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Adrian Clark

Adrian attended Connecticut College, majoring in dance and choreography, and has had the pleasure of working in New York with Jeremy Nelson, Luis Lara Malvacias, Julie Atlas Muz, Tamar Rogoth, Tami Stronach, Ori Flomin and Donna Uchizono.  Adrian is very plesed to have been dancing with Kate Weare since 2005. Allan Ulrich of Dance View Times describes him in the 2006 duet Drop Down, “Clark is tall, cool and unpredictable...his performance basks in a hair-trigger exhibition of technique.”

Douglas Gillespie

Douglas established his spirit in California where he was born but developed his charm in Jacksonville, Florida where he was raised. Since receiving his BFA from Florida State University, he has worked with choreographers including Ben Munisteri, Heather McArdle and Tennile Lambert. Douglas is thrilled to join Kate Weare Company.

Leslie Kraus

Leslie Kraus graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Dance and Choreography in 2003.  She has worked with Kurt Haworth and RobbinsChilds, shown her own choreography in New York, and most recently in a music video for Lauren Hoffman's debut album "Choreography." Leslie began dancing with Kate Weare Company in 2005.  Rachel Howard of the San Francisco Chronicle describes her in the 2007 duet Foregone, "a sweet duet of sorority with the fabulously dramatic redhead Leslie Kraus."

Marlena Penney Oden

Marlena Penney Oden recently relocated to NewYork from the San Francisco Bay Area where she had the pleasure of working with Randee Paufve, Katie Faulkner, Leyya Tawil and Nina Haft. While in the Bay Area, she developed a pre-professional modern dance program for teens and taught dance in public schools as a teaching artist in the Lincoln Center Institute Program. She holds a B.S. in dance from the University of Oregon. Marlena is absolutely thrilled to be dancing with Kate Weare Company.