Tory Pierce, Assistant Director
Tory Pierce is a veteran company member since 2010 .She recently accepted the Assistant Director position to help mold the next evolution of PDC Works. She has performed with companies in and outside of Texas such as, The Pilot Dance Project, Suchu, Whitney Waugh Dance Company and Urban Bush Women. She spends most of her free time upside down, hiking trails, and making new friends.
Arielle Tesia Rojas
Arielle Tesia Rojas is originally from Brownsville, Texas and moved to Houston to get her BFA from the University of Houston. She has been dancing since the age of three, and swore to her mom she would turn this into a career. She is trained in jazz and hip-hop, but her passion quickly changed to a love of modern and contemporary while attending UH. She has been a member of PDC Works since 2012, and taught dance in HISD to K-5 students for the past 5 years. On her free time she enjoys being outside with her husband, and spoiled dog Sookie. She loves to read, travel, and cook, and be surrounded by friends and family.
Melissa Juneau
Melissa Juneau grew up dancing various styles of dance beginning at the age of two. After 15 years of training, she was accepted into Sam Houston State University where she would graduate in 2014 with a BFA in dance. Right before graduating from Sam Houston, Melissa began dancing with Psophonia. This is her sixth year performing with the company.
Keeley Dunnam
Keeley Dunnam received her M.F.A at Sam Houston State University in 2022. She holds a B.F.A. in Dance from the University of North Texas. Keeley’s performance credits include Lone Star Ballet with roles in the Nutcracker, AmpDance, and the Odysseus Chamber Orchestra in Transfigured Night and Appalachian Spring. Additionally, Keeley has danced with imPULSE Dance Project (under the artistic direction of Anastasia Waters) and performed in Dallas Dance Fest, 254 Festival, and Brazos Dance Festival. Her work, “NArrow is the Way” was showcased in imPULSE Dance Project’s annual summer show in 2018. Keeley continues to focus her choreographic works towards building community by using movement as a means to communicate about social and political issues.
Mia Pham
Mia Pham is a recent graduate of the University of Houston. She majored in Management Information Systems and minored in English and Dance. She has performed in numerous shows such as Barnstorm Dance Festival, Dancescape, Fringe Festival, as well as many other projects in the Houston area.
Lindsay Cortner
Lindsay Cortner began her dance training with Uptown Dance Company II performing locally and internationally. She moved to New York to study at The Ailey School, training under Ana Marie Forsythe and Milton Myers.
Returning to Houston, Cortner performed with Uptown Dance Company for eight seasons and spent two seasons guesting with Sandra Organ Dance Company. Her freelance credits include PDC Works, Frame Dance Productions, and Pilot Dance Project with independent projects under Dinolion, Opera in the Heights, Transitory Sound and Movement Collective, and guest spots with Juxtapose Arts Collective, METdance, and Houston Contemporary Dance Company. .
Cortner is a seasoned dance instructor, certified Forrest Yoga teacher, and graduate from the University of St. Thomas. Her first dance for camera piece debuted in Houston’s Frame x Frame Film Fest 2019.