Krissie Odegard Geye is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Expand Community Arts Alliance, a nationally recognized group of arts organizations dedicated to sparking community dialogue through art. She oversees the four organizational branches within the alliance: The Dance and Music Academy, The Trifecta Dance Collective, the Metamorphosis; Fearless Evolution experience, and Phosphorescent Theatrical Productions.

The Expand Community Arts Alliance's four companies share a mission: to ignite community dialogue through art. Working together, they inspire connection and catalyze social change. This is achieved through deepened partnerships with diverse community organizations, raising awareness, fostering artistic leadership, and expanding the reach of compassion, empathy, and artistic integrity throughout the alliance.

Aa a presenter and master clinician and adjudicator, Krissie has shared her expertise at the International Dance Pedagogy Conference and Performance Festival (Peridance, NYC), the Big River Dance Festival (West Virginia), CRU Dance REgionals and Nationals, and the United States Tournament of Dance National Finals (Atlantic City).

Her choreography has been featured at the Spring Choreography Showcase at Peridance (NYC), Jennifer Mueller's "Hatch" series (NYC), the Detroit Dance Festival, the Minnesota Fringe Festival, the Big River Dance Festival, and the Exchange Choreography Festival (Tulsa, OK). She has also conceptualized and produced four full-length works at Anita's Way in Times Square and was the awarded first place in in the Ovation TV-sponsored National Choreography Competition.

Emily Ann Brooks is a teaching artist, choreographer, director and performer thrilled to be on the DMA team. Regionally, she’s performed at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre (Enchantress/Silly Girl in Beauty and the Beast), Drury Lane Theatre (Cinderella and The Little Mermaid), the Marriott Theatre (Zaneeta in The Music Man, Ermengarde in Hello, Dolly!, Janet in The Magic School Bus, A Christmas Story, The Wizard of Oz, and Big Fish), and Northlight Theatre (The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk) along with Seattle’s Second Story Repertory, 5th Avenue Theatre, and Village Theatre. On the other side of the table, she’s associate directed/choreographed Waitress at the Paramount Theatre, assistant directed/choreographed James and the Giant Peach at the Marriott, assistant directed Lookingglass Alice at Lookingglass Theatre Company, and choreographed A Christmas Carol at Metropolis Performing Arts Center, Inanimate at Theater Wit, The Fantasticks at Paradox Theatre Works, and In His Hands at First Floor Theatre. Emily graduated with honors from Northwestern University with a theatre major (focused on musical theatre performance and choreography) and world literature minor. Along with extensive choreography work for Northwestern’s mainstage, she directed and choreographed her senior honors thesis Going on Seventeen, recently published in Northwestern’s Undergraduate Research Journal. With 14+ years of experience in theatre and dance, and 10+ years teaching dance and theatre to students of all ages, Emily is passionate about celebrating the unique creative voice and agency of each individual artist, encouraging confidence, empathy, discipline, collaboration, and a fearless sense of play.