Dava Huesca

Dava Huesca is a graduate of SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance and an alumna of Fiorello LaGuardia Arts High School. She has further honed her skills through her two-time participation at Springboard Danse Montreal. Dava began her career as a company member with Dance Theater Company VIM VIGOR, performing, teaching, and choreographing for prestigious dance institutions like SUNY Purchase and Barnard.

Her repertoire includes works by celebrated artists and companies such as Telfar, Stefanie Batten Bland, Laja Field, Yin Yue Dance Company, Maxine Doyle, Jacolby Satterwhite, Ogemdi Ude, Johannes Weiland, Karencici and others. She has received commissions from Whim W'him Dance Company, Yale University's Summer Drama Cabaret, Battery Dance Festival, STEPS Conservatory, and more. Dava's excellence has been acknowledged through acclaimed residencies, including Jonah Bokaer's Arts Foundation AIR Founder's Residency and Gallims Moving Women Residency.

Dava's love for movement extends to education, teaching at institutions like SUNY Purchase, Barnard, Broadway Dance Center, Gibney Dance and more.

Instagram: @DavaHuesca

After 20 years of artistic creation and community engagement, L.A. Contemporary Dance concludes its journey as an organization as of January 9, 2026.

Founded to showcase dance in Los Angeles, LACDC evolved into a home for collective artistry where performances were crafted by choreographers and dancers alongside playwrights, composers, designers, filmmakers, photographers, stage managers, technicians — an incredible team whose imaginative work gave shape and emotional depth to our repertory. These collaborations brought contemporary dance to life in ways that were bold, explorative, expressive, and accessible.

Through live events, digital experiences, and educational programming, LACDC cultivated environments rooted in curiosity, belonging, and learning without judgment. The organization consistently asked how contemporary dance might better reflect and serve the community around it, valuing discovery over mastery and process alongside performance.

This vision was made possible thanks to the creativity and leadership of our Artistic Directors, Executive Directors, Managing Directors, and Company Staff:

Artistic Leadership

Kate Hutter Mason — Artistic Director & Co-founder (2005–2015)
Genevieve Carson — Artistic Director (2016–2020)
Jamila Glass — Artistic Director (2021–2025)

Executive & Managing Leadership

Michelle Jolly — Executive Director & Co-founder (2005–2009)
Lauren Dragicevich — Managing Director (2009–2013)
Eva Angeloff — Managing Director (2013–2018)
Napoleon Gladney — Executive Director (2019–2025)

We are profoundly grateful to all who have left their fingerprints on the organization. This work would not have been possible without the support of our board members, donors, producers, presenters, community partners, volunteers, students, audiences, friends, and family — all who believed in this work. You made it possible.

While LACDC as an organization is closing, the values we cultivated continue forward through the relationships formed here and in all of you.

To anyone considering starting a company or pursuing a dream project — do it. Start now. Don’t wait for the opportunity; be the opportunity. We need your voice and creative work more than ever.

Thank you for being part of this extraordinary journey.

L.A. Contemporary Dance
(2005–2025)