Common Conservatory

The first group of COMMON conservatory dancers September 2019.

There is an epic new work created by to be performed tomorrow night at 7:30 in COMMON’s final show…and Sarah is dancing! Ticket link is in the bio.

Bodony (she, her) is a teacher, dancer, and choreographer based in Chicago, IL. She graduated from The Ohio State University, with a BFA in Dance. During her time at Ohio State, Sarah was one of sixteen dancers who traveled with the Dance Denmark tour group in Summer 2019. She also performed works by Eddie Taketa, Susan Hadley, Crystal Michelle Perkins, Daniel Roberts, and several MFA thesis projects. Along with performing, she produced a student-choreographed show in Ohio State's Department of Dance. She also interned at the Wexner Center For The Arts in Columbus, OH and had her writing published on their website’s Read, Watch, Listen page. With a smile on her face, she hopes to create a space to explore, listen, and be inspired by the body, nature, her community, and hopes to bring values of diversity and inclusion into any space she accompanies.

Perla hits the stage tomorrow night in two new dances by Noelle Kayser and Drew Lewis. It’s COMMON’s final performance. Come join us. Ticket link in bio.

Perla Sanchez is a Second year Dance major at Loyola University Chicago. She has taken ballet classes since she was 13, but began taking dance seriously just a year ago. As she begins her journey into the world of dance at now 21, she took her first contemporary class in this dance intensive session at COMMON Dance. This will be her first performance doing contemporary and is grateful to be apart of this form of art taught by such experienced choreographers.

Come see Laura dance in a new work by Drew Lewis tomorrow night at 7:30pm in COMMON’s last performance! Ticket link in bio
Laura’s current philosophy is finding genuine curiosity and deep interest in any work she is involved in. She wears white socks always, finds the best work comes when people can collaborate with a sense of play, and finds joy in taking absurd choices very seriously. Often, she finds that she draws most of her working inspiration from improvisation. She received her BFA in modern dance from the University of Utah. Then, freelanced in Salt Lake City for about a year, working with different local companies, when she felt she was ready for a change in scenery. She then moved to Chicago and trained with COMMON conservatory for a year. She has worked with artists such as Noa Zuk and Ohad Fishof, Anouk Van Dijk, Laja Martin, Robyn Mineko Williams, Ibrahim Sabbi, Noelle Kayser, Drew Lewis, Rebecca Aneloski, Shannon Gillen, and Natalie Desch. She is currently working as a freelance dancer based in Chicago.

She is central to the Chicago Dance Community and she’ll be on stage in a new work by Drew Lewis on Saturday at 7:30 at COMMON’s last performance.

Frances Whitford is a freelance dancer based in Chicago, IL. She trained at Pasadena Dance Theatre, attended Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, and is an alumna of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. In 2017, Frances joined the inaugural class of the Hubbard Street Professional Program. For 3 years she danced under the direction of Alexandra Wells and performed works by Peter Chu, Rena Butler, Robyn Mineko Williams, Alice Klock, Florian Lochner, Jenna Pollack, Ryan Mason, Elia Mrak, and Adam Barruch. Frances co-founded Little Fire Artist Collective in the spring of 2020 and continues to choreograph, perform, facilitate improvisational jams, co-produce shows, and manage the collective. Frances is proud to be a Margie Gillis Legacy Project dancer and to have created opportunities for artistic collaboration this year in San Jose, Costa Rica and Acton Vale, Quebec.