Momentum Choreographers Showcase: Moving Surreal

Aynsleigh Morehouse

Aynsleigh Morehouse is a Florida-based freelance dancer and choreographer who began training at age four. She holds a BFA in Dance Performance with a concentration in Ballet from the University of South Florida, where she focused on ballet, modern, and contemporary techniques, along with studies in choreography, pedagogy, and kinesiology.

Aynsleigh has performed with Tampa City Ballet and across a range of freelance projects, while also creating original works that reflect her evolving artistic voice.

As both an artist and educator, she is passionate about fostering creativity, sharing her love of dance, and continuing to explore new collaborative and performance opportunities.

Curvacia Elysée

Curvacia Elysée is an emerging choreographer who creates from a place of identity, constant observation, and intuition. Fascinated by the overlooked and the unspoken, she finds significance in movements that reveal the unseen currents of experience. She is currently pursuing an education in dance at the University of South Florida, seeking to invite audiences to encounter new perspectives, connections, and ways of being.

Sami Mangione

Sami Mangione is a dancer, choreographer and somatic educator based in St Petersburg, Florida. Sami studied dance and psychology at the University of Florida, with a strong focus on dance and mental health.

Sami has danced with Sarasota Contemporary Dance Ensemble and Phoenix Fire & Performance Art, and works as a freelance performer and choreographer. She has performed the choreography of Bill T. Jones & Arnie Zane, Rennie Harris, Dante Puleio, Leymis Bolaños Wilmott and Xiao-Xuan Yang Dancigers. Sami holds certifications in mat pilates, yoga therapy, the Functional Awareness method, and Dance in Medicine.

Sami is a teaching artist at Project Alchemy Dance and teaches yoga, pilates and dance to her local and online communities.

Victoria Gonzalez

Victoria Gonzalez is a contemporary dancer and choreographer who resides in Tampa and has performed in pieces by Jennifer Nugent, Chris Aiken, Angie Hauser, and fellow emerging artists. Previously a member of the Venus Wheeler Dance Collective in Massachusetts for several years, Victoria has a deep love for experimentation, collaborative play, improvisation, and the endlessly engaging and winding process that is creating dance. Since receiving her BA in Dance from Smith College in 2017, movement continues to be a home for Victoria– a place where she goes for freedom, strength, and community. Her dance pieces often blend abstraction with elements of the everyday to invite audiences to make their own connections and interpretations, experiencing a natural, free range of emotions. Incorporating elements of experimentation, the ridiculous, the “ugly”, and multidisciplinary collaborations, her dance works seek to push the boundaries of what is expected in dance, in performance, and in society.

projectALCHEMY

Momentum: Choreographic Mentorship is a five-month program for emerging artists, both from within and outside of academia, to create artistic works in the Tampa Bay Area. This mentorship offers budding artists the opportunity to receive creative, financial, and administrative support toward a fully produced two-night performance at The Dalí Museum.