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Jen Hackworth | Director / Choreographer / Dancer Jen Hackworth was born and raised in western Massachusetts. She attended Marymount Manhattan College and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where she graduated with a BS in Communications and Sociology. Jen relocated to the west coast in 2005, and now lives and works in northeast Portland. Jen has been a part of KTP since its beginning and is very happy to be working with such dedicated and talented dancers. |
Aiyana Maye | Director / Choreographer / Dancer Aiyana Maye earned her BA in Dance and Psychology from Keene State College in 2003. She supplemented her training at the Laban Center, London and American Dance Festival where movement became more personal, risky and fulfilling. In Oregon, she performed with Imago Theater, work by Mary Oslund, Greg Bielmeier and Jerry Mouawad. Aiyana has been with Amanda, Jen and Regan since 2006, displaying dance, music and art with the name Key Turn Project. Thanks to everyone who has joined us along the way. |
Regan Kinder Cole | Director / Dancer Regan Kinder Cole comes from Illinois and is still a Midwesterner at heart. She graduated with honors from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2004, where she received the Senior Magnolia Award. Regan has performed with the Body Cartography Project and Imago Theater. She has danced with KTP from its inception, and is delighted to continue to work with them. |
Molly Ouellette | Dancer Molly Ouellette is originally from Wilton, New Hampshire, and graduated cum laude with a BFA in Dance from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has performed with Pengelly:Projects in Northampton, MA and Left Field Dance Collective in Seattle, WA. This is her fourth year dancing with Key Turn Project. |
Jaasiel Bean | Dancer Jaasiel Bean grew up in Forest Grove, OR, and took her first creative modern dance class with Joan Gunness at age four. Jaasiel attended high school at Arts and Communications Magnet Academy in Beaverton, OR, and earned a certificate in dance from The School of Toronto Dance Theatre in Toronto, ON. She joined KTP in October 2008. |
Monica Hilbrandt | Dancer / Board Member Monica Graves is a native Portlander who graduated in 2007 with a BFA in Dance from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. During her time there she worked with Robert Wood Dance-NYC, which carried through to post-graduate performances. Monica began dancing with KTP in October 2008, and has had the pleasure of performing with them once before in Junk to Funk. |
Rachael Lembo | Dancer Rachael Faulkner grew up in Washougal, WA, and is happy to be back in her favorite city after many years away. Previously, she danced with robbinschilds in New York City, NY. She is glad to be dancing with old and new friends in KTP. |