4:15 #6

wednesday, february 18th 2026

wildflower collective

lucid (working title)

Choreographed and performed by Nikki Theroux

Nikki Theroux is a Brooklyn-based dancer and choreographer who earned her BFA in Dance Performance from Marymount Manhattan College. She has performed and presented work at venues including the Park Avenue Armory, the Joyce Theater, Bryant Park, and CPR—Center for Performance Research. As a performer, Nikki has collaborated with More Fish Dance Company under Doron Perk and is a co-founder of Wildflower Collective with Dale Ratcliff. Wildflower is dedicated to collaborative creation and fostering community for independent artists. Her latest duet, The Art of Carrying, was developed through international residencies at Moulin/Belle (France) and Art Shelter (Toronto), as well as the LEIMAY INCUBATOR Program. In 2025, she was awarded a Brooklyn Arts Fund grant to self-produce the work. Inspired by her work as a dance and movement artist, Nikki is currently in training to become a practitioner of the Ilan Lev Method.

Aryanna Allen

when you're ready

performers: Catherine Messina, Emily Hoff, Caroline Alter, Mayu Nakaya, JG Luitje, Aryanna Allen

Aryanna Allen (she/they) is a Brooklyn-based dancer, choreographer, educator, and arts administrator from Charlotte, NC. Through improvisational, theatrical, and collaborative practices, Aryanna’s work explores intimacy, visibility, and transformation. Their work has been presented at venues including Arts on Site, The Tank, Green Space, and Manhattan Movement & Arts Center. Throughout their freelance career, Aryanna has performed works by Mark Caserta, Marco Palomino, Yoshito Sakuraba, and Christian Denice. They currently dance with Kinesis Project and serve as Grantmaking Assistant for Dance/NYC. During the summers, they work as a mentor for the Bates Dance Festival Young Dancers Intensive. 

rogue wave is a contemporary company based in New York City, using neuroscience as a jumping off point for creation. Receiving several festival invitations, the company has performed across New York City, Rochester, Atlanta, Richmond, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Vermont, Connecticut, and Philadelphia. The company was the 2025 guest artist at MAD Artist Showcase at Nazareth University where director Messina is an adjunct professor and choreographer. In 2024, rogue wave was the Choreographer-in-Residence at Sacred Heart University and the Co-Op Residency Recipient at HERE Arts. rogue wave has created original works for Suttle Dance, Open Dance Ensemble, and One Day Dance. In 2026 the company will tour to Illinois, London, and Detroit. The company is a recipient of grant support from the City of Atlanta, Atlanta Science Festival, Metuchen’s Arts Council, New Haven Council for the Arts, Indie Space, and the Puffin Foundation, and has been artist-in-residence at Hambidge Cross-Pollination Art Lab, Everwood Artist Retreat, and Dragon’s Egg. rogue wave has also taught master classes in Contemporary Partnering. Community work is important to Messina and seen through her creation of multiple dance festivals and running affordable class series.

Kaitlyn Hawkins

Sometimes with a little help from my friend gravity,

Performers: Hardy, Kaitlyn Hawkins, Isaac Martin Lerner

Choreography created by Kaitlyn Hawkins in collaboration with the performers

Kaitlyn Hawkins is a Brooklyn based freelance dance artist and choreographer who is asking questions to try and prove to herself that the statement, “I am valuable” is true. She uses text, homemade sets, and a dreamlike sense of logic to see how her understanding of herself affects her relationships with the people around her. Her work has been presented in Candybox Festival and Movers Make in Minneapolis and she has self-produced shows in Minneapolis and Brooklyn. She has performed with Shapiro & Smith, TU Dance, Stefanie Batten Bland, Yusha-Marie Sorzano, Alanna Morris, Honeyworks, Sod House Theater, and Black Label Movement.

I remember I am loved

Audio Credits:

“There Must Be a Way” Betty Kent; “Pared back to the minimal” The Caretaker; “Meditation from Thais (arr. For violin and harp)” Jules Massenet, Lily Honigbery, Sonia Bize; “5 Pieces, Op. 75, ‘The Trees’:No. 5 Granen (The Spruce)” Jean Sibelius, Harvard Gimse; “Iniziare” Alessandro Cortini; “Mental Caverns Without Sunshine” The Caretaker

bRITTA JOY PETERSON

allowance

Performers: Maggie Beutner Cheung, Carolyn Hoehner, Alexandra Montalbano

Britta Joy Peterson is a director, choreographer and writer. Her practice is grounded in rigorous play and collaborative vitality. Recent work includes Movement Direction and Intimacy Direction of “The Inheritance” (parts 1 and 2) at Round House Theatre in Washington, DC, “Goodnight, Kitty” co-written with Carolyn Hoehner for Public Assembly in Los Angeles, CA, and co-producing the forthcoming feature film “Here I’m Alive”, directed by Joshua Z. Weinstein. If you’d like to color your own mountain climber, she’ll send you a PDF. 

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