Ariel Batt-Martinez (Dancer)
Ariel is in her first year at CCBC and dancing with the CCBC Dance Company. She graduated from Rosedale Christian Academy and has studied dance at White Marsh Ballet Academy. Ariel is enjoying learning new styles of dance that she is not used to doing in her previous years in dance. she is also enjoying meeting new people who also share a passion for dance. She shared: “After graduating high school, I didn't want to stop my love for dance. While going to school with a passion for nursing, I also wanted to keep my love for dance alive.”

Kenea Dorsey (Dancer)
Kenea is in her first year as a dancer at CCBC and dancing with the CCBC Dance Company. She graduated from Centennial High School where she also was on a dance team at her high school. She previously studied at Jump, Move, Dance. She is enjoying making new friends and being able to experience new dances that she has never done before. Kenea shared: “I am dancing at CCBC because I want to be prepared for when I audition for the Towson dance team and because I want to keep my dance dream alive.”

Angel Farabee (Dancer)
Angel is in her first year dancing with the CCBC Dance Company. Angel has been dancing since she was three years old. She is enjoying dancing with the CCBC Dance Company and working with all the choreographers and other dancers in the company.

Alexis Gibson (Dancer)
Alexis has been dancing for 10 years, training at Danzations before joining the Dance Company at CCBC. A 2022 graduate of Hereford High School, they are currently pursuing a degree in journalism while continuing to explore their passion for dance. When not performing, they enjoy analyzing poetry and storytelling through movement.

LeAnn Jones (Dancer)
LeAnn is in her first-year dancing at CCBC. She went to Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts and danced in the dance magnet program. She has also danced at Morton Street Dance Center and White Marsh Ballet Academy. LeAnne shared: What I’m enjoying most about being in company is that this is my first year and I’m getting to experience everything.”

Chanel Marshall (Dancer)
Chanel is in her first year student at CCBC and a graduate of Harbor City High School. In October of 2014, she was awarded the opportunity to dance with the Ava Fields Dance Ministry. Since being a part of CCBC Dance Company, She has been meeting and working with many amazing choreographers and their preferred dance styles; which she enjoys. Chanel shared that “It is like a breath of fresh air to be able to dance alongside other creatives and dance majors who share the same passion. In our short time together, I’ve noticed the growth in confidence, skills, and relationships in my dance peers and within myself. It has been an encouraging and inspiring experience thus far.” Chanel shared the following story about what brought her to dance at CCBC: I would dare to say that I was led to choose CCBC for dance. It is a part of my faith walk. When praying about which community college to attend, I kept coming across the colors blue and orange. I discovered that the color blue, represents God’s Word; which He had given me a year or two prior. And orange, represents passionate praise and God's fire. CCBC had the colors that God kept showing me, and since my dance background is in liturgical/praise dance, I knew that this is where He was directing me. It is my hope and prayer, that every movement I make glorifies God and ministers the heart of God to someone.”

Christa Morrison-Saulsbury (Dancer)
Christa is in her first year dance at CCBC and with the CCBC Dance Company. She graduated from Digital Harbor Learning Program (VLP) and has previously studied at Deve’s Christian School of Performing Arts and with the Philadelphia Christian Church Performing Arts Ministry, Baltimore, under the direction of Claudia Braithwaite. Christa is enjoying dancing at CCBC and the fact that she gets to meet new people, making friends, and being part of the CCBC Dance Company. She shared the following about why she is dancing at CCBC: “I feel that CCBC is providing a great start for completing my performing arts degree.”

Andre Payne Jr. (Dancer)
Andre Breaks is in his third year dancing in the CCBC Dance Company. He graduated from New Town High School and has trained in with the Merrit Clubs Training Center and now continues his training at LA Fitness. Andre enjoys the learning process of building up a foundation for choreography and dance. He feels that the new challenges help him create new ideas and new pathways to improve his technique and develop as a dancer. Andre is learning more about the choreographic process and how to create and share dance as a form of communication. He feels that it is an art that expresses one’s emotion and feeling.

Mya Z. Seibles (Dancer)
Mya is in her first year at CCBC. She attended Old Mill High School and graduated in 2021. She has been involved with Color Guard for several years and enjoys being able to perform with the CCBC Dance Company. Mya is enjoying performing and wants to continue to learn and grow as a dancer.

Anna Mae Webb (Dancer)
Anna Mae is in her first year dancing with the CCBC Dance Company. She began dancing at the age of 3, and her love for dance has been a constant in her life ever since. After studying at various studios, spending 7 years in competitive dance, and training in the John Carroll Preparatory Dance Program and at the University of Tampa, Anna decided to take a two-year break from dance. She rekindled her passion for dance after attending a 6-week summer intensive at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. That experience reignited a spark in her, and she returned to the dance world by joining the CCBC Dance Company. Anna's enjoying taking on a new perspective on dance and what it means to her while being on the company.

Melinda Blomquist (Artistic Director /Program Coordinator/Choreographer)
Melinda holds an M.F.A. in Dance Choreography and Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Master of Arts in Dance Pedagogy from Brigham Young University. Melinda has presented her choreographic work at numerous venues nationally and internationally including the Mid-Atlantic and South-Central American College Dance Festival, Northwest Vista College, Towson University, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the Attakkalari Festival in Bangalore India. Melinda was names the 2024 Teacher of the Year in Higher Education by the Maryland Dance Education Association. Currently Melinda is a Professor of Dance at the Community College of Baltimore County, and she also serves as the Program Coordinator and the Artistic Director for the CCBC Dance Company. Melinda has also worked with Trajectory Dance Project and with the Theatre and Music departments as a choreographer for Musical Theatre productions in Arizona, Texas and Maryland including The Fantasticks, Fiddler on the Roof, Good News, and She Loves Me. Melinda is involved in community outreach, focusing on promoting the importance of dance as art form in public education. She has provided workshops and master classes in Texas, Alaska, and Maryland to students at the Elementary, Middle, and High School levels. She currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Deep Vision Dance Company and served as the President/Past-President of the Maryland Dance Education Association from 202-2024. To learn more about the Dance Program visit: www.ccbcmd.edu/dance

Alice Howes (Choreographer)

Alice is a dance artist and educator who is director of Trajectory Dance Project, a Baltimore-based modern dance ensemble. She has held full-time faculty positions at universities including Coppin State University, UNC Charlotte, and Lamar University.  In addition, she served from 1995 to 2004 as artistic director and resident choreographer of Washington, D.C.’s Sister’s Trousers Dance Company, a modern dance ensemble based in the D.C. area. Sarah Kaufman of The Washington Post described Howes’ performance as “riveting, thrilling and deeply mysterious”.  Howes’ choreography has appeared in selective showcases at venues such as D.C.’s Dance Place, The Booth Theater in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater and Millennium Stage. She holds an MA in dance from American University and an MFA in dance from Sam Houston State University. Howes also has earned a Certificate of Movement Analysis (CMA) from the Laban Institute of Movement Studies in New York City.

Adrienne Kraus Latanishen (Choreographer)

Adrienne is proud to have graduated with honors from The Community College of Baltimore County with her A.A. in Dance.  She then transferred to The University of Maryland where she also graduated with honors with her B.A. in Dance.  Besides being an adjunct dance faculty member at CCBC, she dances professionally for Trajectory Dance Project and independently for herself.  Previously, she also danced for BlueShift Dance (principal dancer), The Collective (dancer, choreographer, educator), B3W of New York City, Andary Dance (soloist, principal dancer), and withhart.dance.projects (founding member, assistant director, soloist, principal dancer).  She was Director of Dance at St. Timothy's School, a private and boarding school for girls and she choreographed as Artist in Residence at Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts for numerous years.  Recently, Adrienne choreographed for The Salem Players Theatre Company, Northeast High School, and Baltimore Composers Forum. 

Tommy Parlon (Choreographer)

Tommy a native of Washington, D.C., received his M.F.A. in Dance (Choreography and Technology) from Arizona State University and his B.F.A. in Dance and Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University. From 1998-2002 he was an Assistant Professor of Dance at Kent State University. While in New York City he danced with J. Fregalette Janson Dance, Centaur Dance Theatre, Beyondance Inc! and the Paris based multi-media performance art company FIASCO. Mr. Parlon has danced in pieces by Doug Varone, Stephen Petronio, Alvin Mayes, Laura Dean and Elizabeth Streb. In 1996-1998 he collaborated on Falling to Earth, an interactive multi-media performance piece created with the Institute for Studies in the Arts at Arizona State University. His choreography has been commissioned by Incidents Physical Theater of New York City, NEW ARTiculations in Tucson, Arizona, Lansing Chamber Dance in Michigan, and numerous colleges throughout the United States. He was awarded an Individual Artist Award in Solo Dance Performance from the Maryland State Arts Council in 2004 and an Artist Award in Choreography in 2007. Mr. Parlon is currently the Artistic Director of Tommy Parlon Dance Projects in Washington, D.C., and the Artistic Associate of Ground Zero Dance in Richmond.

Kristi Schaffner (Associate Director/Choreographer)

Kristi attended the University of Oklahoma as a teaching fellow where she received her MFA in modern dance (2011). She also has BFA in dance education from Kent State University (2004).  Through a graduate student grant, she studied Laban Movement Analysis at the Laban Institute in NYC. Ms. Schaffner has performed with Jeslyn Dance Gallery, Clawson Dances, Junction Dance Theatre, and Tommy Parlon Dance Projects among others, and is a current dancer and Director of Education and Outreach for Dragonfly Dance Experiment. Her choreography has been presented across the country including Pittsburgh, Oklahoma City, Washington D.C., Annapolis, Baltimore, Salt Lake City and at the Howard County Dance Festival. A passion for education has inspired her to create and implement dance curricula for both preschools and charter school students diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder. Ms. Schaffner is a current adjunct faculty member in the dance divisions of Anne Arundel Community College and the Community College of Baltimore County and is a frequent guest instructor and performer in schools and community events.

Camille Weanquoi (Guest Choreographer)
Camille is a freelance dancer, teacher, choreographer, cultural arts advocate, and mentor who hails from Bronx, NY. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance and Winston Salem State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. Camille received most of her training from the Harlem School of the Arts where she was a scholarship recipient of the HSA college preparatory/pre-professional dance program. She is well versed in various styles such as Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, and West-African Dance. She has had the privilege to study under Kim Grier-Martinez, Imani Faye, B.J. Sullivan, Dmitry Povolotsky, Duane Cyrus, and many other influential teaching artists. Camille’s passion for & commitment to dance has afforded her the opportunity to perform the works of Urban Bush Women, Na Ni Chin, and Rod Rogers. Camille has previously danced as a company member for Baltimore based companies, Keur Khaleyi African Dance Company, and The Collective and guest artist with Shange Dance Production. She has performed and toured throughout the East Coast in venues such as the Baltimore Museum of Art, Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, The Apollo, City Center, and Riverside Theater. Her work has been showcased at the Baltimore Theater Project, Lindenwood University, and Creative Alliance to name a few. She has been featured in the Arbutus Times, appeared in Essence Magazine, the Baltimore Sun, and the Bronx Times. Camille’s commitment to community and the growth and preservation of dance in our world has expanded her into a space of being the co-founder and Executive Director of Baltimore Black Dance Collective and co-founder and co-director of Baltimore Black Choreographers Festival. Camille is currently training as a 3rd year candidate for Dunham Technique Teacher Certification. In May 2023, she will be completing her MFA in choreography at Wilson College. With her background in & love for traditional as well contemporary rooted in African-American, African, & Caribbean dance forms, she currently research, creates, performs, and teaches African diasporic dance forms along with other styles of dance throughout the Baltimore/D.C. area and beyond.

Terri Raulie (Lighting Designer)
Terri is an Assistant Professor in the Performing Arts and Humanities Department at CCBC. She holds a BFA and an MA in Theatre Design and Production from Montclair State University in New Jersey. Professional and regional credits include The Whole Theatre, The Hangar Theatre, and Playwright Horizons in New Jersey and New York. Locally, she has designed sets and/or lights for productions with Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre, Phoenix Festival Theatre, and the Baltimore School for the Arts.

Jason Randolph (Technical Director)
BS Math, College of William and Mary MFA Rinehart School of Sculpture, MICA MFA Technical Theatre and Design, UVA TD/Resident Scenic Designer Single Carrot Theatre 2014-2017 TD CCBC Essex 2015-present TD Cockpit in Court Summer Theater 2016-present

David Martin (Assistant Technical Director)
Martin is an alumni of CCBC and Towson university, where they received their Bachelor's degree in Theatre Design and Production. They went on to receive their MFA in Technical Direction from Carnegie Mellon University, where they served as project manager for Carnegie Scenic.

Lisa L. Boeren (Production Coordinator)
Lisa has been the CCBC Box Office Manager for almost 25 years! Lisa brings over four decades of dedicated service to the Baltimore theatre community, marked by her extensive expertise in stage management and technical production. Throughout her career, she has overseen hundreds of productions across various esteemed venues including Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre, Dundalk Community Theatre, and Phoenix Festival Theatre, among others. Her roles have ranged from stage management and technical operations to props management, costume coordination, and more, demonstrating her versatility and commitment to ensuring flawless production execution. She has been the Administrative Manager for Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre for the last fifteen years. Lisa’s passion for theatre extends beyond technical proficiency; she has been instrumental in fostering collaborative environments, working closely with staff, administration, and boards of directors to enhance audience experiences and drive operational excellence. Lisa holds certifications in budgetary development, leadership management, and crowd management, as well as a Non-Profit Organization Management Workforce Certificate from CCBC, underscoring her proficiency in organizational management and operational oversight. Her dedication to theatre and community enrichment continues to inspire and elevate the arts scene in Baltimore.