Our Professional
Performance Company

We showcase socially conscious storytelling through contemporary dance. Each year we host auditions, contract dancers, and perform multiple iterations of a singular dance piece. This department of our dance company is designed to travel, be collaborative, interdisciplinary, and professional.

Company Repertoire & Commissioned Choreography

Fire In Our Hearts

Fire In Our Hearts is a memoir about an abusive relationship. The concept emerged from the choreographer recalling the domestic violence she lived through between 2012 and 2016. She has long since transitioned from victim to survivor, and is trying to expose the realities of intimate partner violence. Media would have us believe it is abrupt, solely physical, and a gendered experience. This piece was created because it challenges our preconceived notions including the aforementioned. The movement illustrates the progression of the relationship: (stage 1) infatuation, (stage 2) social isolation, (stage 3) physical abuse and (stage 4) escaping with a restraining order.

Fire In Our Hearts premiered in May 2024

at Rialto Theater in Loveland, CO.

This project will premiere at Rialto Theater of Loveland, CO in May 2024 sponsored by Full Expression! Dance Collective. All of the elements included were intentional. The corps dancers will wear black because they symbolize disintegrated friendships. The principal dancers will wear blood red because it symbolizes resilience, warrior-like energy, and love. The cast includes Latoya Nickee Walker, Savannah Svoboda, Ashley Walters, and Michelle Schmidt. The music is a medley of the following songs by Cuarto Puntos & Ameen Mokdad: From Her Scene No. 203, Wenn, Fear, and Havoc. The lighting design is by Latoya Nickee Walker & Judah Dean Franco (www.judefrancodesigns.com). The run time is approximately 5 minutes.

2024 Tour Dates:

"In Our Element" Showcase

Rialto Theater, Loveland, CO

Friday, May 10th @ 7:00pm MT

Pride Performing

& Cultural Arts Celebration

New Belgium Brewing Company

Fort Collins, CO

Sunday, June 2nd @ 3:00pm MT

CT Performance TBD

In Remembrance

In Remembrance is a choreographic memoir about grieving a past version of yourself. The movement briefly illustrates four stages of that experience: (1) the funeral & ascension, (2) denial & grief, (3) guardian angel & puppeteer, (4) forgiving yourself.

The concept emerged from Latoya Nickee Walker's transition out of the military. Initially, she envisioned a seamless return to her "civilian" self (and the dance profession). But she quickly realized she outgrew the woman she used to be. The emotions that accompanied grieving herself were complex, painful, and beautiful. Latoya created this piece as a means of peacemaking for herself (and the cast of dancers). It is her belief that everyone has a previous self they are growing away from, consciously or unconsciously.

In Remembrance premiered in April 2023

at Bas Bleu Theatre in Fort Collins, CO.

This project premiered at Bas Bleu (Fort Collins, CO) in April 2023 sponsored by Full Expression!Dance Collective. All of the elements included were intentional. The corps of dancers wore juniper green because it symbolizes growth, harmony, and new beginnings. The principal dancer (who represented your past self) wore burgundy because it symbolizes resilience, maturity, and warrior-like energy. The cast included Adelle McDaniel, Ashley Walters, Heather Ostberg Johnson, Kylie Chandler, and Savannah Svoboda. The music was a medley of the following songs: Eden (Harlem) by Nicholas Britell, The Children of Our Age by Nicholas Britell, Attente by Beauvois, and Moving On by Nymano & Suuna. The lighting design was developed by Latoya Nickee Walker & Judah Dean Franco (www.judefrancodesigns.com). The stage manager was Marissa Dienstag. The run time was 5 minutes.