Angeles native, studied ballet nomadically beginning at age four. Fortunately, she encountered modern dance in high school and fell in love. She attended the University of Michigan, and earned a BFA in Dance and a BGS in Political Science. She then moved to New York and worked with Bill T. Jones, Stephen Petronio, Shen Wei and Mark Morris. After 2 years, she was ready to change her MO from "achieve" to "enjoy", so she returned to California. Since moving to San Francisco, she has had the pleasure of dancing for some amazing women, including Kelly Kemp, Hope Mohr, Leyya Tawiil and Alison Williams. She is thrilled to be living on the best coast, riding her bike, eating fresh fruit, hanging out with new and old friends, finding clothes on the street, teaching yoga and of course dancing.

JUSTIN MORRISON is a San Francisco based dancer, yoga teacher, web developer and technology consultant. Notable collaborations include the work of: Katie Duck & Magpie Music Dance Company (Amsterdam), Leslie Seiters' Little Known Dance Theater, Wally Cardona, Diego Piñon’s Butoh Mexicano, and Sara Shelton Mann (San Francisco). Justin was previously based in Amsterdam where he was a frequent guest teacher at the Amsterdam School for the Arts, the School for New Dance Development (SNDO), Rotterdam Dance Academy, and ArtEZ in Arnhem, NL. Justin is a life long student of ballet, contemporary & modern dance, contact improvisation, and yoga. His practice has an emphasis in improvisation for performance. He's studied theater, dance and somatics with diverse teachers, and would like to thank most especially the brilliant Kathryn Irey in his home town of San Diego, California. www.justinmorrison.net

TEGAN SCHWAB grew up in sunny Miami Florida, where she started her dance training at the age of 10. She trained at Mencia Pikieris School of Dance and New World School of the Arts High School. While in Miami she performed professionally in several projects with Katherine Kramer, including a collaboration with Miami based visual artist Pablo Cano. She graduated with a BFA in dance from New World School of the Arts College and shortly after moved to San Francisco seeking new dance experiences. Now having been in the bay area for a few years she has had the privilege of performing with Dance Through Time, Allison Williams, Erika Tsimbrovsky and Garret+Moulton-Janice Garrett and Dancers.