Emmalee Hallinan is a dance artist and educator from Altoona, Pennsylvania. She trained in local studios until beginning her pre-professional track in the department of dance at Slippery Rock University. In 2017, she graduated manga cum laude, and with a BFA in dance/business administration. She began her teaching career at the Grier School in Tyrone, PA, where she had the pleasure of shaping students from all over the world in their technique and artistry as dance faculty for three years. She has trained at the American Dance Festival, the Paul Taylor winter intensive, in studio with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, and with a variety of influential artists. Most recently, she is working towards attaining her MFA in choreography, on Iowa Arts Fellowship, at the University of Iowa.

Katie Phelan is a Midwest-based screendance creator, researcher, choreographer, and educator pursuing her MFA in dance at the University of Iowa. She holds a BFA in dance, a minor in journalism, and a minor in advertising from Oakland University. Katie is the founder of 16:9 Dance: a ScreenDance Collective. Katie has worked with Eisenhower Dance, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, Motus Dance Theatre, Phoenix Rising Dance Company, AscenDance Chicago, and J. Lindsay Brown Dance. Katie's choreographic works have been seen in NewDANCEFest by Eisenhower Dance, Cultivate by Motus Dance Theatre, and Hope by AscenDance Chicago. Her films have been shown in Festival of the Arts, Beijing Dance Academy's Dance Forum, American Dance Festival Association, FilmFest by Rogue Dancer, and Frostbite International Indie Fest.