Dancers

Company Members

 

Natalee Campbell

Natalee CampbellOriginally from Austin, Texas, Natalee began dancing at a young age. She continued her passion for dance throughout university and now as one of the founding members of Code f.a.d. Company. Natalee received her M.S. in textiles and technology management from North Carolina State University where she also earned her B.S. in textile and apparel management. She danced with the NCSU Dance Company under the direction of Robin Harris and assistant director Autumn Mist Belk. As a company member, she worked with guest artists Carol Kyles Finely, Megan Marvel, and Jack Arnold. During her college career, Natalee had the opportunity to perform at four Regional American Dance Festivals as well as the University of North Carolina Festival of the Arts, the Triangle Dance Festival for AIDS, the Raleigh Medal of Arts Ceremony, and has toured with the North Carolina Dance Festival. Natalee is excited to continue dancing with Code f.a.d Company. She also serves on the Board of Directors as the Secretary and as the Member Representative for the company.

Brianna Cooper

Brianna CooperBrianna holds a B.F.A. in dance performance from East Carolina University. During her time at ECU she was given the opportunity to perform in several faculty works and student choreographed pieces, at multiple ACDFA events, and was fortunate enough to train and perform with several guest artists including Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and Madeline Reber. After graduating in 2011, she spent the summer dancing and performing at the American Dance Festival. For the past two years, she has also had the privilege to dance and work with very talented artists from the United States, Canada, and Europe through La Bella Vita Arts, which hosts the Tuscan Summer Dance Intensive in Livorno, Italy, each year. Brianna has also been teaching and choreographing for competitive, pre-professional, and recreational students all of ages for several years now. In addition to teaching a variety of classes year round for Megan’s Academy of Dance in Wilson, NC, she has had the opportunity to teach contemporary and jazz master classes, workshops, and intensives at studios throughout North Carolina. When she is not teaching dance, she is busy working as an ACE Certified Group Fitness Instructor, Pilates Mat, and Zumba instructor in the Raleigh area and is very excited to be a new member dancing with Code f.a.d. Company this season!

Kristina Loflin

Kristina LoflinKristina is a 2011 graduate of Meredith College where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Communication.  While at Meredith, Kristina had the privilege to be a member of the pre-professional dance companies Meredith Dance Theatre and the Meredith Jazz and Tap Company.  During her years at Meredith, Kristina became a cheerleading coach with the Wake County School System having led the West Lake Wildcats to second place at the 2009 Sweetheart Classic Competition held in Greensboro. She was also able to earn the Dillard Drive Dragons place third out of eight teams in their division at the 2010 Wake County Cheer Competition with her own choreography and music. Since graduation, Kristina has been busy starting her own cheer and dance company, Xtreme Challenge All Stars in the city of Angier, NC.  She had led the XCAS 2009-2010 dance team to win first and second place titles locally, regionally and nationally with her choreography before transitioning to becoming the new owner.  Kristina continues to teach, coach and choreograph dance and cheerleading while being one of the newest members of the Code f.a.d. Company.

Kelley Murphy

Kelley MurphyOriginally from Ohio, Kelley earned a B.F.A. in modern dance and choreography from Ohio University in 2002, as well as a minor in studio art. While in College, she performed with The Ohio Dance Festival, Regional & National American College Dance Festivals in Detroit and D.C., Ohio University & Kent State Dance Concerts, as well as being a Dance Masters of America Scholarship Recipient and a member of The Movement Dance Organization. In 2003, Kelley studied at The Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive Program in NYC. While there she was chosen to perform in The Ailey Repertory Concert.Since graduation, she has been a member of several professional modern dance companies including: The Dance Cure and Anatomical Scenario in Columbus, Ohio, as well as Nickwalk Dance Project in North Carolina. Kelley currently dances with Code f.a.d. Company as well as The Dance Cure both in Raleigh. She has been a part of the North Carolina Dance Festival’s annual tour for four years as well as The NC Annual Dance Performances and The Charlotte Dance Festival. Kelley has been a performer in The Houston Fringe Festival in 2010 and The Seattle Dance Festival in 2011 with Code f.a.d. Company as well as several performances in NYC and Washington D.C. Aside from performing, Kelley pursues her passion for photography by owning a freelance photography business based in the Triangle area as well as teaching dance locally.

Guest Dancers

 

Jill Bradley Hall

Jill HallJill holds a B.A. in theatre and dance from James Madison University, where she received the Dance Faculty Award. While a student, she was a member of the Associate Dance Ensemble, the Contemporary Dance Ensemble and the Virginia Repertory Company, a pre-professional touring company. As a company member, Jill worked with guest artists Lisa Race, Shannon Hummel, Ric Rose and Fin. She also served as the technical director of the dance department at JMU. During her college career, Jill had the opportunity to perform at two Regional American College Dance Festivals. The first was hosted by Slippery Rock University, and the second by James Madison University where they were selected to also perform at the National American College Dance Festival hosted by the University of Maryland. Jill spent two summers training and working at the American Dance Festival as a stagecraft apprentice and then as a production intern under the direction of Bessie Award winner David Ferri. While at ADF, she had the honor to work with Bill T. Jones, Twyla Tharp, Paul Taylor, Lisa Race, Mark Haim, and others. Since graduation Jill has performed professionally with The West Virginia Dance Company under the direction of Toneta Akers-Toler, (WV Governor’s Arts Award winner for Excellence in the Arts), Theatre West Virginia (directed by Marina Hunley), and Kitchen Sink Dance Company (directed by Michael McGowan and Absolute Dance Company), where she remains a guest performer and choreographer. She has had guest performances with David Dorfman Dance in the world premiere of Undergroundand Deborah Riley Dance Projects. Jill has been working with Autumn Mist Belk since 2006 and serves on the Board of Directors for Code f.a.d. Company. Additionally, Jill has taught and choreographed extensively throughout the east coast. Her work has been shown in New York, West Virginia, Mississippi and Virginia. Jill is also a graduate of Blue Cliff College as a certified massage therapist where she was the valedictorian.

Gerren Mobley

Gerren MobleyA native of South Florida, Gerren began studying dance at the age of three, becoming a very serious young dancer in ballet, tap, jazz, modern, lyrical, hip-hop, and acrobatics. He trained at Southern Dance Theater in Boynton Beach, Florida, and was a student in the dance department at Palm Beach County School of the Arts. In 1996, he moved to North Carolina and continued training intensely at Cary Ballet Conservatory where he is now a faculty member and choreographer for the 3D Project which has been hailed nationally among concert jazz professionals and dancers as a premier pre-professional jazz company for dancers six and up. Gerren is a graduate of North Carolina State University’s College of Management and, while in school, was a member of the NCSU Dance Company for two years. Gerren has choreographed for the NC State Dance Program, and he has performed at the American College Dance Festival’s Gala and as a guest artist for Megan Marvel’s graduate thesis concert. He is ecstatic to be dancing with Code f.a.d. Company!

Christina Serafino

Christina SerafinoChristina is a Connecticut native who grew up dancing and competing with Dance Arts Centre. During those years,she studied a variety of dance styles including ballet, tap, jazz, modern, lyrical, pointe and acrobatics. Christina flew south to earn her Bachelor of Arts in dance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in May 2004, while also studying business. In the summer of 2002, she attended the Pro Danza Italia workshop in Castiglioncello, Italy, where she studied and performed with renowned modern, jazz, African and tap choreographers from the United States, Canada and Italy. Christina also performed in the premiere of David Dorfman’s “Underground” at the American Dance festival in 2006, which is where she is now very happy to have met Autumn & Jill. She has also choreographed and performed with Choreo Collective, a non-profit collective of Triangle area modern dance. Christina is an avid sports fan and is the organizer of the Triangle Patriots Fans. She also serves on the leadership team for the Wake County SPCA PAWS (Pets Are Worth Saving) group that hosts events that raise money for the Wake County SPCA. Christina resides in Raleigh and is proud to have been a part of Code f.a.d. Company since its inception.