Jennifer Beamer Fernandez is a graduate of the University of Utah with a BFA in Ballet Performance. She attended UCSF medical school and was a founding member of the Dance Medicine and Prevention Clinic in San Francisco. She performed on scholarship in Paris, France for two years and toured with various choreographers throughout France, Morocco, Egypt and Japan. Upon returning to the Bay Area, she joined Liss Fain Dance and is now enjoying her eighth year with the company. Jennifer has appeared in several music videos and TV commercials, and off season enjoys living in LA with her husband, Jorge. Jennifer is a Certified Athletic Trainer and actively participates in the Dance Medicine community. In addition to performing with the company, she is the International Touring and Development Director for Liss Fain Dance. Jennifer expresses deep thanks to Stefan Wenta for his masterful teaching.
Jeremiah Crank began his dance training in his hometown of Flint, Michigan and has since studied at the American Dance Festival, Grand Valley State University, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, as well as The University of Michigan, where he received his Bachelor of Fine Art's in Dance Performance. In addition to dance training he also has studied and performed classical voice, music theory and musical theater. After years of education and professional performance in Michigan, he recently moved to the Bay Area to advance his career in Dance. He has danced the role of the Cavalier with the Nutcracker Ballet Theater and Peninsula Ballet Theater; Prince Charming in
Snow White with the Kansas Regional Ballet; and appeared as a Guest Artist with Peter Sparling Dance Company and Opera Grand Rapids. He is also currently a member of Leyya Tawil's Dance Elixir and recently returned from a tour to New York and teaching a master class in contemporary technique at Middlebury College in Vermont. This is Jeremiah's second season with the Liss Fain Dance Company.
Megan Kurashige was born in Santa Ana California. She studied at the SF Conservatory of Dance under the direction of Summer Lee Rhatigan. She has worked extensively with choreographers Alex Ketley and Christian Burns, and has performed with Ballet Pacifica and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal.
Shannon Kurashige, from San Mateo, California, went to high school at the North Carolina School of the Arts, where she studied under Melissa Hayden, and graduated from UC Irvine with a BFA in Dance Performance. She has also received extensive training at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance under the tutelage of Summer Lee Rhatigan. She has performed the work of William Forsythe, Alex Ketley, Donald McKayle and Ohad Naharian. This is Shannon’s first season with Liss Fain Dance.
Alec Lytton, born in Houston, received his formal training at the Houston Ballet Academy while attending the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. He received his BFA in Dance Performance from the Boston Conservatory while working with the Boston Ballet. In NYC, after graduation, he danced with New York Theater Ballet and the New York Metropolitan Opera Ballet. He moved to the Bay Area to work with Company C Contemporary Ballet, in Walnut Creek, where he danced for four seasons. This is his first season with Liss Fain Dance.
The Dancers
