Glade

Lauren Borchard is a dancer, yogi, and historian in the Washington, D.C., area.

She completed her 200-hour Yoga Alliance training at Tranquil Space in 2008 and has also been teaching modern dance, jazz dance, and Intro to Dance classes since 2002 at area studios.

She has danced with a variety of D.C.-area choreographers and several companies, including The Playground and CrossCurrents Dance Company, and is pleased to be a part of Glade Dance Collective!

Emma Dozier has been dancing in the Washington, D.C., area for more than 20 years. She currently lives in Adam's Morgan while choreographing and performing with Glade Dance Collective.

During the day, Emma is known as Emma Merlis, and investigates the business of online journalism as a digital analyst, and grows more and more interested in the business of art. How can we create more monetary value for these important community services?

Emma's biggest draw to the dance is live music. She is a RYT200 Yoga Teacher, completing training from Tranquil Space in 2014. Follow her music and dance life on Twitter at @emmajoan.

Shauna left her hometown near San Francisco to attend Brown University, study geology, and dance with Fusionworks Dance Company, where she also made costumes, was secretary of the board, and choreographed Snooze.

In 2011, Shauna moved to Washington, D.C., to attend the George Washington University master's program in Museum Education. She participated in four CREATE choreography workshops, facilitated by Michelle Ava and the late Jeffrey Strum. 

When she's not dancing, Shauna works at the National Air and Space Museum as an astronomy educator, showing visitors the wonders of the Universe and finding new ways to mix creativity with science.

Betsy Loikow is a native Washingtonian who began studying dance as a child at the Washington School of Ballet and as a member of Rima Faber's Primary Movers. She graduated with a B.A. in film and political science from Vassar College (NY) in 2008.

Betsy currently works at the National Dance Education Organization in Silver Spring, Md., combining her love of dance and advocacy, and recently completed her Certification in Movement Analysis through the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies.

A founding member of Glade Dance Collective, she is thrilled to be dancing, choreographing, and collaborating with the D.C. arts community.

Her choreography with Glade includes Home, a collaboration with playwright Emily Schwend, and The Wall, and she was a collaborator on Connections, District. Defined?, and Health/Care.

Samantha Sobash is a performer, choreographer, and arts manager based in Washington, D.C. She holds a BFA in Dance Performance from Chapman University and a MA in Arts Management from American University. In D.C., she has performed as a company member of ACW Dances and Glade Dance Collective, as well as a guest artist of DanceEthos.

Samantha has most recently collaborated with spoken word in a variety of contexts, from comedians to poets, in order to discover how movement can further convey human experiences. When not in the studio, Samantha geeks out about coffee as Head Roaster at Zeke’s Coffee of D.C. You can view her choreography here.

Stephanie is a native of Syracuse, N.Y., where she trained at Liverpool School of Dance. From the ages of 3 through 18, she studied ballet, tap, jazz, and lyrical and was an award winning member of their competition team. She also participated in community theatre in high school and college.

She was introduced to modern dance at SUNY Oswego through Cheryl Wilkins-Mitchell where she received her B.A. in Human Communications. After moving in late 2007 to the D.C. area, she jumped into the dance scene and added hip hop among the styles of dance she would train and perform in.