Meet The Company
Photo by Miranda Fan
Alli Jones, Artistic Director and Choreographer
Growing up in New York, Alli was influenced by a wide variety of choreographers and teachers at the Steffi Nossen School of Dance. Notable choreographers include Kevin Wynn, Michael Foley, Leslie Partridge, Katiti King, Tim Martin, Marcus Schulkind among others. At the age of 17, she performed professionally in Connecticut, Boston and New York, with Tim Martin 1990/1991. In 1996, Alli graduated from Ohio University where she received a Bachelor of Specialized Studies in Therapeutic Arts with a Concentration in Dance and Choreography. Following University, she travelled to Asia to dance at the Beijing Dance Academy with Doug Nielson and Dan Wagoner on faculty. In addition to studying Modern, Ballet and Choreography, she studied Chinese Cultural Dance, Fan Dance and Tai Chi. She then studied Balinese dance in Bali, Indonesia and Thai massage in Kathmandu, Nepal. At the end of her year-long travels, she moved to Boulder, Colorado where she studied Massage and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. Alli danced and choreographed for Mariposa, Movement Alliance (better known as MA Dance) and Don Atwood. Alli founded Nosilla Dance Project in 2003 but continued to travel abroad, including South America and Asia where she had the opportunity to volunteer and further expose herself to a variety of dance and movement disciplines. In this second phase of life, which included her husband and twins she realized she needed to return to her passion. In 2016 Alli re-started Nosilla Dance Project and has since created two evening length shows; Chaos Theory, As It Relates To Family and U N R A V E L L E D. Alli feels incredibly fortunate to have found dancers who are open to exploring her quirky ideas.
Amanda Segro, Dancer
Growing up in Denver, Amanda attended Denver School of the Arts and majored in dance. After high school she attended the University of Kansas and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance in 2015. Since college Amanda has been dancing professionally in the Denver and Boulder area. She has performed with a number of companies including the Schiff Dance Collective, Industrial Dance Alliance, Nosilla Dance Project and Lair. Amanda has continued her creativity and choreography with her own company The Continuum Project. She loves teaching children and adults whether it is yoga or dance she loves inspiring creativity in others. She looks forward to continued participation in the arts in Colorado.
Diana Drummond, Dancer
Diana is a native of Houston, Texas. She received her BFA from the University of Oklahoma. While at OU she had the opportunity to perform in works by Austin Hartel, Derrick Minter, and Mary Margaret Holt. She has spent summers training at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, River North Dance Chicago, ARCOS Dance, and the American Dance Festival. After graduation, she had the pleasure of working with Esoteric Dance Project in Chicago, IL and The Big Muddy Dance Company in Saint Louis, MO. Since relocating to Denver she has had the opportunity to work with Chadsah Contemporary Dance Movement, Cindy Brandle Dance Company, The Continuum Project, DAMAGEDANCE, Industrial Dance Alliance, Maureen Breeze Dance Theater, and Nosilla Dance Project.
Emily Tomasi, Dancer
Emily has been dancing since she was three years old. She received her B.A in Dance from Kennesaw State University in 2017. She is excited to be with Nosilla Dance Project for a third and is looking forward to working with Nosilla on future projects.
Haley O’Hara, Dancer
Haley holds her BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography and her MA in Liberal Studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is a passionate yoga teacher (RYT-200) who enjoys testing the limits of postures and encouraging her students to find new pathways toward familiar movement. In her spare time, she can be found hiking and reading Yoga philosophy. This is her third season with Nosilla Dance Project.