Artistic Director

Kristin Damrow

Kristin Damrow is a San Francisco-based choreographer, educator, and producer whose work explores how choreography, design, and audience experience shape one another. She founded Kristin Damrow & Company (KDC) in 2013, creating contemporary dance performances that integrate movement, sound, and scenic design into cohesive, audience-centered experiences.

Damrow holds a B.A. in Dance from Columbia College Chicago. Her work has been commissioned by Airbnb Design, the Oakland Museum of California, Lindenwood University, and Iowa State University, and has been featured in Dance Magazine, Fast Company, Backstage, KQED Arts, SF/Arts Monthly, and the Museum of Dance Podcast. She has served as a panelist for FOG Design+Art, SFMOMA, and the Oakland Museum of California, leading conversations on art, design, and public engagement. In addition to her creative practice, she teaches nationally and is an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco and faculty at ODC Dance Commons.

Dancer

Giulia Sales

Giulia Sales Nascimento da Silva (she/her), originally from São Vicente-Brazil, is a Bay Area-based artist. In addition to training in her country of origin, she created important projects with her sister (Giovana) as a collaborator. In the USA, she took part in the Peridance Summer Intensive and the Alonzo King Lines Ballet Training Program, where she recently graduated. During her career she has worked with Zack Tang, Micaela G. Taylor, Rena Butler, Laura O'Malley, Brett Conway, Chuck Wilt, Kayla Farrish, David Harvey, Keelan Whitmore, Moscelyne ParkeHarrison, Mike Tyus, Luca Renzi, Victor Talledos, Daiane Silva, Robert Moses and others. 

Dancer

Giovana Sales

Giovana Sales (she/her) is a Brazilian, Bay Area-based contemporary dancer whose journey is marked by a deep connection to her homeland and the displacement between cultures. Originally from São Vicente and a graduate of the Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program, she has collaborated throughout her career with acclaimed choreographers such as Micaela G. Taylor, Rena Butler, Rosangela Silvestre, and Mike Tyus. In the Bay Area, she has performed with companies including Kristin Damrow & Company, REYES Dance, Robert Moses' KIN, Kinetech Arts, and David Herrera Performance Company.

Dancer

Tai Lum

Tai was born and raised in San Francisco. Tai received their BFA in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, performing works by Andrea Miller and Jose Limon. Since moving back to the Bay Area in 2025, Tai has performed with Robert Moses’ KIN, Iris Collective, and Tether Dance Project.

Dancer

Anna Greenberg Gold

Anna Greenberg Gold received her formative dance training at Pasadena Dance Theater under the direction of Cyntia Young.  She graduated from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and has been privileged to study at the Ailey School, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and the SF Conservatory of Dance.  Ms. Greenberg received her B.A. in Dance and Children's Book Illustration from Hampshire College.  Anna has the joy of collaborating with Risa Jaroslow and Dancers, Lenora Lee Dance, Paufve Dance, Liss Fain Dance, and  Deborah Slater Dance Theater.  Anna is a founding member of KDC and is grateful to be dancing with the inspiring artists involved in this work.

Dancer

AJ Guevara

AJ Guevara is a Filipino-American multidisciplinary artist, educator, and director based in Berlin & NYC. He holds a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, with additional training from Accademia dell’Arte (Arezzo, IT) and American Dance Festival.
Company and collaboration credits include Company SBB/Stefanie Batten Bland, Pony Box Dance Theater, Tiffany Mills Company, Heidi Latsky Dance, Emursive Productions, AXIS Dance Company, Beth Morrison Projects, Detour Productions, and Company|E, among others.
His work with Company|E, in partnership with the US State Department, has allowed him to serve as an Artistic Diplomat for Cultural Exchange, performing and presenting choreography in Tunisia, Qatar, the UAE, Cuba, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, Georgia, Thailand, and the Middle East.
As an educator, he has led workshops in Armenia, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Croatia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Romania, Portugal, Vietnam, and at universities and institutions across the USA.
Most recently, AJ has worked with The Metropolitan Opera, DIAVOLO | Architecture in Motion, and Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy at The Shed. He is also the Co-Director of BURNTSALADtanz and N/A Dances, the resident company of Festival Internacional De Danza Avant Garde (Merida, MX).

Dancer

Ale Preciado

Alejandra Preciado, from Panama City, Panama, began dancing at the age of three and later continued her training in Salt Lake City, Utah. She earned her B.F.A. from Alonzo King LINES Ballet at Dominican University, where she performed a diverse range of contemporary works. She remained in the Bay Area as a freelance artist before joining NW Dance Project, where she performed works by Sarah Slipper, Ihsan Rustem, Yin Yue, Nicole Von Arx, and Bryan Arias, among others. During her time with NW Dance Project, Ale played a significant role in the organization’s educational intensives while also creating original works on the company dancers. Now back in the Bay Area, she continues working as a performer, educator, and dance maker.

Composer

Aaron M Gold

Aaron M Gold creates visceral music that moves. A composer, sound designer, drummer and percussionist, Aaron has been the resident composer for Kristin Damrow & Company since 2014. Active in the SF Bay Area contemporary dance scene, he's also been commissioned by punkkiCo, Dance Brigade with Sara Shelton Mann, Sonoma State University and Jennifer Meek, Deborah Slater Dance Theater, Nol Simonse and Christy Funsch, Human Creature Dance Theater, Fall Fast Dance, Twisted Oak Dance Theater, and Coventry and Kaluza. www.aaronmgold.com

Photo by Robbie Sweeney

– Past collaborator

Alex Carrington
Alexa Manalansan
Allegra Bautista
Brandon Graham
Brianna Torres
Emily Hansel
Erin Yen
Heather Arnett
Hien Huynh
Jessica DeFranco
Johnny Huy Nguyễn
Kyle Limin
Liselle Yap
Lydia Clinton
Marlene Garcia
Nell Suttles
Olivia Caldeira Holston
Oona Wong-Danders
Patrick Barnes
Reanne Manship
Sam Grayson
Samuel Melecio-Zambrano
Sawako Ogo
Shareen DeRyan

– Board of Directors

Kristin Damrow
Laurence Gouttebel
Marlena Wisniak
Racha Slaoui
Ton-yun Fang
Atefeh Morshedi
Lamita Chammas
Devon Reily