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Hope
Byers As a young dancer, Hope studied at the L’Eee Shee School of Dance & Gurstha’s School of Dance. The Bastrop, LA native also trained under renowned Jazz artist, Joe Tremaine. She has received professional training from instructors at Southern University & such acclaimed artists as, Bebe Miller, Lula Washington, Milton Myers, and Ron K. Brown. Hope has performed locally with Tyrone Murray’s Rafiki Dance Theatre & independently with Reggie Glass and Helanius Wilkins. She is also a member of Full Circle Dance Co. in Baltimore, MD, a substitute dance instructor and choreographer. |
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Pirjo Garby Pirjo began training in modern dance as a teenager at Kontulan Nuorisotalo (KN) in Helsinki, Finland. She performed with KN’s youth dance group and later joined Eija Aspholm’s QuickSteps ensemble. Pirjo eventually became a youth dance instructor and choreographer at KN. After a hiatus from dance, Pirjo moved to Washington, DC and began performing with Tyrone Murray’s Afro-jazz dancers. She has also explored the world of classical ballet, modern, and other jazz forms in DC and New York City. |
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Kristy Spivey Kristy's passion for dance started at age 8 in Fort Hood, Texas. She fell in love with ballet, modern, & contemporary jazz. While living in Germany, she danced with the Leipheim Dance Group at German-American cultural festivals. Kristy has also worked with Broadway choreographer Betsy Acree-McClenahan as both a cast member & Assistant Choreographer in her senior production of the musical "Sweet Charity." |
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Aliya Wong Aliya began dancing and performing at the age of nine in Fredericksburg, VA. In the early years, she channeled her dance expression through clogging, drill team and her high school dance squad. While attending college, Aliya performed with and choreographed for Rhythmic Blue Dance Company. After college, Aliya moved to New York City where she began training in more traditional dance forms such as ballet, modern, and jazz. While continuing to focus on jazz dance, Aliya has extended her training in Washington DC to include African, belly dance, and hip-hop. Aliya is proud to be a founding member of The FloydProject Dance Company. |
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Tiffany Workman Tiffany Workman is thrilled to be a member of the creative Floyd Project Dance Company. Currently a sophomore at Montgomery College, Tiffany is studying towards her Associates degree in Dance. During her young career, Tiffany has applied her ballet, jazz, modern and hip-hop training for production performances with the Moscow State Ballet, Motion Mania Professional Dance Company and Montgomery College Dance Company. When she is not busy dancing, Tiffany pursues her other passion; early, childhood education with the ultimate goal of combining both passions by teaching instructional dance for children with special needs. |
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Giavanna Wright Giavanna started dancing when she was 11 years old and fell in love. Giavanna graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a BFA in Dance, where she got her first taste of modern dance. She has worked with choreographers such as B.J. Sullivan, Jan Van Dyke, John Gamble, and Gerri Houllihan. She has since moved back to Maryland to teach dance and also performs with Motion Mania Dance Theater Company. |
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