Eunoia Dance Ex (E.D.E.), led by Koryn Ann Wicks, is a pop-up dance company, dedicated to fostering mutually beneficial relationships between young dancers and emerging dance companies. E.D.E.’s mission is to create work collaboratively and expand audiences for dance by incorporating unique outreach initiatives in its work. E.D.E.’s work is thoughtful and inquisitive but grounded in a virtuosic physicality.

Koryn Ann Wicks studied dance at the Ailey School. She has performed with Armitage Gone!, Transitheart Productions, and Teresa Fellion/Bodystories. She has shown work in New York and Montreal and will begin her MFA this fall at University of California, Irvine.

THE SPACE WE MAKE is a performance collective that creates work outside of traditional theater settings. These multi-media performances incorporate input from audiences, communities, and the spaces in which members build and perform. Co-founded and directed by writer/musician Caitlin Scholl & choreographer/dancer Simon Thomas-Train, the group consists of a core roster of artists based in New York City and beyond.

Claire Baum is originally from Portland, Oregon. She graduated from Bard College with a B.A. in dance, and a concentration in human rights and African studies. At Bard, she had the pleasure of working with Aileen Passloff, Maria Simpson, Peggy Florin, Leah Cox, and members of the Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company. Baum has performed and choreographed nationally and internationally, creating original solo and collaborative dance works in Ghana, West Africa, Jamaica, and New York. Claire co-founded KitchenSink Collective in 2012 and greatly appreciates all of the opportunities this collective has provided. She currently works at The Field.

Kayla Harley is a dancer, choreographer, and writer. She began her dance training at Suitland High School for the Visual/Performing Arts and trained at the Kirov Academy of Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, and Dance Theatre of Harlem Kennedy Center Residency. Having graduated from Dominican University of California Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet with BFA in Dance, Kayla relocated to Chicago as a 2013 Season Apprentice for River North Dance Chicago Company. She was a finalist the NFAA YoungArts Miami week in 2009 and won the Level II Award for Modern Dance along with a scholarship for the following year. She performed as Tantomile in the TONY Award-winning Broadway Show CATS with Paramount Theatre of Aurora and worked with such choreographers as Sidra Bell, Francesca Harper, Maurya Kerr Gregory Dawson, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Kevin Thomas and more.