Meg Gourley is a dance artist, choreographer, and educator whose work bridges performance, research, and community engagement. Recently residing in Atlanta and Milwaukee, she holds an MFA in Dance from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a BFA in Dance and a minor in Anthropology from the University of Georgia, along with K–12 Dance Certification. She began her training at Decatur School of Ballet and has since studied with the Joffrey Ballet School, Staibdance, the Governor’s Honors Program, and the American Dance Festival. Her performance career includes international work in Costa Rica with Danza Universitaria and in Voronezh, Russia with the UGA Department of Dance. She has performed with Staibdance, Atlanta Dance Collective, Valleto Dance, Monica Hogan Danceworks, Patsy Collins, Emma Morris, and Decatur City Dance. Gourley was a company member with Kit Modus for seven seasons under the direction of Jillian Mitchell, performing works by Mitchell as well as guest choreographers including Christian Denise, Marco Palomino, Noelle Kayser, and Annalee Traylor. 

As a choreographer, her work has been presented in Atlanta, the Northeast, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and New York. In 2025, she premiered her evening-length work In light of these regrets in Atlanta. Her collaborative projects include works with Catherine Messina presented in the Northeast and Atlanta area, and Tethered Together with Jordan Young and Andre Lumpkin, shown at Underground Atlanta, Fly On A Wall’s Excuse The Art, and the Goat Farm. She has received commissions from Agnes Scott College, Dekalb Symphony Orchestra, Peach State Opera, Emory University, and the University of Georgia, where she will serve as Alumni in Residence in Spring 2026. 

Meg’s educational praxis centers contemporary forms, improvisation, and community building from early childhood to collegiate dancers. She worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, she was an Osher Lifelong Learning Fellow, creating a course exploring social dance and weight share practices. Meg is a touring faculty member with the Joffrey Ballet School and Adjunct Faculty at Reinhardt University.

Grounded in feminist and historical inquiry, Gourley’s choreographic research investigates spectatorship, proximity, and power within the dancing body. Her work often utilizes contemporary partnering, improvisational structures, and interdisciplinary performance practices to interrogate intimacy, observation, and collective experience. Through collaboration, text, and embodied experimentation, she examines how movement can function as both a social archive and a site of embodied reclamation.

Since graduating college, Omari has worked professionally as a dancer, performing with companies such as Southern Arc Dance Theatre, Fly on a Wall, Movement The Company, and Dance Canvas. As a choreographer, his work has earned recognition, including choreography awards and Industry Dance Awards nominations. Omari is passionate about sharing his love for dance through both performing and teaching. He looks forward to continuing to inspire others through his artistry.

Evan is an Atlanta-based dancer and choreographer. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance with a concentration in Ballet from Kennesaw State University. His training spans Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Tap, Musical Theatre, and Hip Hop, with early instruction at Rhythm Dance Center under the direction of Dani Rosenberg and Becca Moore. While at Kennesaw State University, Evan performed works by acclaimed choreographers Christian Denice, Leandro Damasco Jr., Lisa K. Lock, and Ivan Pulinkala. He has also performed professionally in “The Music Man” and “The Wizard of Oz” at City Springs Theatre Company, working with Baayork Lee, David Grindrod, Shuler Hensley, and Sara Edwards. As a choreographer, Evan's work fuses contemporary fluidity with sharp, athletic movement, often rooted in conceptual exploration.

Maia Jones is a biracial, queer interdisciplinary artist whose work seeks to cultivate empathy and connection through movement, text, and digital media. As both a performer and choreographer, she is drawn to physical honesty, collaborative inquiry, and the creation of immersive experiences that invite audiences into shared reflection. Maia graduated summa cum laude from SUNY Purchase in 2025 with a BFA in Dance Performance. While at Purchase, she studied composition, trained rigorously in a variety of dance techniques, and performed works by choreographers including Norbert De La Cruz III, Andrea Miller, Victor Quijada, Annika Verplancke, Connie Shiau, and others.

Now based in Atlanta, Georgia, Maia teaches dance at the Tolbert Yilmaz School of Dance and performs with a range of peers and project-based choreographers. In 2025 and 2026, Maia performed with contemporary-ballet company Unbound Ballet in Charleston, South Carolina. Maia has worked with ImmerseATL as a Guide for their 2026 Artist Program and collaborated with the interdisciplinary dance-theatre company Loom Lab for their 2026 workshop series. She was selected as a choreographer for Dance Canvas' 2025–2026 Performance Series and awarded the 2026 National Emerging Choreographer Award by Regional Dance America: Southeast.