Jen Alden
Before arriving in Tulsa, Jennifer danced with several contemporary dance companies in Portland, Oregon. Prior to this, Jennifer studied under Susan Zadoff at the University of Oregon and Eugene Ballet in Eugene, Oregon and was a company member of Dance Oregon and performed with the Eugene Opera Ballet. Before this, Jennifer performed as a soloist with the State Ballet of Oregon under the direction of Eric Hyrst. Jennifer is the Founding Co-Artistic Director, Choreographer and Company Manager of Oklahoma Movement (formerly Portico Dance Theatre) in Tulsa for the last 15 years, creating, directing and choreographing more than 15 full length works. Jennifer was a Board Member and served as Treasurer of Living Arts of Tulsa for five years. She was Chair of the Arts and Entertainment Crew of Tulsa Young Professionals (TYPROs). Jennifer received awards for 40 Under 40 for both the Tulsa People and Business and Legal News. Jennifer has choreographed for three years for the Tulsa Opera, operas such as Carmen, Romeo and Juliet and Samson and Delilah. Jennifer has choreographed for other local organizations such as Tulsa Opera, Theatre Tulsa and Pembroke Players.

April Robertson
April Robertson grew up in the Tulsa area, danced at Theatre Arts until graduating high school, and joined Portico Dans Theatre (now Oklahoma Movement) for 2 years. April moved to Fayetteville, AR, to continue her college career, and graduated with her Masters in Social Work. During that time, April founded Entity, a small dance troupe that performed at various events. April returned to Tulsa and rejoined Oklahoma Movement in 2023.

Ashley Runnels
Ashley began dancing at the age of three and has loved it ever since! She grew up attending several studios and dancing competitively in Loveland, Colorado. She attended James Madison University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts with honors in dance and psychology. While at JMU, she was a member of the Associate Dance Ensemble and Contemporary Dance Ensemble where she was able to choreograph and perform in pieces presented at the university and surrounding community. Recently she was a member of the Oklahoma State University Dance Company and is currently a dancer with Oklahoma Movement and Kin Dance Company. She has been teaching ballet, modern, and contemporary classes to all ages over the past 10 years. She loves the freedom, joy, and connection that come through teaching, performing, and witnessing dance.

Katie Bibens
Katie Bibens is a proud native of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Dance Performance, with a minor in Arts Administration, from Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania. Following her studies, Katie pursued a professional dance career with Ballet Nebraska and performed as a guest artist with Osage Ballet, Ballet Vero Beach, and Ballet Concerto. With over ten years of teaching and choreographing experience, Katie has shared her passion for dance with students of all ages. She has worked with Bartlesville Civic Ballet, Stage Art Dance, and Children’s Musical Theatre, and previously served as the Studio Manager and Primary Instructor at Nebraska City Dance Studio, where she supported more than 120 dancers and their families. Beyond the world of dance, Katie works for the Tulsa Convention and Visitors Bureau, promoting Tulsa as a premier destination for meetings, conferences, and conventions. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Art Maker LLC, an Osage nonprofit dedicated to supporting the arts and arts education in the Pawhuska area. Outside of her professional endeavors, Katie enjoys dancing with OKM, gardening and vintage shopping. In her free time, she can often be found exploring Tulsa, spending time with her husband, Michael, and doting on their beloved fur baby, Hazel.

Brittany Moore
Brittany started dancing in 1996 at Dance Dynamics in Tulsa. Where she studied tap, ballet, jazz, modern, pom, and hip-hop. She attended St. Gregory’s University in Shawnee, Oklahoma and earned a BA in Dance. While there she performed with the Spirit and Sole Dance Ensemble and the SGU Basketball Dancers; and she studied tap, ballet, jazz and modern. She currently teaches at Bartlesville Civic Ballet and Dance Maker Academy in Pawhuska. She started teaching in 2010 at the SGU Dance Academy. She later taught at KE Dance, Emerald Academy, Show Biz Dance Productions, and Tulsa Ballet Center for Dance Education. In 2017 Brittany started performing with the Muskogee Little Theatre. She was in numerous productions including Mamma Mia, Bonnie and Clyde, Dracula, Elf, Disaster and A Christmas Story the Musical. In 2021 she performed in Matilda with Theatre Tulsa. She was also in the ensemble and the dance captain for the 2021 production of Nanyehi, written and directed by Nick Sweet and Becky Hobbs, at the Hard Rock Casino in Tulsa. She has previously danced with Chemestri Dance Company. She currently dances with Oklahoma Movement and resides in Dewey with her two cats, Dax and Pandora.

Karmen Golden Bough
Karmen Golden Bough is an actor, dancer, singer, director, choreographer, and educator who is born and raised here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a proud graduate of Oklahoma City University, Karmen holds a bachelor's of arts in Theatre Performance with a focus in dance. In addition to college, she has trained in NYC for the Broadway Dance Center Training Program and the Rockette Summer Intensive. Her favorite performance credits include The Producers (Ulla U/S) at Theater By The Sea (Wakefield, RI), Oklahoma! (Feat. Dancer) at Lyric Theater of Oklahoma (OKC, OK), and Fiddler On The Roof (Bottle Dancer) at TPAC Produces. Karmen has been a regular on the Tulsa stage for the past 9 years; most recently, she directed and choreographed Annie Jr with Theatre Tulsa.

Linda Litton Davis
Linda Litton Davis has danced since age four. She is a native Tulsan with a BA in Psychology and Minor in Theatre from Southern Methodist University and a MA in Non-Profit Arts Administration from Goucher College. She has danced with Oklahoma Movement since 2010. She has two daughters who dance, a husband who fixes things, and four incredibly dirty animals who like to smell her stinky dancer feet. She'd like to shout out her daughter, Piper, for assisting in the choreographer for this piece.

Jennifer Cooper
Jennifer began her dance training at the age of five in Anchorage, Alaska at Dance Spectrum School of Dance. Beginning with preschool ballet and tap, she quickly learned that she loved movement and gradually added a variety of styles to her repertoire including modern, jazz, contemporary, pointe, and hip hop. Jennifer joined the school’s company, Dance Spectrum Alaska, at the age of 14 and performed seven seasons with the company under the direction of Gail Florio. She eventually moved to Virginia to pursue an education in psychology and counseling at Christopher Newport University. There she joined the Silver Storm Dance Team and enjoyed performing at numerous games and school events. Jennifer moved to Tulsa in 2012 and quickly sought out dance opportunities in Oklahoma. She found Portico Dance Theatre (Oklahoma Movement) in 2013 after attending their full-length production, “Combined Minds,” and joined the dance company and aerial dance program the following season. She enjoys expressing herself through all forms of movement including aerial and musical theatre whenever possible.