Company

MARC NUÑEZ (Founder/Director) (he/him) was born in Switzerland and raised in California. He is a queer Filipinx-American, Queens-based Director, Choreographer, and Dancer. Marc has choreographed for the 2024 Paris Olympics (Nymphia Wind Cultural Olympiad) and 2019 New York Fashion Week, as well as directed AEA productions of The Wizard of Oz and choreographed Sweeney Todd (Media Theatre). Professionally, Marc has danced for Rihanna, Todrick Hall, Donald McKayle's Etude Ensemble, Mike Esperanza's BARE Dance Company and Entity Contemporary Dance, as well as played roles in musicals including Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan (international tour), Disney's Newsies, Cabaret and The King and I.

Marc is Founder and Director of Gotham Dance Theater since 2015. Marc is currently a Teaching Artist for Mark Morris Dance Group, Marymount Manhattan College, and Battery Dance. Marc is also a popular dance and fitness instructor at multiple Crunch Fitness locations throughout New York City. Marc has also taught at Broadway Dance Center, Peridance Center, RIOULT Dance Center, Mae Mae Dance Studio, El Puente Center for Peace and Social Justice. Marc also created Sip 'n' Step Happy Hour Dance Class for All, a 1-hour open level dance class via Airbnb Online Experiences. Marc specializes in Hip-Hop, Jazz, Contemporary, and Musical Theater.

Marc holds a BFA in Dance Performance with Excellence in Choreography from the University of California, Irvine. Marc is a member of Actors Equity and represented by CESD Talent Agency. For more about Marc, visit marcnunez.com or @_marcnunez.

EMILY HART LOPEZ (Choreographer) (she/her) is a professional dancer, actor, and educator based in NYC. She is graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with a B.F.A in Dance. Her work ranges from concert to company work, choreographing, latin dance, immersive theater, commercial work, and more. Credits include: Telemundo Upfronts, Tito Puente Jr., NYLA, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Grace Kelly, Alterra Productions, Rumbamena, Flint Rep, and more. Her current passion is latin fusion, artistic production (@hartheals), and arts advocacy on the local to global scale. For more about Emily, visit @emilyhartlopez.

ANNIKA WONG (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer and artist who has worked in theatre, immersive theatrical experiences, and film in NYC.  Most recently, she was a co-dance captain and ensemble for Marina Montesanti's new musical, EXIST, where she worked closely with choreographer, Ahmad Simmons. Her work with Bated Breath Theatre Company as a dancer and creator have led her to more choreographic endeavors, including site-specific work and movement direction. Her film, An Autumn Thing was most recently seen at All Street Gallery’s The Kitchen Project. She is a 2022 graduate of Peridance Center's Certificate Program. For more about Annika, visit @annikatofu.

CELINNA HABER (she/her) Celinna (she/her) is a dancer and healthcare professional born and raised in NYC. She studied dance and biology at Radford University. Celinna is a dance artist for Gotham Dance Theater and Synchronous. Along with being a dance professional, Celinna is a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer. For more about Celinna, visit @celinna.h_.

DAVONNA BATT (she/her) is originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Davonna fell in love with dance at an early age. She received a B.F.A. in Dance from the University of Arizona with Honors, Summa Cum Laude, and with great pleasure has immersed herself in several styles of dance while studying under many exceptional artists. Since moving to New York in 2014, she has danced in and collaborated with several companies and artists including ALMA NYC, Gotham Dance Theater, Amanda + James, and of bones dance. ​In addition, she's had the opportunity to tour nationally with DAMAGEDANCE and internationally with Sarah Berges Dance. Along the way, Davonna discovered a love for teaching, and continues to find absolute joy in encouraging dancers, and movers of all ages to discover power, control, and expression in their bodies and minds. Additionally, she is certified to teach The MELT Method. For more about Davonna, visit @d_moves. 

SARINA GONZALEZ (she/her) is a passionate creative from New York.  She graduated from NYU Tisch with a BFA in Dance. While at NYU, she performed in St Ann's Warehouse's Oklahoma!, and was the dance captain of Tisch New Theatre’s Legally Blonde. Sarina is currently dancing in the 92Y’s TYA season. For more about Sarina, visit @_sarinagonzalez. 

NADIA KHAYRALLAH (they/them) is a dance artist, educator, writer, administrator, and (dis)content creator rooted equally in history and fantasy, form and groove, esoterica and common sense. Nadia graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in Dance and Psychology. Since then, they have performed as a company member with Gotham Dance Theater, Artists by Any Other Name, and Parijat Performance Projects, and Jonah Bokaer Choreography. They have presented choreographic work through Arab American National Museum, Time & Space Limited, Little Island NYC, Dixon Place, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Queens College Arts Festival, Screendance Miami, YallaPunk, and New York Arab Festival, and New York Fashion Week, among other venues. Nadia is Programs Assistant at Dance/NYC and a teaching artist working with K-12 students throughout the city. For more about Nadia, visit nadiakhayrallah.com or @nadiakhayrallah.

STEPHANIE SHIN (Dance Captain) (she/her) is a NYC based artist from Ames, Iowa. She has performed work by Brandon Coleman, Gotham Dance Theater among others. Stephanie founded Synchronous, choreographing and premiering pieces including “SYNCHRONICITY” and “UTILITY”, an immersive performance in collaboration with Emissary Quartet. She has presented work at the 2023 AAPI We Belong Here festival and has choreographed and produced films with artists such as Middle Sattre. A LMCC grant recipient and a 2024 inaugural 14 Street Y Dance Artist in Residence, Stephanie also produces and curates The Craft and works for Asian American Arts Alliance (A4). For more about Stephanie, visit @stephshin2.