Experts Guide

Carroll has performed nationally and internationally as a soloist with various ballet companies in the United States, South America, China and Europe. He works with Arts4All Florida to teach Parkinson’s in Movement, a hybrid series of classes based on the Dance for Parkinson’s Disease program to help people with limited mobility, Parkinson’s or related conditions stretch and stimulate balance and sensory awareness.

Kohlmyer is co-artistic director of project agora a San Francisco-based curatorial organization that promotes creative dialogue among artists through presenting evenings of work featuring interdisciplinary collaborations. Her company has received numerous grants and commissions. In 2015, Kohlmyer and Co-Artistic Director Kara Davis were invited emerging choreographers at the prestigious Bates Dance Festival. They performed their work, Convers(at)ions, for the Different Voices Concert. In addition, the San Francisco International Arts Festival, Dance Gallery Festival and Breaking Ground, have presented their work.

Morris is a dance educator, researcher and choreographer. She has been invested in the field of dance education for more than twenty years and holds two terminal degrees in dance – an MFA degree in Dance Performance and Choreography and a PhD in Dance Studies. She is a regular presenter at regional, national and international dance conferences, a reviewer for multiple key dance journals in the field and has a wide variety of published work.

Foley received his B.A. in English and a minor Spanish from Bates College, and his MFA in Dance from the University of Washington where he performed in the works of several of the 20th century's major choreographers, including Mark Morris, Alwin Nikolais, Stephen Petronio, Hanya Holm, Michio Ito, Dore Hoyer and Bill Evans. As a dancer, he has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia in the companies of over two dozen choreographers including Doug Elkins, Kevin Wynn, Seán Curran, Donna Uchizono, Eun Me Ahn, Joy Kellman, Ruby Shang, Ben Munisteri, and Roberta Garrison.

Lehmker is a freelance dancer and choreographer currently based in the Tampa Bay area, where she is an active member of the dance community. She has worked with Charles Gushue/Gushue Moving Arts, Xan Burley + Alex Spring/the Median Movement and Meredith Monk, as well as university faculty.