Kristin Licata holds a BFA in dance from the Fordham/Ailey program. Kristin is a freelance dancer in New York City working with Ariel Rivka Dance, Covenant Ballet Theatre and Matthew Westerby Company, Kristin is the associate artistic director of the Matthew Westerby Company. Kristin is an ABT® Certified Teacher, teaching artist in NYC public school, and advisor to Covenant Ballet Theatre Junior COmpany. She has also worked with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company II, Yuka Kawazu/Danse En L’air, Felice Lesser Dance Theatre, Regina Nejman and Company, Tamara Saari Dance, Vabang! and Vox Lumiere. She has been a member of VG/DE since 2008

Sara Pizzi who hails from Italy, began her dance studies with Urban Dances performing in concerts, music videos & TV shows. In 2017, Sara moved to NYC with a scholarship from Steps on Broadway; later joining the Certificate Program, Contemporary/Ballet Track at Peridance Center, graduating in 2020. Sara is company member of The Next Stage Project, Valerie Green/Dance Entropy, Light Painting NY, Six Degrees Dance, Reza Collective and sarAika movement collective co-founded with Aika Takeshima. Sara is educator for Woodside on the Move, a preschool program for seniors and kids besides being teaching artist for Valerie Green/Dance Entropy and sarAika movement collective. Lastly, Sara is a photography/videography assistant for BECCAVISION. She has been working with VG/DE since 2020.

Ethan Schweitzer-Gaslin trained on scholarship at UNCSA, spent 2yrs as an Oregon Ballet Theatre apprentice, and 8yrs as a Ballet Idaho company artist. Ethan has appeared with ARC Dance (Seattle) since 2015, Project Flux Dance (Boise) since 2018, and in NYC with CityDanceNY, Eglevsky Ballet, MorDance, Chevalier Ballet, and Thomas/Ortiz Dance. He's choreographed for Oregon Ballet Theatre and Ballet Idaho, and performed/presented choreography at the Men In Dance Festival and Treefort Music Festival. He's a Teaching Artist for the Misty Copeland Foundation, and taught for Ballet Idaho’s Learning Through Dance outreach program, Project Flux's community classes, and Boise State University's TRIO Upward Bound. Ethan started working with Dance Entropy in 2023

Erin Giordano graduated from Arizona State University with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Nutrition. Erin has received additional training at Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Alvin Ailey School, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Parsons Dance, and Giordano Dance Chicago. Professionally, Erin has danced with Jessica Taylor’s DAMAGEDANCE, Matthew Westerby Company, Ani Taj’s The Dance Cartel, and with Valerie Green / Dance Entropy, since Spring 2017. Erin’s love of movement has also drawn her into the world of fitness, and she currently works as a Certified Personal Trainer, Pilates Mat and Barre instructor, and Certified Stretch Therapist in NYC.

Tsubasa Nishioka was born in Japan and started ballet, then later training in modern and contemporary. In 2017 he was accepted to The Ailey School and received a scholarship in 2018. He has performed at “Ailey Sprit Gala” with Alvin Ailey’s “Battlefield” at Lincoln Center. He had also worked with Fumihito Shimizu, NBA Dance Company, Omar Roman de Jesus, Darshan Bhuller Jessica Chen and Marcus Jarrell Wills. Now he is member of i KADA contemporary Dance Company, HT Chen Dance, J CHEN PROJECT, Yu.S.Artistry and Accent Dance. He started working with Dance Entropy in 2023.

Jonathan Matthews-Guzmán joined Dance Entropy in 2015. Their involvement has included dancing, teaching, facilitation for D.I.G., and serving on the Green Space Advisory Board. Jonathan came to NYC from Memphis, TN to study dance at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and has since attended Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance and Springboard Danse Montréal. They also dance with Darrah Carr Dance and ChristinaNoel & The Creature, and have choreographed for This is Not a Theatre Company and their own performance duo, BREAKTIME. Jonathan additionally accompanies dance classes, composes for choreographers, sings in two choruses, and writes about performance.

Richard J. Scandola is a native of southern France where he performed with Les Ballets des Alpes Maritimes, Horizons,and Corps Accord. Richard moved to New York City to study American Modern Dance, Cunningham and Limón techniques. He met Jim May who became his mentor and soon became one of the dancers of the Sokolow Ensemble in 2012. He has since worked with Barkin/Selissen Project, Brice Mousset OUI Danse, Overground Physical Theater, Shadow Box Theatre as co-director, dancer and puppeteer and start working with Dance Entropy in 2017. Richard kindles his passions for yoga and spiritual healing.

Lawson Pinder is from the Bahamas and graduated from The Edna Manley Collage of the Visual and Performing Arts in Jamaica in 2004. There he studied the Martha Graham Dance Technique and La Técnica Cubana "Cuban Modern Dance Technique." He worked with L’Acadco - A United Caribbean Dance Force based in Jamaica where he obtained certification in the L'Antech Dance Technique. Lawson is no stranger to the stage. Passing on all the information that he’s learned during his studies and travels is also the greatest feeling that one can achieve. Lawson has been a teaching artist with Dance Entropy since 2020 and began dancing with the company in '22.