Monica (she/her) is a professional choreographer, teacher, and dancer. As the artistic director of her company, Monica Hogan Danceworks, she has presented choreography on stages internationally including: Ailey Citigroup Theater, DUMBO Dance Festival, Dixon Place, Actor’s Fund Arts Center, Gelsey Kirkland ArtsCenter, NY Jazz Choreography Project, Queens Council on the Arts, CoolNY Dance Festival (NYC); Xuzhou Concert Hall, Tianjin Concert Hall (China); Triangle Dance Festival for AIDS (NC); Dance Canvas, Aurora Theater, and Modern Atlanta Dance Festival (GA); to name a few.

In 2011, she was a choreographer and dancer in the opening ceremonies of the Universiade olympic games in Shenzhen, China.

Monica has performed professionally with companies including Gaspard&Dancers, De Funes Dance Company, BalaSole Dance Company, Phyzix Urban Dance Theatre, and more. On screen, Monica has performed in music videos for artists including Delta Rae and Vienna Teng and in work for AdCouncil and The College Board.

Monica is currently on faculty at Motus Dance (Alpharetta, GA) where she teaches open level contemporary classes. She also loves working with students of all ages and often teaches movement and choreography workshops. Monica has set choreography for local students at Milton High School, the Marist School, and Blessed Trinity Catholic High School.

While in NYC, Monica taught Int/Adv contemporary classes for many years at Peridance. She and her company have held numerous artist-in-residence masterclasses and discussion panels for the Duke University Dance Program.

Monica was a founding Board member of NACHMO and has been involved as a volunteer with the organization since 2014. NACHMO is committed to building and sustaining an inclusive community of dance makers – and to make the creative process more accessible to choreographers of all backgrounds.

Monica was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, where she trained at numerous studios including the Georgia Ballet and Atlanta Ballet. Monica graduated with distinction in Dance Choreography and Performance from Duke University, where she was the winner of the Louis Sudler Prize in the Creative and Performing Arts. While there, Monica had the opportunity to learn from workshops with artists/companies including Alonzo King’s LINES, Nederlands Dans Theater, Alvin Ailey, Chunky Move, Mark Dendy, David Dorfman, Donald Byrd, Shen Wei, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, and more. Her performance repertory there included Twyla Tharp's Eight Jelly Rolls and Torelli, along with countless works by acclaimed dance faculty.

In addition to dance, Monica is a passionate marketer — particularly when it comes to technology that empowers small businesses. She is proud to serve as the Sr. Director of Product Marketing for OnPay, the top-rated payroll software for small businesses. You can learn more about Monica’s marketing background on LinkedIn.

Julianna is a professional dancer based in Atlanta. She is a dance artist with Full Radius Dance and Monica Hogan Danceworks. She also pursues freelance work, and has been lucky enough to work with local choreographers like Julio Medina, Patsy Collins, Meaghan Novoa, and Nadya Zeitlin of Bautanzt Here, among others.

Julianna began her training at the Academy of Movement and Music in Oak Park, IL and continued her education at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA. She graduated in 2018 with a BFA in Dance and a BBA in Accounting.

Julianna has trained extensively in ballet, contemporary, modern, and Graham. She furthered her studies at summer dance programs with AXIS Dance Company, Orsolina28, DanceWorks Chicago, Hubbard Street Dance Company, and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance.

Julianna has been honored to perform works by renowned choreographers like Alice Sheppard, Monica Bill Barnes, Rennie Harris, Jose Limòn, and Martha Graham, to name a few. She has traveled to New York City to perform at the Joyce Theater, Ailey Citigroup Theater, and the Queens Theater. She has also studied in Moncalvo, Italy where she learned William Forsythe and Crystal Pite repertory and choreographic methods.

Britanie Leland (she/her) began her dance training in West Palm Beach, Florida, attending the Bak Middle School of the Arts, and Alexander Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts. She attended the University of South Florida, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a BFA in Dance Performance, and a minor in Business Administration. Following graduation, she relocated to Atlanta, where she worked with Staibdance (company dancer), Emily Cargill and Dancers (company dancer), Fly on A Wall, Catellier Dance Project as well as independent choreographers Jessica Bertram and Patsy Collins. She has also guested with The Nash Conspiracy/Rosie DeAngelo (NC), Jellybean Dance Collective (AL), and Visionary Dance Theater (CA). Through these companies, Britanie has had the opportunity to perform in Sweden, Italy, and all across the United States. She has been teaching and choreographing in the Southeast for over seven years. Her work has been presented at Spring for Spring Dance Festival, Skwirlhaus, Localmotion Arts Festival, and Fieldwork with Core Dance. She has been a member of MHDW since 2021.

Megan (she/her) is an Atlanta based dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Megan graduated Summa Cum Laude from Winthrop University with a BA in Dance & Psychology in 2017. During her undergraduate experience, she worked closely with and performed works by Sandra Neels, Meg Schriffin, Kelly Ozust, Emily Morgan, Lauren Skrabalak, Jackie O'Toole, and Ashley Suttlar-Martin. During her undergraduate experience, Megan discovered a love for choreography and was awarded most inspiring choreographer her Junior and Senior year.

Currently, Megan is a company member with Monica Hogan Danceworks based in Atlanta, GA. Her previous professional experience includes Sideways Contemporary Dance Company, Marie Christine Giordano Dance Company, and freelance work in local Atlanta dance festivals.

As well as performing, Megan has a passion for inspiring the next generation of dancers. She currently teaches and choreographs at Atlanta Dance Central and Fusion Dance Company, specializing in contemporary, tap, and jazz. She is the Artistic Director of The Introspect Experience, a summer training intensive created for pre-professional dancers to cultivate their artistic expression through collaboration, internal reflection, improvisation, and intention. Megan believes that each dancer brings something uniquely beautiful to the art form and deserves a safe place to find their artistic voice.

Isa Newport (they/them) is a homegrown Floridian and grew up in a family which heavily supported a diverse arts education. At a young age, they quickly took to the stage and fell in love with performing. Dance has been in their life since the age of three; however, their pre-professional training began at age eleven. In 2017, they were accepted into the University of North Carolina School of The Arts (UNCSA) contemporary dance BFA program. Their acceptance into the university was the start of their professional training, where they studied for four years and graduated in the Spring of 2021.

Since the start of their professional work at UNCSA, Newport has grown immensely through the school's diverse curriculum which includes Cunningham, Limon, Counter Technique, and Release Technique. They have also been provided with an abundance of performance opportunities that range from well-known classical works to innovative student choreographic works. Some of the most highly acclaimed pieces they have performed at the school include Chronicle by Martha Graham (staged by Maurizio Nardi), Pond Way by Merce Cunningham (staged by Jamie Scott), and MO by Trisha Brown (staged by Abby Yager). Newport has also received professional training for the American Dance Festival during the summer of 2019.

During their time there, they were able to work with an international choreographer through the festival's International Choreographic Research program, as well as perform excerpts from Connect Transfer & Neither by Shen Wei (staged by Kate Jewett & Sara Procopio).

Though their dance training has been a primary focus, they have most recently directed their attention towards immersive theater and performance art. This newly developed passion came from UNCSA's Studio for Creative Practice, a program that was developed in the 2019-2020 school year. Newport and seventeen other students from different disciplines were chosen to help create and pilot this new program. The Studio for Creative Practice is in the process of becoming the school’s first interdisciplinary master's program. Newport spent the fall semester of 2019 and 2020 with the studio devising original work- and at the end of both terms, they presented a collaborative performance project with seven other students. The shows were collaborative, immersive theater pieces where each collaborator devised their own work based off of their own personal research. The works highlighted Newport’s dancing abilities as well as their dramaturgical skills. In the Spring of 2021, they were granted the opportunity to perform as a soloist in a devised theater piece with UNCSA's school of drama, and truly completed their time at the school with great success.

Newport’s ability to integrate their knowledge of dance with theater and live art has set them apart from people pursuing a traditional dance career. In the future, they plan on continuing to create original work as well as collaborate with other artists on various projects. They are also looking forward to a major life change with their move to the city of Atlanta. Things that are currently brewing for Newport include working for two professional companies; Monica Hogan Danceworks and Via Uni. They are also continuing to work professionally as an intimacy coordinator for film and empowering movers with the tools they need to develop healthy boundaries.

Cladia Thrasher is a professional dance artist currently based in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 2022 with a BFA in Contemporary Dance. At UNCSA, she had the pleasure of performing works by Jose Limon, Merce Cunningham, Juel Lane, Ashley Lindsey, Ming-Lung Yang, Kira Blazek-Ziaii, and Yoshito Sakuraba. Along with her training and performance experiences, she has also had opportunities to choreograph works for the stage and on film. Cladia is a skilled performer and artist, who has a love for story-telling and creating, and is passionate about multi-disciplinary collaboration. She enjoys being able to create art and visuals that intersect her love of movement with multiple art mediums such as film, photography, etc. Along with dancing, Cladia enjoys acting, choreographing, writing, and directing. Recently in her professional career, she has performed with Innergy Dance Inc in Mobile, AL and is an apprentice with Atlanta Contemporary Dance Company. She also works as a dance teacher’s assistant for Ballethnic Academy of Dance. Cladia is very excited to be a new member of the MHDW company this year!