Monique Holt
At National Dance Institute of NYC, Monique taught basic ballet for the summer school and assisted the choreographer with choreograph for the show; taught acting technique using non-verbal communication for Playwrights Horizon Theater School, Tisch School of the Arts; was the teaching artist for Manhattan Theatre Club, Theatre Development Fund/Theatre Access Project of NYC; taught for Juilliard Theater Interpreting Program and worked with Hyattsville Elementary with play writing for Young Playwrights’ Theater of Washington, DC.

Monique obtained her BFA in Acting from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. She is also a member of acting unions EQUITY and SAG/AFTRA. She has acted with Shakespeare Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre as well as many others.  She is currently studying Linguistics at Gallaudet University. Her goal is to create the Linguistics of Theatre. As Quest’s Artsbridge Coordinator she organizes and teaches several kinds of theatre and business workshops.

Vincent E. Thomas
VTDance, Artistic Director
Vincent E. Thomas, dancer, choreographer and teacher, received his MFA in Dance from Florida State University and a BME in Music from the University of South Carolina. He has danced with Dance Repertory Theatre (FSU), Randy James Dance Works (NY/NJ), Liz Lerman Dance Exchange (MD), and is a guest performer with EDGEWORKS Dance Theater (DC). Vincent’s choreography has been presented at Piccolo Spoleto (SC), Diverse Works (TX), Contemporary Arts Center (LA), The 2005 International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference (CA) and many more. He has presented his solo “Prelude/Frustration in a Martini” at a gala concert of dances selected for their choreographic excellence by a panel of nationally recognized adjudicators, at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (MD). Vincent is a recipient of a 2005 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in Choreography, 2005 City Arts & Humanities Individual Artist Grant, 2004 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in Solo Dance Performance and the 2004 Henry C. Welcome Fellowship. In June 2005, Vincent performed in the International Choreographers’ Showcase in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain. He was selected as one of eleven choreographers from around the world to convene for the Omi International Dance Collective. He has been on faculty at McLean High School (VA), George Mason University (VA) and presently a faculty member for the Urban Bush Women Summer Institutes and an Assistant Professor at Towson University (MD).