Kat Cole - Artistic Director
Eric Garcia - Artistic Director
Valerie Jaruegi - Production Intern
Sarah Gould - Performer
Sarah began dancing at age 6, to get out of taking piano lessons. Growing up in North County San Diego, she was inspired by, and performed work by, Faith Jensen-Ismay, Sadie Weinberg, and Alison D. Smith. Sarah attended Palomar College, where she made her first debut as a choreographer. In 2008, after studying and dancing abroad, she moved to San Francisco on a whim. And in May, 2010, she graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Dance, also receiving the Hood Award for the College of Creative Arts and the Excellence in Dance Award. Here in the bay area, she has performed in works by Mark Foehringer, Ray Tadio, Folawole Oyinlola, Olivia Griffin, and Susan Whipp. In addition to dance and choreography, Sarah feeds her creative spark by writing poetry, art modeling, and occasionally creating multi-media art pieces.
Meagan Le - Performer
Meagan, a San Francisco native, discovered her passion for dance as a freshman at Lowell High School, and has not stopped dancing since. Now a student at the University of San Francisco, she is active in the the Visual and Performing Arts Department, and has had memorable experiences performing in works by Katie Faulkner, Amie Dowling, Mo Miner, and detour dance. But like a true San Franciscan, Meagan is passionate not just about dance, but about the environment as well, and is currently pursuing an Environmental Studies major. And because she does not have enough on her plate, in addition to dance and her Environmental Studies, she is also pursuing a French minor. They do teach juggling in dance class.
Olivia Sparkuhl - Performer
Olivia is a Performing Arts and Social Justice major at the University of San Francisco. Since transitioning to the Bay Area less than a year ago, she has performed works by Eli Nelson, Amie Dowling, Katie Faulkner, and Jo Kreiter. She is currently interning in the Community Engagement Department at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and assisting senior movement classes for the Center for Elders and Youth in the Arts (CEYA). Though her interest in community-based work is growing exponentially and will hopefully one day lead her to South America, she is always delighted to work with the detour dance duo, Kat Cole and Eric Garcia.