Artistic Directors
Courtney Smith Inzalaco & Leah Verier-Dunn have been dancing in the Sarasota community for over 25 years. After graduating with BFA's in Dance from the University of Florida and New World School for the Arts, they both departed on individual dance careers that took them around the country. Graduates of Booker High School's Visual and Performing Arts program, these two chose to return to Sarasota to contribute and be a part of their community, which respects and supports the arts as they do.
Courtney Smith Inzalacohas been dancing for years unending and wouldn’t have it any other way. After graduating with a BFA in Dance from the University of Florida, she departed on a dance career that took her around the country performing the works of Michael Foley, Paul Matteson, Gerri Houlihan, Bill Doolin, Elsa Valbuena, Amy O’Neal, Jennifer Archibald, and Kristin O’Neal. Smith Inzalaco pursues her passion for teaching through classes that highlight the technical and efficient movement of the body. She is currently on faculty at Booker High School, the Sarasota Ballet and the Florida Dance Festival. Smith Inzalaco currently co-directs a non-profit professional modern dance company in Sarasota, Moving Ethos Dance Company, as well as performing with Red Dirt Dance Company.
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Leah Verier-Dunnhas been in motion from the beginning. Through dance and yoga, she has focused her efforts on enriching our community with meaningful movement that opens minds and initiates conscious living. Upon graduation Leah moved to New York to work with Keigwin and Company and Adele Myers and Dancers. Throughout her career she has performed the works of Robert Battle, Mark Haim, Bill Doolin, Freddick Bratcher, Mohamed DaCosta and others. Her choreography has been featured in various festivals throughout Florida. Currently, Leah is also a performer with Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre and Red Dirt Dance. With Moving Ethos as her vehicle, she plans to ignite the light of dance and offer insight to the importance of it’s existence.
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Dancers
Jennifer Maecker originally from New Jersey, graduated highest honors from the University of Florida with a BFA in dance. As a dancer, choreographer and teacher she loves to explore movement and artistry at its most raw, organic form. She is so thankful to have performed with Capacitor, Printz Dance Project, Vertigo Dance Company, Emily Bass, and Annie Rosenthal Parr (San Francisco, CA), as well as Fuzion Dance Artists (Sarasota, FL.) Jennifer has been on faculty at Booker High School Dance Department, as well as various dance schools in Sarasota and Marin County. This is her 2nd season with Moving Ethos.
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Keely Sullivan Henrya Sarasota native, began dancing with the Florida Ballet Arts School at the age of five. Her determination to inhale as much dance as possible, brought her to Booker Visual & Performing Arts High School. This experience, as well as attending the American Dance Festival in the summer of 1999, shifted her world of dance from one thing to another. And this pattern continues…In 2004, Keely graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Performance & Choreography from Columbia College. While re-rooting in Sarasota, Keely was blessed to dance with FUZION Dance Artists and serve on faculty at Booker High School and Dance-The Next Generation (as well as a handful of wonderful local dance studios). Currently, Keely is in her fourth season with Moving Ethos. Forever grateful…family, friends, and for the people and experiences that make up Moving Ethos.
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Technicians
Aaron Muhl
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Bradley Smith Inzalaco
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