Cast/About Us

Ryan Curren is a professional Hip-Hop dancer/choreographer originally from Santa Cruz, California. He is the Artistic Director/Choreographer of the InnerACTIONS project and award-winning Hip-Hop troupe, RhythMatriX. Ryan began his career in theater when he was 8 years old and by age 16, had his own competitive Hip-Hop dance company, “The Crew”. Ryan worked and trained extensively with Hip-Hop master Gary Kendell, creator of “The Jabbawokeez”, America’s best dance crew. Ryan has worked on many projects including Westside Story, Disney’s “That’s So Raven”, Billy Blanks celebrity basketball half-time show and as a soloist in the 2007 production of “A MidSummer Nightmare” to sold out performances on the Shakespeare Sand Harbor stage. Ryan is a former five year member of two international touring shows, Monster Shop Bump’n and Break Shop. Ryan is committed to working with and training anyone with a passion to learn and create in the Hip-Hop medium.

David Bortnick has been instrumental in the filming and editing of the InnerACTIONS project. He started dancing when he was nine, under the direction of the late great Gary Kendall. He began his formal Ballet, Jazz, and Tap training at thirteen and went on to train and perform with Culture Shock, City Slam, Boom Squad, UC Irvine’s dance program, and Millennium Dance Complex in Los Angeles. He was a featured dancer at the American Choreography Awards. David toured with shows, "Monster Shop Bumpin" and "BeatBreak" all across the country and in 2005 participated in the "International Performing Arts Festival" in Shanghai. He currently teaches Hip-Hop, Tap, and Swing in Santa Cruz, California. David is a passionate, versatile and talented musician as well as an aspiring filmmaker.

My name is Danielle Maca and it seems like I’ve been dancing my whole life. I began dancing when I was three and by age six was doing the competition circuit. As far back as I can remember dance has been my greatest source of joy. I have had the opportunity to learn from great people like Gary “Gee” Kendall, an original Jabowakee, and my Hip-Hop teacher during my teen years. He taught me about different styles of Hip-Hop and introduced me to the San Francisco Hip-Hop Dancefest. I have worked under the direction of Danny Wallace, former member of TapDogs and current judge at NYC Dance Alliance. One of my most memorable times in my dance life was when our Jazz Company traveled to Jeju, South Korea to represent Santa Rosa at their annual Fire Festival. After graduating high school, I thought I would give it a shot in L.A. I attended auditions there, but quickly decided that it was not for me. I later moved to San Francisco and fell in love. I met my amazing husband. We got married and now have a Beauty~Full daughter. I intend to keep growing as a dancer and pray that my body allows me many years to KEEP ON DANCING!

Cheyenne, a.k.a. “Chey” Rosenfeld, attends North Tahoe High School and began dancing fourteen years ago at the age of three. She embarked on her dance career studying Classical Ballet and performed as Sugar Plum Fairy, Clara in the Nutcracker and the Black Swan from Swan Lake. Cheyenne expanded her dance repertoire to include Jazz, Contemporary, Modern and of course Hip-Hop. Cheyenne is a four year veteran of InnerRhythms Dance Theatre as well as RhythMatriX. She attended the Boston Ballet summer dance program in 2007 and Alonzo King LINES Ballet summer intensive in 2009. Cheyenne loves all styles of dance and dreams of dancing as a professional with some sort of company, be it Ballet or Hip-Hop.

Donald Ray Anderson, a.k.a “Moo Moo”, recently graduated from I.C.D.A. Performing Arts Charter high school where he began dancing at the age of 15. Under the tutelage of Marty Lewis, Donald studied many styles including Jazz, Tap and Ballet while performing in numerous show cases and productions. Donald joined the award winning Hip-Hop troupe, RhythMatrix, where he continues to be a full time company member under the direction of Ryan Curren. Donald aspires to one day get his masters degree in choreography and make dance his full time career. “Joining RhythMatriX is the best MOVE I ever made, it’s amazing!”

Kaydie Carr, originally from Fremont, California, began taking Hip-Hop classes at the age of eleven and joined RhythMatriX when she was thirteen. Since joining RhythMatriX, Kaydie has performed at Artown, Sand Harbor’s Shakespeare Theatre and Trails and Vistas. Kaydie has been dancing for seven years and is currently a senior at Truckee High School. She is excited to continue performing and be a part of the InnerACTIONS project.

Kyriana Michelle Perlman, a.k.a “Kyri”, is a talented young performing artist. As a child she received several modeling jobs for local clothing companies and television commercials. She appeared in The Puzzle Place and Good Morning America. In elementary school she played Mrs. Hannigan (Annie) and joined the Pop Warner cheerleading squad. She moved on to TNT All Stars cheer and dance. The team brought home many trophies including first place at Jamz Nationals. Kyri joined up with RhythMatriX and is now a cast member of InnerACTIONS. She had her own musical composition used in action sports film, Masters of Stone 6. She is currently working on a demo album called “Face Paint”, which is set to release this winter.

Michaela Clauss attends North Tahoe High School. Born and raised in Lake Tahoe, California, Michaela began dancing at the age of five. She started dancing at InnerRhythms Training Centre, where she was accepted into their performing arts company, InnerRhythms Dance Theatre. With the company Michaela performs for InnerRhythms Annual Concert GALA, Trails and Vistas and Reno’s Artown. Michaela became a member of RhythMatriX Hip-Hop dance troupe, thus becoming a cast member of the InnerACTIONS community outreach project. Michaela will continue to dance with InnerRhythms and RhythMatriX for the next two years until she graduates, then who knows…. “Keep Livin’ Life to its Fullest!”

 

From the time he was little, Stefan Ballard-Reisch was always performing. Whether it was school shows or public theater, around town Stefan loved performing. It wasn’t until his freshman year in high school that he discovered his passion for dance. Since then he has performed on stages all over the west coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles. After winning the world Hip-Hop championship with DC Productions, Stefan joined up with the InnerACTIONS project. Stefan really enjoys the opportunity to share his passion with others and hopes to continue touring with the project.

 

Since elementary school Sarah Scott, a.k.a. “Scottie”, has participated in numerous musicals and plays, landing leading roles in each. Along with acting, Sarah has helped choreograph high school musicals. At age six Sarah started taking ballet and soon realized that tutus and pink slippers wasn’t her thing. Sarah continued to act and sing while exceeding in sports and academics throughout middle and high school. At the age of thirteen she took her first Hip-Hop class and fell in love with it. Sarah took it to the next level when she became a member of RhythMatriX. Sarah is thrilled to be a cast member of the InnerACTIONS community outreach project and hopes to extend and improve her dancing with every opportunity. Sarah aspires to major in choreography in college.

InnerACTIONS is a community outreach project produced

and directed through InnerRhythms Inc., a California 501-(c)-3 non-profit organization.

All contributions are fully tax deductible to the extent of the law.  info@innerrhythms.org