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CoCo Loupe is a native of Baton Rouge, LA and holds a BFA in Dance from The University of Southern Mississippi  (1994) in Hattiesburg, MS and an MFA in Choreography from The Ohio State University (2006) in Columbus, OH. In the past 20 years she has attended three ADFs, co-founded three indie dance groups, and taught, studied, performed, choreographed and/or presented her work in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, New York, Oregon, Ohio, Washington, D.C., Maine and Scotland. In 2006-07 CoCo served as Assistant Professor of Dance at The University of Oregon. Most recently, she has traveled to Findhorn, Scotland to participate in the Deborah Hay Solo Performance Commissioning Project. While there, she learned a new solo by Ms. Hay entitled The Runner. CoCo is so happy to be back in Columbus, OH and teaching part-time as a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Dance at The Ohio State University. When not teaching and making dances, she works as a webdesigner. You can find out more about her creative work and professional history at www.cocoloupedance.com and http://cocoloupedance.blogspot.com.

Christopher Richendollar is a graduate of OSU with a B.A. in English and of Yoga On High's 200 hour level teacher training program.  Although his ability to remain still for long periods has enabled him to scrape by working as an artist model, what he enjoys the most is teaching yoga to special populations, in particular his assistance with the MS and Therapeutic New Beginner classes at Yoga On High, where he hopes to teach a class this Winter titled Non Scary Gentle Yoga.

Jaclyn Thompson is originally from Clinton, Massachusetts.  She earned a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Movement Studies and a Master of Fine Arts in Dance Performance from The Ohio State University.  Jaclyn has performed in works by Indi Dieckgrafe, Michael Estanich, John Giffin, Colleen Leonardi, Laurie Lowry, Bebe Miller, Rosaline Pierson, Victoria Uris, and Ming-Lung Yang.  Over the past two years, she has traveled to New York City to learn from a number of artists including Susan Rethorst, Donna Uchizono, and Gwen Welliver.  She currently teaches composition, modern, jazz, and videodance at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana.