Introducing our
2025-26 Partners
Aaron Hogan
Photographer | Baton Rouge, LA
Aaron Hogan has been listening, looking, and loving his entire life, and took to photography professionally in 2006 to express that gift to a growing list of clients, whose sessions have taken him across the US and internationally in pursuit of the perfect image. He loves nothing more than to spend time with the people he will photograph, laugh with them, listen to their goals, and design a photographic story that captures them perfectly at that moment in time.
Alyseia Darby
Dancer | New Orleans, LA
Alyseia received a B.A. in Physical Theatre with a minor in Dance from Louisiana State University. While at LSU, she trained in Aerial Arts & was a featured dancer in many shows including Debbie Allen Productions and New Venture Theatre’s Productions. Post graduation, Alyseia relocated to Atlanta, GA. She joined Element Circus Troupe, founded & directed by Derrin Moore, and is now the Principal Aerialist & Assistant Director, and she also joined Atlanta Dance Connection, founded & directed by Allyne D. Gartrell, and is now the Principal Female Artist & Programs Director.
Alyssa Braud
Dancer | Sarasota, FL
Alyssa Braud is a modern and contemporary dancer and choreographer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, now based in Sarasota, Florida, who has performed and created work with Of Moving Colors, Tennessee Ballet Theater, and Sarasota Contemporary Dance; she is also the director of Saoirse Movement, an educator for students with visual impairments, and a 200-hour RYT yoga instructor.
Calvin Rowe
Choreographer | New Orleans, LA
Calvin James Rowe (Of Moving Colors 2023 Prism Award recipient) is a New Orleans-Based, choreographer and dancer. He has toured nationally and internationally with Lightwire Theater, and FLOCK Dance. He performed for three seasons with Ballet Quad Cities, and three seasons with OMC, returning to perform in OMC's The Tempest as Prospero, and Iago in their production of Othello.
Chancelier "Xero" Skidmore
Spoken Word Artist | Baton Rouge, LA
CHANCELIER “XERO” SKIDMORE is an Executive Director with a trained teaching-artist, facilitator, curriculum writer, and youth worker core. All that started with a love for art and performance. Xero has worked extensively in the community with organizations including City at Peace (now known as The Possibility Project), Big Buddy Program’s WordPlay Teaching Writing Project, and Forward Arts. As a spoken word artist, Chancelier has been ranked twice among the top five slam poets in the United States and in October of 2013 he ranked 1st at the Individual World Poetry Slam Festival.
Courtney Landry
Multidisciplinary Artist | Baton Rouge, LA
Courtney Landry is a Louisiana-based multidisciplinary artist and arts administrator. She holds a BFA in modern dance and MA in arts administration and performed professionally with OMC for 10 years. Her work spans choreography for stage and dance film, teaching contemporary dance, bookbinding, and film photography.
Lauren Guynes
Dancer | New Orleans, LA
Lauren Guynes is a dancer, choreographer, and educator based in New Orleans, holding a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from the University of Southern Mississippi. Now in her tenth season with the Marigny Opera Ballet as Company Manager, Lauren has performed throughout the Gulf Coast, Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York City. Her own choreographic work has been presented with the Marigny Opera Ballet, Making Space, Coast Dance Fest, and in collaborations with local musicians and filmmakers.
