Key West
MODERN DANCE
August 3 - 8, 2026
Itzakan Barbosa
Ballet, Repertory
Itzkan Dzul Barbosa is a current dancer with BalletX, and a former dancer with Miami City Ballet and New York Theatre Ballet. She has performed masterworks by Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Antony Tudor, as well as Aurora in Sleeping Beauty.
She also performs contemporary and aerial dance with Dzul Dance and is a Principal Artist with Verzola Ballet. She trained at Ballet Academy East in NYC and Miami City Ballet, where she performed the lead role in Balanchine’s Walpurgisnacht and Serenade as Waltz Girl.
She began classical ballet training at age 2 at the USC Dance Conservatory and the Center for Dance Education with Carolina Ballet, where she performed several roles including Odette in Swan Lake. Itzkan has studied in summer intensive programs at CPYB, ABT, SFB, and Barcelona Dance Center, and was awarded a full scholarship to the Paris Opera Ballet.
Maurizio Nardi
Artistic Director
Modern - Martha Graham's technique
Maurizio Nardi is a former Principal dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company.
In his home country of Italy, Maurizio began his professional career dancing with Carla Fracci and with mentor, friend and choreographer Deanna Losi. He has danced in productions by Beppe Menegatti, Micha Van Hoecke, Roberto Guicciardini, Anne Bogart and danced in original creations by Deanna Losi, Dug Varone, Mary Anthony, Kun Yung Lin, Larry Keigwin, Martha Clark, Nacho Duato, Pearl Lang, Boulareyang Pagarlava and many others.
Maurizio joined the Martha Graham Dance Company in 2002. He has danced in principal roles such as The Revivalist and the Husbandmen in Appalachian Spring, The Chief Celebrant in Acts Of Light, the leading role in Maple Leaf Rag, The Goat in Circe, the man in the Red and White Couple in Diversion Of Angels, The Stranger in Embattled Garden, The Blind Seer in Night Journey, the Crist Figure and the Penitent in El Penitente, Aegisthus in Clytemnestra and Hippolitus in Phaedra. Maurizio has being teaching, demonstrating and leading lecture-demonstrations all over the world, he received the 2007 “Les Etoiles De Ballet2000” in Cannes, France and is currently the founder and Artistic Director of Key West Modern Dance summer study program.
Daniel Fetequa Soto
Contemporary/Limon - Composition
New York-based Colombian dancer, choreographer, educator, and producer. Daniel has been a soloist member of the Limón Dance Company (2006-2016), dancing lead roles in José Limón’s masterpieces , and has appeared as a guest artist in Pina Bausch’s Rite of Spring and Tannhäuser. Mr. Fetecua is a master teacher of the Limón technique, serving as reconstructor, faculty member, and Professional Training Program Director of the Limón Institute. Founder and Artistic Director of two dance companies: Pajarillo Pinta’o, a dance company that preserves and promotes Colombian traditional dances through dance performance, workshops, and classes, and D-Move’s, a contemporary dance project that combines Colombian traditions, Modern Dance, and German Tanz-Theater.
Daniel is a long-time collaborator of Colombian composer and musician Pablo Mayor. Together, they have created “Amalgama and El Barrio Project” and the educational residency Cumbia For Kids/Cumbia For All.
Since 2008, Daniel has worked with Native American Choreographer and Pioneer DayStar/Rosalie Jones (Pembina Chippewa-Cree) for her work "Wolf: A Transformation” (Anishinaabe), from whom Daniel has the rights to the piece for the performance, preservation, and promotion.
Most recent project C.A.V.E.S, with world-renowned dancer Blakeley White-McGuire, is touring nationally and internationally in collaboration with local dance companies.
Daniel Fetecua is currently resident choreographer and board member of iD Studio Theater, a non-profit organization led by Colombian actor German Jaramillo. He is also a resident choreographer at Teatro SEA, directed by Manuel Moran. Awards include the European Salsa championship in 2004, the Colombian Salsa championship in 2002, and the HOLA and ATI award for best choreography, among others.
Our Past Faculty Included:
Daniel Fetecua
Modern Technique / Limon Dance Company
Blakeley White-McGuire
Choreographic Studies / Martha Graham Dance Company
George Smallwood
Contemporary Technique / Paul Taylor Dance Company
Whitney V. Hunter
Dance on Camera / HunterMedium
Melissa Toogood
Modern Technique / Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Tina Williams
Horton Technique / Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Kate Skarpetowska
Contemporary/ David Parsons, Lar Lubovitch Dance Co.
Elijiah Gibson
Jazz / Giordano Dance Chicago
Catherine Cabeen
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Ricardo Zaya
Shen Wei Dance Arts
Luis A. Cuevas
Freelance Dancer-Choreographer
Juan Rodriguez
Complexion Contemporary Ballet (former)
Nicole Corea
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
Antony Bocconi
MOMIX
Sam Shapiro
North Carolina School Of The Arts
Jovani Furlan
Miami City Ballet - NYC Ballet
Daniel Gwirtzman
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company
Bradley Shelver
The Joffrey Concert Group and School NYC
Itzakan Barbosa
Miami City Ballet
Cisco Graciano
Paul Taylor Dance Co.
Adele Nickel
Liz Garring Dance Co.