Mutual Dance Theatre in Up-Close 2024

Trezon Dancy, who hails from Hartford, Connecticut, is a choreographer, performing artist, and educator. Dancy has worked with numerous artists including Travis Gatling, Kim Stroud, Nathan Andary, Earl Mosley, Ronald K. Brown, Kyle Abraham (A.I.M.), and many others. Dancy graduated high school from Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts in Hartford, Connecticut. He received his bachelor degree in Dance: Performance and Choreography from Ohio University in 2017. Upon graduation, Dancy accepted a first company position with the world-renowned Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. Currently, Dancy resides in Columbus and is the Artistic Director of InPulse Dance Company, as well as the Operations/Program Manager for OhioDance. InPulse Dance Co. is a freelance repertory company that upholds Dancy’s mission of self-expression through mind, body, and soul. The company’s vision is to support self expression through genuine and visceral movement, inspired by familiar life and human obstacles.

Dancy’s dance works have been presented at OhioDance Festival at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (2015); Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Harford, Connecticut (2015 – 2017); Battery Dance Festival, New York, New York (2017); West Fest Dance Festival at Martha Graham Dance Studio, New York, New York (2017); American College Dance Association, Kent, Ohio (2017); Project Jericho, Springfield, Ohio (2018); the International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance, Dayton, Ohio (2019); Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (first and second companies, 2017-2021); and the Ohio Dance Festival at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (2015-2023).

Born in Osijek, Croatia, Ana Hart joined Mutual Dance Theatre in 2021. Ana has performed works by Cecilia Benitez of Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre, McKinley Willis of Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Countess V. Winfrey of Dayton Contemporary Dance Theatre, Sidra Bell (Sidra Bell Dance New York), Victor Lewis Jr. (PhilaDanco! The Philadelphia based dance company), Steven Evans, Jasmine Snellen, Rowan Salem, Hannah Williamson, Glenda Figueroa, and Gabriel Martinez. Ana has also performed works by Terrence Marling, Braeden Barnes, Adeline “A” Else, Christian Warner, Matt Pardo, Gregory Dolbashian, Ryan Corriston, Stephanie Liapis, Darla Stanley, and Chien-Kuei Chang (Chang Dance Theatre). Ana also performed with Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre as a featured soloist.

Ana expanded her training and artistry through the b12 Berlin Workshop Festival, where she learned from Leila McMillan,  Zoe Gyssler, and Vasko Nasonov. She has also attended the GroundWorks DanceTheater Winter Intensive, the Sidra Bell Dance New York Summer MODULE Satellite, and the American Dance Festival where she learned from Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Ray Schwartz, Maayan Sheinfeld, Noa Zuk, and Ohad Fishof.

Her choreography has been presented at the inaugural Synergy Dance Series as well as the OhioDance Festival. Her work has been described as “cinematic,” “dynamic and dimensional,” and “messing with audience expectations.”

Ana graduated magna cum laude from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts & Design with a concentration in Interactive Design. While at JMU, she danced with the Virginia Repertory Dance Company from 2019-2021. She received Ana is passionate about dance in the community and has been a volunteer with JMU’s Dance for Parkinson’s Program, later completing Dance for Parkinson’s Professional Development Training from the Mark Morris Dance Group under a grant from JMU’s Gilliam Center for Entrepreneurship.