Renée Archibald grew up in Maryland and studied ballet and contemporary dance at the North Carolina School of the Arts. She has had the pleasure of dancing with many friends including Rebecca Lazier, Christopher Williams, Ann Liv Young, Nina Winthrop and Alex Escalante. Her work has been presented around New York including Danspace Project's Food for Thought and Draftwork Series, DTW's Fresh Tracks Series, and at Dixon Place. Archibald was a space grant recipient at the Brooklyn Arts Exchange in 2004, an artist in residence at Yaddo in 2006, and received a Puffin Grant in 2007 for her first full length piece, Oh Dear Natascha, which was presented at the Chocolate Factory.

Donald Shorter began his dance training under the direction of Gretchen Studlien-Web at West Chester University, PA where he received a B.A. in Liberal Studies and a minor in Dance. While at WCU and after Shorter trained with PHILADANCO and was a guest dancer in Louis Johnson's "Forces of Rhythm". Donald made his NYC debut with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company at BAM in 2004. This lead to several national and international tours spanning across the globe from The Kennedy Center, The Wexner Center for Performing Arts, The Walker Arts Center all the way to Paris, Taiwan, Singapore, Mexico and Germany. While in the company Donald had the privilege to appear in Bill T. Jones's latest solo show "As I was Saying". Shorter left the company in 2007. He has premiered works on himself and other universities as well as teaching master classes here in NYC and abroad. "If it weren't for God, family, and friends I would not be here today". performances; currently serves on the MFA faculty at Temple University in Philadelphia.