Graduates of The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts make their mark on the world through their dynamic and influential work. Our alumni network includes groundbreaking dancers, choreographers, and performance artists. Here are a few of them.
Dancers
- Jonathan Fredrickson (BFA 06): Pina Bausch/Tanztheater Wuppertal, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
- Nick Bruder (BFA 09): Sleep No More by Punchdrunk, Patricia Noworol Dance Theater, Palissimo Company
- Min Li (BFA 07): Batsheva Dance Ensemble, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam
- Rachel Abrahams (BFA 09): Bryn Cohn + Artists, Shen Wei Dance Arts, Fuerza Bruta
- Kristi Tornga (BFA 11): Paul Taylor Dance Company, Jessica Gaynor Dance
- Jasmine Sugar (BFA 18): Gerard & Kelly
- Kevin Zambrano (BFA 18): West Side Story Broadway
- Crystaldawn Bell Galante (BFA 09) and Norma Fong (BFA 05): Robert Moses’ KIN
- Melissa Bourkas (BFA 08): BODYTRAFFIC
- Amanda Castro (BFA 12): Urban Bush Women
- Ariana Daub (BFA 12): Ate9 Dance Company
- Ashley Handel (BFA 10): Third Rail Projects, Tanya Tenenbaum
- Jade Hooper (BFA 15): Hubbard Street 2
- Dallas McMurray (BFA 06): Mark Morris Dance Group
- Nycole Merritt (BFA 96): Dallas Black Dance Theatre
- Nikki Pfeiffer (BFA 13): Santa Barbara Dance Theater
- Julia Romanskaya (BFA 10): Bryn Cohn + Artists
- Michael Tomlin III (BFA 12): Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Tokyo Disney Resort Entertainment
- Erika Marosi (BFA 09) Ricky Martin Música + Alma + Sexo and One World tours
- Alice Holland (BFA 11): Disney Cruise Line Entertainment
- Leo Gallo (BFA 08): Diavolo | Architecture in Motion, Tokyo Disney Resort Entertainment
- Ryan Mason (MFA 07): Johannes Wieland/Tanztheater Kassel
Artistic directors
- Alonzo King (BFA 72, HD 07): Alonzo King LINES Ballet
- Jacques Heim (MFA 91): Diavolo | Architecture in Motion
- Bryn Cohn (BFA 10): Bryn Cohn + Artists
- Marissa Osato (MFA 18): Entity Contemporary Dance
- Kate Weare (BFA 94): Kate Weare Company
- Stephanie Zaletel (BFA 12): szalt
- Ella Ben-Aharon (BFA 03): YelleB Dance Ensemble
- Daniel Charon (MFA 13): Ririe Woodbury Dance Company
- Frit Fuller (MFA 88, BFA 84) and Frat Fuller (BFA 86): KIN Dance Company
- Jessica Gaynor (MFA 02): Jessica Gaynor Dance
- Amanda Hart (BFA 05): Hart Pulse Dance Company
- Sahar Javedani (MFA 03): compani javedani
- Rebecca Levy (MFA 11): Jacksonville Dance Theater
- Lindsey Lollie (BFA 12): Lollieworks
- Arianne MacBean (MFA 99): The Big Show Co.
- Mersiha Mesihovic (BFA 11): CircuitDebris
- Laura Gorenstein Miller (BFA 92): Helios Dance Theater, Lester Horton Award winner
- Dawn Stoppiello (BFA 89): Troika Ranch, Bessie Award winner
- Lisa Townsend (MFA 94): Lisa Townsend Company
- Wang Yuanyuan (MFA 03): Beijing Dance Theater
Choreographers
- Luciana Achugar (BFA 95): Two-time Bessie Award winner
- Maria Hassabi (MFA 94): Herb Alpert Award winner
- Wanda Gala (BFA 05): Choreographer, Narcissister
- Mary Ann Kellogg (MFA 75): Film/television: Clueless, Mad Men, Saving Mr. Banks, Twyla Tharp Dance
- Levi Gonzalez (BFA 97)
- Brooke Smiley (BFA 05)
Dance education, production, and administration
- Estelle Woodward Arnal (BFA 96): Jacob’s Pillow Dance
- Jaime Bishton (BFA 84): Twyla Tharp Dance, The Broad Stage, BODY TRAFFIC
- Katie Diamond (BFA 03) Limón Dance Company, Elsie Management
- Natalie Metzger (MFA 11): Producer/director: Vanishing Angle, Emma’s Choice, Special Blood
- Iris Pell-Davison (BFA 73): Idyllwild Arts Academy
- Cynthia Pepper (BFA 84): CP Collaborative
- Alexandria Yalj (MFA 07): Early Morning Opera