Stephanie Franco is a Cuban-American choreographer, educator, performer, and contemporary movement artist from Miami, Florida. She is a member of Olujimi Dance Collective and Peter London Global Dance Company. She has engaged in creative processes with Mia Michaels, Urban Bush Women, Live Arts Miami, Miami DanceMakers, NWD Projects, Pioneer Winter Collective, Jamar Roberts, Rena Butler, Tawanna Hall, Hattie Mae Williams, Dr. Andrea E. Woods, Valdés, Contra Tiempo: Activist Dance Theater, Lobos Art Collective, Rennie Harris University, Syncopate Collective, and more. She is investigating the intersections of embodied experimentation, cultural identity, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Stephanie teaches at Dance Attack Miami and Dance Empire of Miami, and is guest faculty at Steps on Broadway and Broadway Dance Center as a catalyst for raw movement exploration.

Rafael Ruiz-del-Vizo, also known as Ralphie, was born and raised in Miami, Florida. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from New World School of the Arts, where he trained in classical ballet, modern, and jazz. He also studies contemporary and commercial dance styles. Ruiz-del-Vizo currently performs as a principal dancer with Dimension Dance Theater of Miami, where he also serves as a guest choreographer. In addition, he teaches contemporary dance throughout South Florida and is a co-founder and director of Syncopate Collective.

Clinton T. Harris is a Miami-based multidisciplinary artist, choreographer, and performer with Peter London Global Dance Company and Adele Myers & Dancers (AMD), recently completing a national tour with AMD of a world gone FABULOUS. A 2024 Miami DanceMakers artist, he premiered “I See Red People” and later received a Miami Light Project Here & Now commission for “Bonnie Where’s/Wears Clyde.” His commissioned works include “She Said” at MOCA North Miami and “Don’t Move” at the Freedom Tower. In 2026, he served as lead choreographer for Hued Songs’ Juneteenth production. His practice explores identity, memory, and human connection through dance, film, and performance art.

Erika Loyola is an Ecuadorian dance artist, certified as reiki master and breath master facilitator. She obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in new classical ballet from Danza Raymond Mauge Thoniel and subsequently moved to Miami in 2011 to continue her education at Miami Dade College. Loyola currently dances with Olujimi Dance Collective and is a performer with Aura entertainment. She is also an intercultural dance educator certified by Nuestras Raices Foundation and is the artistic director of Interculturales. In addition, Loyola is an artist-in-residence for Arts for Learning Miami and Florida International University, and is credentialed by YA National Teaching Artist. Loyola has collaborated with Pioneer Winter Collective, Urban Bush Women, and the Ecuadorian Association in Atlanta Georgia and was recently a guest artist for the Air Dance Conference where she presented her dance work, La Conciencia.

Deja Darbonne is a Miami-based performing artist, choreographer, and movement educator whose work bridges classical and contemporary dance traditions. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Art in dance from New World School of the Arts College and has performed with Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, Ballet Hispanico II, Peter London Global Dance Company, Dance NOW! Miami, Zest Collective, Syncopate Collective and other notable companies. Darbonne has performed works by acclaimed choreographers including Robert Battle, Ronald K. Brown, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Eduardo Vilaro, and Jamar Roberts. Her choreographic work explores themes of identity, memory, belonging, and self-discovery. Her original works include “Philautia,” “Sun Down,” “Joyce,” and “Resolve.” In 2025, she was selected as a Miami DanceMakers choreographer and commissioned to create “Through the Water,” presented at PAMM. Most recently, she was commissioned by Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami to create “Like Home,” which premiered as part of the Dennis Moss Cultural Arts Center Salon Series.