RENÉE JAWORSKI (Executive/Co-Artistic Director) has been an indelible force in Pilobolus’s artistic landscape since joining in 2000. A performer who captivated audiences worldwide, her magnetic stage presence laid the foundation for an expansive creative career. In 2011, she was chosen to lead Pilobolus’s post-succession evolution, becoming Artistic Director, and in 2022 became the first Executive Director with an intimate dance background. Her choreographic experience has been extensive and pioneering, crafting pieces reflecting her innovative dance and theater approach. Her exceptional work spans various platforms, from the 79th Annual Academy Awards to the Grammy®-nominated video for OK Go’s “All Is Not Lost,” as well as overseeing prestigious projects like Radiolab Live: In the Dark and the World Science Festival, Time and the Creative Cosmos. The University of the Arts honored her with the Silver Star Alumni Award, and her collaborative work on Round House Theater’s production of The Tempest, directed by Aaron Posner and Teller, earned Pilobolus the Helen Hayes Award for Best Choreography in a Play in 2023. Guiding Pilobolus with vision and creativity, she ensures it remains a vibrant, celebrated arts organization.

MATT KENT (Artistic Director) joined Pilobolus in 1996 without any formal dance training. His unconventional entrance into dance and theater parallels the Founders’. In Pilobolus, he found an outlet for his artistic and creative vision and began a diverse and prolific career. He has performed on prestigious stages around the world and created choreography for colleges, professional dance companies, as well as grand productions involving shadow, horses, acrobats, large-scale Michael Curry puppets, actors, stunt men, hip hop dancers, athletes, zombies, and more. His work on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, co-directed by Aaron Posner and Teller, won the Helen Hayes Award for Best Choreography. He developed the movement vocabulary for The Walking Dead. His work has appeared on the Academy Awards, Conan O’Brien, Penn & Teller’s Fool Us, Wetten Dass, and multiple television commercials. As Artistic Director of Pilobolus, he brings an unconventional approach to innovative theatrical experiences. A powerhouse of creativity, he leads the 50-plus-year-old company, keeping the historic works authentic and relevant while breaking new ground to create transformative experiences that engage, inspire, and leave audiences in awe.

CONNOR CHAPARRO (Dancer) was born in Lakeland, Florida. He eventually found himself at the University of Memphis, where he graduated with a double concentration in Dance and Dance Science. You can find him cooking his mother’s secret salsa recipe and sharing it with people in his spare time. He loves to explore nature, see people’s smiles, and learn about the crazy world we live in. This is Connor’s second season with Pilobolus, and he is SO excited to be performing for you, the audience! He sends you “Mush” love.

QUINCY ELLIS (Dancer) began training as a gymnast and figure skater in his home state of Maine before earning his B.F.A. Acting degree from Emerson College. He has performed and taught for Theatre Raleigh, The MoveShop, DeFunes Dance, and The Neighborhood Playhouse… among others. Quincy has also danced for a variety of NYC Drag Artists, including Juicy Liu and Miz Cracker. Outside of theater, he’s an avid traveler, evolution enthusiast, and nature lover. Quincy joined Pilobolus in 2017. He does not dye his hair gray—it grows that way. www.quincy-ellis.com quincy.m.ellis

MARLON FELIZ (Dancer) has danced with Pilobolus since 2014, touring Shadowland productions around the world, and now presenting repertory and artistic programming wherever possible. Additional credits include a Broadway debut in the new West Side Story, and other musicals, cruise ships, and NYC-based companies. She received her foundational training in ballet and modern dance at New World School of the Arts, and completed her B.F.A in Dance at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She is originally from Miami, FL.

RYAN HAYES (Dancer) was born and raised in Spokane, WA. He earned his degree in Dance Performance with a minor in Interdisciplinary Arts from Gonzaga University. After graduation, he continued his training at the Steps on Broadway Conservatory in New York. While in New York, he had the opportunity to perform Paul Taylor and Jerome Robbins’ original choreography in Section 5 of Esplanade and the group dances of N.Y. Export Opus Jazz. Additionally, he has performed with Jazz Choreography Enterprise, Sound Business Inc. in Dance Harlem!, Inland Northwest Opera, Human Kinetics Inc., and theater companies across the U.S. In addition to performing, he is passionate about dance education and guest teaches at numerous studios and intensives.

ISAAC HUERTA (Dancer) is a movement-based performance artist from Whittier, California, and an Orange County School of the Arts alum. He has worked with dance companies including Ezralow Dance, Invertigo Dance Theatre, KDV Dance Ensemble, Andrea Peña and Artist, Carlon Dance, Body Weather, and Wonderbound. He has danced with the LA Philharmonic, LA Opera, and the Pacific Symphony. Some of his film and TV credits include Shake It Off: Taylor Swift, Chained to the Rhythm: Katy Perry (The Grammys), Bathtubs Over Broadway, and Focus World. He was nominated for a Henry Award for “Best Supporting Actor in a Musical” for Rattlesnake Kate, choreographed by Domonique Kelley. Isaac has presented original dance works in art galleries and the Episcopal Church with his husband and creative partner William Clayton.

HANNAH KLINKMAN (Dance Captain) was born and raised in Dexter, Michigan, where she was classically trained at Ballet Chelsea. She studied at Grand Valley State University and completed her training with BalletMet Columbus in 2016. She has since danced and created with Festival Ballet Providence, Dance The Yard, co-founded the Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project, and toured and created new work with MOMIX. She creates costumes and her own choreography when not on the road. Hannah is a Mindfulness Meditation teacher, Pilates instructor, dance teacher, and houseplant enthusiast. Hannah joined Pilobolus in 2021.

MOSES PENDLETON (Co-Founder, Choreographer) has been one of America’s most innovative and widely performed choreographers for almost 50 years. A co-founder of the ground-breaking Pilobolus in 1971, he formed his own company, MOMIX, in 1980, which rapidly established an international reputation for inventive and illusionistic choreography. Mr. Pendleton has also worked extensively in film, TV, and opera, and as a choreographer for ballet companies and special events, including two Winter Olympics.

MARTHA GRAHAM (1894–1991) is recognized as a primal artistic force of the 20th century. She was named “Dancer of the Century” by Time and has been compared with other creative giants such as Picasso, Einstein, Stravinsky, and Freud. She created 181 ballets and a technique that revolutionized dance throughout the greater part of the past century. Using the founding principles of contraction and release, she built a vocabulary of movement to “increase the emotional activity of the dancer’s body,” exploring the depth and diversity of human emotion. Her ballets were inspired by a wide range of sources from the American frontier to Greek mythology. She created and portrayed prominent women, including Clytemnestra, Jocasta, Medea, Phaedra, Joan of Arc, and Emily Dickinson. During her 70 years of creating dance, she collaborated with other great artists—Noguchi, Copland, Barber, and Schuman, and her mentor Louis Horst among others—and is recognized for her groundbreaking work in all aspects of theater: use of time, space, lighting, costumes, sets, and music. Her company was a training ground for many generations of choreographers, including Cunningham, Taylor, and Tharp. At the Neighborhood Playhouse, she is said to have changed the course of American acting through students such as Bette Davis, Gregory Peck, Tony Randall, and Orson Welles. Her creative genius earned numerous honors and awards, including the Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of the Arts. Martha Graham’s extraordinary legacy lives on in the work of the Martha Graham Dance Company, Ensemble and School, and in the students worldwide studying her technique and performing her masterworks.

DERION LOMAN (Artistic Associate) launched his dance career at 19, blending a B.A. in Psychology and a B.F.A. in Dance from the University of California, Santa Barbara, into a vision where intellect meets movement. He first captivated audiences with Ballet Hispanico’s Second Company—including at the 2013 Presidential Inauguration—and later joined Pilobolus (2013–2017). Never content to rest on his laurels, Derion toured with Diavolo Architecture in Motion, earning recognition as a finalist on America’s Got Talent and as a divisional finalist on NBC’s World of Dance Season 3 and at the 2019 Emmy Awards. His creative influence has graced stages for Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Google, 2Point4 Dance Company, and more—culminating in a celebrated victory at the Pacific Northwest Ballet Film Festival. In 2024, he received the prestigious honor of being one of eight choreographers selected for the Ann & Weston Hicks Choreographic Fellowship, a testament to his relentless pursuit of artistic innovation. Expanding his creative reach, Derion served as the inaugural guest creative director for 3rd Angle New Music, where he was commissioned to design and choreograph groundbreaking work. He also extended his collaborative spirit globally by working with internationally known K-pop star Jackson Wang. In 2025, Derion rejoined Pilobolus’ Dance Theatre as an Artistic Associate, marking his most recent accomplishment—a full-circle return to the company that first ignited his passion. Through his work, Derion deeply champions diversity, striving to leave audiences with the message, “All are welcome here.”

LUKE STYLES (Composer) is a British/Australian composer who performs regularly throughout the world. Luke was the first Glyndebourne Young Composer in Residence, the first composer in residence at the Foundling Museum since Handel, and the 2022 British Council Musician-in-Residence to Brazil. In 2022, Luke became the artistic director of the Deal Festival. Luke’s orchestral and vocal works have been performed at the Barbican—London with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Three Choirs Festival by the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Musée de Quai Branly—Paris by Le Balcon, with No Friend But The Mountains being turned into a two-part ABC TV documentary. Luke has composed eight operas for opera houses, festivals, and orchestras around the world, including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Glyndebourne, and the Perth Festival. Luke is published by G. Schirmer and Belle Symphonie.

DAVID M. CHAPMAN (Lighting Designer) was Director of Production for Pilobolus from 1978 to 1997. A native of the Berkshires, his early credits include many summers with the Berkshire Theatre Festival and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and winters on the road with rock, mime, and dance tours. David has designed the lighting for numerous Pilobolus works, including Day Two, Bonsai, Particle Zoo, and Axons. Other work includes positions as assistant lighting designer for the 1978 Spoleto Festival USA and Production Manager of the 1981 American Dance Festival. In his most recent New York project, he served as lighting coordinator for the Japanese singer Tokiko at Carnegie Hall. His lighting designs can also be seen in the repertory of Peter Pucci Plus Dancers. He was, until May 2006, Director of Production for Jacob’s Pillow and, until 2008, Director of Facilities and Production at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, MA.

NEIL PETER JAMPOLIS (Lighting Designer, 1943–2019) designed for Pilobolus since 1975, spanning 40 years and creating more than 60 new works for the company. He also had a fifty-year active career as a set, lighting, and costume designer for Broadway—where he received four Tony Nominations and a Tony Award—and for Off-Broadway, dance, regional theater, and opera, which he also directed. His designs appeared on every continent. Neil was a Distinguished Professor of Theater at UCLA.

BRIAN TOVAR (Lighting Designer) is an award-winning and Drama Desk–nominated lighting designer who has created original work for major Off-Broadway and regional theaters everywhere. His body of work spans theater, dance, installations, and live events. As a Creative Director and Producer, Brian has developed and collaborated on multiple groundbreaking and award-winning live experiences, earning multiple Clio Awards. Brian is a frequent collaborator with the City of New York and has created and designed multiple art installations in New York City. BrianTovarDesign.com

THOM WEAVER (Lighting Designer) studied at Carnegie Mellon and Yale and first worked with Pilobolus on Teller and Aaron Posner’s The Tempest at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. In NY his work has been seen at NYSF/Public Theater, Primary Stages, Signature Theatre, Player’s Theatre (Play Dead with Teller), 37ARTS, Cherry Lane, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Institute, and SPF. Thom has worked regionally at CenterStage, Syracuse Stage, Huntington, Milwaukee Rep, Shakespeare Theatre, Asolo, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Williamstown, Folger Theatre, Roundhouse Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Hangar, Spoleto Festival USA, City Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and Yale Rep. Thom has received three Barrymore Awards (21 nominations), one Helen Hayes Award (4 nominations), and two AUDELCO Awards.

DIANE FERRY WILLIAMS (Lighting Designer) is a freelance lighting designer who has lit well over 300 productions of theatre, dance, dance festivals, and opera in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Awards include a Jeff Award, an After Dark Award, a Carbonelle Award, six Drammy Awards, and six Jeff nominations. Diane has a BA from Ashland University in Ohio with a theatre major and a Master of Fine Arts in Theatrical Design from Northwestern University.

MÁRION TALÁN DE LA ROSA (Costume Designer) has collaborated with choreographers Caleb Teicher, Hope Boykin, Sonya Tayeh, Jennifer Freedman, Matthew Neenan, Raja Feather Kelly, Chanel DaSilva, Spencer Theberge, Jermaine Spivey, Antonio Brown, Norbert De La Cruz, Cindy Salgado, and Bryan Arias among many others. Some of her work has been featured with companies including Bodytraffic, AMP Dance, Ballet X, Gibney Dance Company, Limon Dance Company, Buglisi Dance Theater, Parsons Dance, and the Juilliard School. Márion is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. mariontalandelarosa.com

GABRIEL ESPARZA (Lighting Supervisor) was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, and grew up going to Pilobolus performances at The American Dance Festival. A graduate of Lewis & Clark College, Gabriel now finds his home in New York City. Gabriel has previously worked with The American Dance Festival, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Beth Morrison Projects, and The Whitney Museum of American Art, among others. Gabriel draws on his experiences, heritage, and observations of our world to bring artistic visions to the stage through light.

EVAN HAUSTHOR (Production Stage Manager) hails from Topeka, Kansas, and holds a BFA in Stage Management from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. His recent credits include Circus EVO, American Dance Festival, The Pluck Project, and Utah Festival Opera. Evan is always looking for new art that brings joy into the space. In his free time, he enjoys reading and exploring new destinations.