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ABOUT MATTER DANCE COMPANY

MATTER DANCE COMPANY Chicago Based Dance Company 
Matter Dance Company believes dance should be created for the audience as well as the dancers. We pride ourselves on our unique perspectives on dance and performance while continuing to strive to be accessible and entertaining! 

MDC has been featured nationally on ABC's The Gong Show and locally in Dance Chicago, Chicago Sketchfest, Around the Coyote Festival, Open House Dance Collective and the Chicago Women’s Funny Festival. Additionally, MDC has choreographed and danced for music videos and worked with companies like Samsung, Farmers Insurance, and City Souls in their local Commercial.
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Matter Dance Company has been named the ”Best Dance Company” by the Chicago Reader (Reader’s Choice) for six years in a row and Barreca was named “Best Choreographer” three times.

Matter Dance is a not-for-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status. 
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MEET THE DIRECTORS


Gail Adduci Gogliotti:
Co-Founder & ​Director

Josh Fletcher:
​Company Manager 
Carisa Barreca: 
Co-Founder & Director

​Niki Wilk Mahon: 
Director 
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Niki Wilk Mahon, Josh Fletcher, Gail Adduci Gogliotti, and Carisa Barreca

​​MEET OUR SQUAD

Events Team
Deirdre Dillon
Hannah Bailey
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Grants/Sponsorships Team
Vanessa Kazmer 

​Michael Nolan

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Education Team
Michelle Chorski
Patrick Justin
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Giving Team
Jessica Bliss-McVay
Sarina Klein


Costume Coordinator  
Kiersten Kozbial

MEET OUR COMPANY

Alex Larkin
Alia Poulos
Alyson Kayne
Ashely Chung
Deirdre Dillon
Derek Quesada
Grace Pelzer
Hannah Bailey
Hannah Witte
Jaime Gannon
Kiersten Kozbial
Kristi Rice
Lara Price
Lauren Nolan



​Lola Schaefer
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Maddie Savin
Mattie Draftz
Megan Leahey
Michael Nolan
Michelle Pinsky
Monica Williams
Nadine Mauricio
Natalie Tarchick
Patrick Justin
Rosalind Rodgers
Sarina Klein
Teresa Leahey
Vanessa Kazmer
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"Matter Dance Company is an earnest troupe
 whose founders embrace the goal
of making the art accessible"

- Chicago Tribune

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