Dancers


Taylor Barker (Bio coming soon...)

Ty Barker (dancer/guest choreographer)
, received his BFA in Dance from the University of Florida.  A native of Bermuda, he began his dance training at the age of 15, studying swing, salsa, ballet, and classical modern.  By age 19, Ty was ready to take his dancing to the next level and attended New World School of the Arts Bachelor of Fine Arts program in Miami, FL.  There, he studied classical ballet, Limon, Graham, and Horton.  Ty has performed works by Robert Battle, Paul Taylor, Jose Limon, Martha Graham, and SLAM, to name a few.  He was selected to represent NWSA in Taiwan and numerous other gala events.  Ty has been a featured dancer and soloist in the Florida Grand Opera’s productions of, Samson et Dalilah and Les pecheurs de perles and Next Step Dance’s annual showcases.  He was a full time company member of Animate Objects Physical Theatre based out of Miami.  There he trained and performed silks, rope and harness, bungee, acro stilts, trapeze, Spanish web, and fire dance, furthering his repertoire, building on his prior gymnastic and dance background and learning new skills to further his career. Ty continues his teaching, training and performing as a professional aerialist to demonstrate all that he has learned in life, dance, and circus arts to help create and be part of continuously successful performances.

Karin Bejerano, received her BFA in Dance from the State University of New York at Purchase.  She received additional dance training at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, David Howard Dance Center, and Broadway Dance Center in New York City.  Karin has performed with the companies of Houlihan & Dancers, Ballet Randolph, and Next Step Dance.  She has appeared in numerous regional theater productions including West Side Story (Velma), Sweet Charity (Charity u.s./Frenchy), Guys and Dolls (Sarah), Company in Concert (April), Steel Pier (featured dancer), and Marisol (young woman), and has been seen in commercials, videos, and corporate dance shows.  Favorite choreographic credits include: Thoroughly Modern Millie, and The World Goes Round, When Pigs Fly, Bed, Boys and Beyond, and Into the Woods.  Ms. Bejerano has taught extensively throughout South Florida, most recently at New World School of the Arts, Miami City Ballet, and the University of Miami.  She is thankful for the love of her husband, Andres and their sons, Bryson and Trystan.

Teddy Talbot
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began his training with the Hartford Ballet.  At the age of 17, he was awarded full scholarship to attend the Greater Hartford Academy of the Performing Arts, where he majored in dance performance.  After attending one year at the Hartt Conservatory for Dance at the University of Hartford, he transferred to New World School of the Arts where he has just received his BFA in Dance from the University of Florida.  Teddy has trained with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York City.  Teddy was a featured dancer in Florida Grand Opera's AIDA and Samson et Dalilah at the Carnival Center and the Broward Center for Performing Arts.  Teddy has performed works with such choreographers as Donald McHale, Merce Cunningham, John McFall, Jane Carrington, Allah Nikitina, Michael Utoff, Peggy Lyman and Paul Taylor.  Teddy is performing in Taiwan this summer before he begins auditioning for full time professional contemporary dance companies.

Pioneer Winter, born in South Miami, FL, graduated from the STAR Academy dance magnet of Dr. Michael M. Krop Sr. High (2006). Pioneer earned his B.A. in Psychology from FIU (2007) and has also completed a Masters degree in Public Health and Epidemiology (2009). In 2007, his choreographed adaptation of the musical Godspell was performed at the International Fringe Arts Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has also choreographed several pieces for the MKHS STAR Academy that have been performed throughout Miami-Dade County. Currently, he is also a member of Dance Now! Miami, a Miami Beach contemporary dance company, where both solo and ensemble work has been developed. With Florida Dance Masters accredidation, Pioneer has also trained extensively in ballet with Michael Langlois and Brigid Baker, along with training at the North Carolina School of the Arts with many of their esteemed faculty. Most recently, Pioneer has performed in Luis A. Cuevas’ "Babble" (2008) and Rosie Herrera’s "Young Folks" (2009) that were presented in two years of the Florida Dance Festival's Winterfest at New World School of the Arts, along with being a guest artist in Rosie Herrera's Here & Now 2009 project entitled Various Stages of Drowning: A Cabaret that was presented at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Pioneer has been working with Jubilee Dance Theatre, Inc. since 2005 and has performed twice on tour in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain in a Cotton Club Revue, along with Mexico City. In 2008, his piece Miz Zéri was set on JDT and has been referenced in Florida’s FlaVour Magazine, State Magazine, The Miami Herald, and the September 2008 Dance Teacher Magazine.

Tina Zoeller, received her dance training while attending New World School of the Arts and the State University of New York at Purchase.  She has worked with local musical theatre companies and has appeared in numerous productions including: Guys and Dolls (ensemble), West Side Story (ensemble), Carousel (ensemble), and Sweet Charity (ensemble).  Tina has also performed in many corporate dance shows, and has danced for modern dance companies, such as: Ballet Randolph and Next Step Dance.  Currently, she continues to work as an independent dancer on a part time basis, while concentrating on her career in Corporate Health Care and raising her two sons and her new baby girl, Hannelore.  She would like to say Thanks to mom, dad, and Sebastian for all of their support.