Meet the Dancers

  • Meleta Buckstaff

    Meleta Buckstaff is an artist and dancer native to Jackson, Wyoming.  By day she works for Dancers' Workshop, and by night she designs clothing and costumes, makes collages, drawings, and jewelry, and generally dabbles in artistic pursuits.

  • Marissa Carr

    Marissa Carr graduated from Skidmore College in 2006 with a double major in Dance and English.  While in college, she had the honor of working with acclaimed artists-in-residence Robert Battle and Jeanne Bresciani.  Her studies took her to Greece where she performed with the Isadora Duncan International Institute in the reconstructed works of Isadora Duncan.  Prior to moving to Jackson, she lived in Boston where she performed with SOKOLOW NOW!, Deborah Abel Dance Company, Kelley Donovan and Dancers, Danny Swain Dance Company, and as a guest with Weber Dance.  Marissa is grateful for the opportunity to work with Contemporary Dance Wyoming.

  • Kate W. Kosharek

    Kate has been teaching, performing and choreographing at Dancers’ Workshop since 2006. She holds a BFA in Dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has over 10 years experience teaching movement to all ages. While living in Milwaukee, Kate was a member of Wild Space Dance Company, which sparked her passion for site-specific dance making. In 2008 she co-founded Hole Dance Films, which has created numerous dance films that have played in festivals across Europe and the U.S. Specializing in Pilates group and private training, Kate educates awareness of breath and alignment, emphasizing that a strong core is key to proper body functionality and injury prevention. As her own experience continues to expand, Kate strives to give her students the ability to develop a deep understanding of movement and their bodies.

  • Heidi Ramseur

    Heidi Ramseur was born and raised in Jackson, and began her dance training at Dancers’ Workshop. Her dance training has included work with Peter Pucci, Repertory Dance Theater, The Martha Graham Dance Company, Colorado Ballet and others. Her studies took her to Los Angeles where she studied Music Composition at the Musician’s Institute, and to New York and abroad where she continued to dance and to study humanities and sociology. Heidi’s passion for art, dance, and music fuel her desire to teach others the joy of creating. She is also honored to be joining Contemporary Dance Wyoming for another exciting season.

  • Carrie Noel Richer

    Carrie Noel Richer is a dancer / filmmaker. She graduated from Bates College with a BA in Dance and Cultural Anthropology and has been dancing with Contemporary Dance Wyoming since 2007. Carrie has an M.F.A. in Cinema from San Francisco State University where she focused on the emerging genre of Dance Film and experimental cinema. She has taught 16 mm Film, Digital Film and Film History courses at San Francisco State University, in the Oakland Public Schools, and through several outreach projects in Jackson. Richer was the Festival Director and Filmmaker in Residence for the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival for 5 years and currently works as a freelance filmmaker throughout Jackson producing short films for many organizations including Dancers’ Workshop, Live and Play Jackson Hole and just completed a 2011 Digital Media Ambassador fellowship.  She is Co-Artistic Director of Hole Dance Films, which produces dance films that have played internationally, most notably at the Dance on Camera Festival in New York, Cinedans in Amsterdam and the "Best of" touring collection for the Sans Souci Dance Cinema Festival. Carrie was awarded the 2010 artist fellowship in Film Direction from the Wyoming Arts Council and has received a 2010 WAC Individual Professional Development Grant. She loves living in Jackson!

  • Holly Wooldridge

    Holly Wooldridge, a native Californian, has been studying movement and the body her whole life. As a dancer, educator and scholar she strives to live in the moment by continually questioning, laughing and moving. Holly received a MFA in Dance at Arizona State University and a BFA in Modern Dance from the University of Utah.  Ms. Wooldridge has performed, choreographed and taught in California, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona and Texas. Holly has performed as a company member with Pappas and Dancers (CA), Contemporary Dance Wyoming and CONDER/dance (AZ).  Fully certified in Pilates, Holly began her own Pilates business, embodied Pilates LLC, in 2009.  Most recently, Holly was on faculty at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas.

  • Neesha Zollinger

    Neesha Zollinger finds the bliss of living through movement. She studied at Southern Utah and Utah State Universities, receiving scholarships for both dance and Environmental Studies. While in Utah she performed with independent choreographers and appeared as a guest with Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Since becoming a founding member of CDW in 1999, Neesha has shared her joy performing through the Western States and New York City. Yoga studies have paralleled her dance for the past 20 years. Neesha is one of 250 certified Anusara Yoga teachers worldwide and is the owner of Akasha Yoga in downtown Jackson. She teaches classes and workshops, immersions and teacher training globally.

     

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