D A N C E R S

 
 

Aidan

Aidan Feldman is a software engineer by day, dancer by night. Aside from Dance Entropy, he performs with Artichoke Dance and danceTactics Performance Group, and has worked with others like Chavasse Dance & Performance, Spark Movement Collective, and the Barkin/Selissen Project. Outside of dance, Aidan teaches coding at New York University (NYU) and Columbia University, and helps government agencies do technology better. When not dancing or nerding, Aidan can be found flying around the streets of New York on his bicycle. Aidan started working with Dance Entropy in 2021.

Kristin

Kristin Licata holds a BFA in dance from the Fordham/Ailey program. Kristin is a freelance dancer in New York City working with Ariel Rivka Dance, Covenant Ballet Theatre and Matthew Westerby Company, Kristin is the associate artistic director of the Matthew Westerby Company. Kristin is an ABT® Certified Teacher, teaching artist in NYC public school, and advisor to Covenant Ballet Theatre Junior COmpany. She has also worked with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company II, Yuka Kawazu/Danse En L’air, Felice Lesser Dance Theatre, Regina Nejman and Company, Tamara Saari Dance, Vabang! and Vox Lumiere. She has been a member of VG/DE since 2008.

Richard

Richard Sayama originally from Honolulu, Hawai’i, graduated early from Marymount Manhattan College with a double major in B.F.A Modern Dance and B.A Business Arts & Management. Upon graduation, Sayama joined Jon Lehrer Dance Company where he toured domestically and internationally for over 5 years. He finished seasons with Limón 2, Alison Cook Beatty Dance, iKADA Contemporary Dance Company, H.T Chen & Dancers, Rock Dance Collective, and McKoy Dance Projects. He currently dances for Valerie Green Dance Entropy, Obremski/Works, LaneCoArts, One Day Dance, and General Mischief Dance Theatre.

 

Erin

Erin Giordano graduated from Arizona State University with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Nutrition. Erin has received additional training at Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Alvin Ailey School, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Parsons Dance, and Giordano Dance Chicago. Professionally, Erin has danced with Jessica Taylor’s DAMAGEDANCE, Matthew Westerby Company, Ani Taj’s The Dance Cartel, and with Valerie Green / Dance Entropy, since Spring 2017. Erin’s love of movement has also drawn her into the world of fitness, and she currently works as a Certified Personal Trainer, Pilates Mat and Barre instructor, and Certified Stretch Therapist in NYC.

Lawson

Lawson Pinder is from the Bahamas and graduated from The Edna Manley Collage of the Visual and Performing Arts in Jamaica in 2004. There he studied the Martha Graham Dance Technique and La Técnica Cubana "Cuban Modern Dance Technique." He worked with L’Acadco - A United Caribbean Dance Force based in Jamaica where he obtained certification in the L'Antech Dance Technique. Lawson is no stranger to the stage. Passing on all the information that he’s learned during his studies and travels is also the greatest feeling that one can achieve. Lawson has been a teaching artist with Dance Entropy since 2020 and began dancing with the company in '22.

Sophia

Sophia Diehl holds a degree in Dance and Religion from St. Olaf College and a certificate in Contemporary Dance from Gibney Dance Center's Professional Training Program. She has performed with companies spanning from Minneapolis to New York City (Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater, ARENA Dances; Vashti Dance Theater, Chris Ferris & Dancers and ClyMove). Sophia first encountered VG/DE as a selected choreographer for the DIG program in 2023. After performing as a guest artist in Green’s site-specific work, Clepsydra, she joined VG/DE in 2024. She also teaches yoga and is a Dance Teaching Artist with Heidi Latsky Dance and Dance Entropy.

 

Johnny

Johnny Mathews III (he/they) is a Brooklyn-based dancer/ choreographer from Madison, Wisconsin. Johnny dances with Valerie Green/Dance Entropy, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, and KAOS Dance Collective. He has performed works by Maxine Doyle, Johannes Wieland, Ohad Naharin, Shannon Gillen, Meredith Monk, and other prestigious choreographers. Mathews has been awarded choreographic residencies at The Residency Project @280 in Pasadena, CA, and Greenspace in Queens, NY. He graduated from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Performing Arts Management. Johnny started working with Dance Entropy in 2023.

Richard

Richard J. Scandola is a native of southern France where he performed with Les Ballets des Alpes Maritimes, Horizons,and Corps Accord. Richard moved to New York City to study American Modern Dance, Cunningham and Limón techniques. He met Jim May who became his mentor and soon became one of the dancers of the Sokolow Ensemble in 2012. He has since worked with Barkin/Selissen Project, Brice Mousset OUI Danse, Overground Physical Theater, Shadow Box Theatre as co-director, dancer and puppeteer and start working with Dance Entropy in 2017. Richard kindles his passions for yoga and spiritual healing.

 
 

Tsubasa

Tsubasa Nishioka is a Japanese-born dancer and choreographer. He moved to the U.S. in 2017 from Tokyo to attend The Ailey School and performed in Alvin Ailey’s Spirit Gala at Lincoln Center. He has worked with choreographers such as Marcus Jarrell Willis and Omar Roman de Jesús. Nishioka is a member of Valerie Green Dance Entropy, i KADA Contemporary Dance, H.T. Chen & Dancers, and others. In 2023, he founded Feathers Dance Company, premiering “Kibi Dango” in Tokyo. In 2025, he performed at Jacob’s Pillow and toured in Scotland at the Fringe Festival.