Our Team
FLIGHT is made possible by the artists who bring it to life. Each dancer brings their own voice, story, and perspective into the collective — shaping the work in powerful and unexpected ways. Together, we create as a team, rooted in trust, curiosity, and shared purpose.
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Joce Satterberg Founder & Artistic Director, FLIGHT Dance Collective
Clara Michaud
Ania Kranz
Nikki Hall
Lea Shemy
Shellie Jew
Eden Morse
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Joce Satterberg
Founder & Artistic Director
Joce Satterberg is a dancer, choreographer, educator, and wellness professional whose work bridges athleticism, artistry, and intentional living. With over a decade of professional performance experience, she has collaborated with companies including UDT, KANEISEE Collective, AyanaDanceArts, eMotion Arts Dance Company, KTCHN SYNC, and Garrett Moulton Productions — cultivating a dynamic and versatile voice within the contemporary dance landscape.
In 2018, Joce founded FLIGHT Dance Collective with a clear vision: to expand opportunity beyond traditional spaces and create work that responds to the world through movement. Under her direction, FLIGHT has grown into a collaborative, community-centered collective rooted in curiosity, inclusion, and expressive integrity.
Joce’s artistic approach is deeply informed by her multidisciplinary background. With a B.A. in Dance and extensive training in sports medicine, personal training, nutrition, yoga (RYT 200), and wellness coaching, she champions sustainable artistry — prioritizing longevity, resilience, and mental clarity alongside creative excellence.
Her choreography blends contemporary, ballet, and acrobatics with emotional depth and physical strength. As a director, she leads with intention — fostering environments where dancers feel both challenged and supported, disciplined and free.
At the heart of her work is a belief that movement is a powerful language — one that connects body and mind, individual and community, discipline and creativity.
Through FLIGHT and beyond, Joce continues to build spaces where artists can grow, question, and create with purpose.
Clara Michaud
Clara Michaud is a French-Swedish dancer, teacher, and choreographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2025 with dual degrees in Dance and Environmental Science. Born in France and raised in the Bay Area from the age of five, balancing different cultures has always been a central part of her life and has influenced her art in many ways. Clara grew up dancing in the Bay Area, where she trained extensively in jazz, contemporary, ballet, and lyrical, and danced competitively for over 10 years. She joined Flight Dance Collective in 2019 and has since assisted in choreographing numerous works for the company. As a choreographer, she values intentional movement, nuanced musicality, and storytelling. Throughout her career, Clara hopes to share her love for dance with others and help her students feel empowered, confident, and find their voices through movement.
Ania Kranz
Ania Kranz has been dancing since she was 6 years old; she has trained in contemporary, modern, ballet, tap, acrobatics, jazz, and various hip-hop dance styles. Currently an instructor at Studio 10 Dance, she has extensive experience doing both competitive dance and performance-focused productions. While attending Tufts University for her degree in Architecture and Studio Art, she was a part of two dance teams and continued her education in dance technique and performance. After moving back to the Bay Area in 2022, she returned to teaching and coaching studio and competition dance. When not dancing, she works in marketing and design, and lives in San Jose with her partner and all their animals. Ania has a focus on movement quality, dynamics, and subtlety, backed by a solid technical foundation, in both her dancing and teaching philosophy.
Nikki Hall
Nichaela Hall is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer based in Sacramento County. Originally from San Jose, California, she began dancing at the age of three and spent much of her childhood immersed in the studio, cultivating a deep love and lasting passion for movement. Her early training laid the foundation for a versatile and well-rounded career, with extensive experience in jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary, pom, floor work, and acro. Through this diverse training, Nichaela developed a strong technical base, performance quality, and adaptability across styles.
Nichaela earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from California State University, Long Beach. During her time at CSULB, she expanded her artistry as both a performer and choreographer, premiering original work in faculty-adjudicated concerts and collaborating with peers and guest artists. Her collegiate training further refined her contemporary movement voice, strengthened her improvisational practice, and deepened her understanding of choreographic process and performance intention.
Since 2019, Nichaela has been an active member of Flight Dance Collective, where she has performed and assisted in the choreographic development of multiple works. Through her work with the collective, she has contributed to collaborative creative processes, company productions, and festival performances, gaining experience in both stage performance and rehearsal direction.
In addition to performing, Nichaela is passionate about dance education. As a teacher, she strives to create supportive, disciplined, and inspiring classroom environments that encourage both technical growth and artistic exploration. She values fostering confidence in young dancers while helping them build strong foundational skills and performance presence.
Nichaela continues to grow as a multifaceted artist, dedicated to performance, choreography, and mentorship within her community.
Lea Shemy
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Clara Michaud
Lea Shemy is a dancer and emerging choreographer from Sunnyvale, California. She began her training at Studio 10 Dance at the age of eight and later joined Company 10 as a competitive dancer, developing a strong foundation across a variety of styles and a particular passion for contemporary and concert dance.
Lea expanded her training through the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company Summer Intensive in 2022 and 2024, where she studied contemporary, ballet, modern dance, and company repertoire. She has also gained experience as an assistant instructor at Studio 10 Dance and was selected to participate in Hollywood Connection's Teen Company in 2026.
In addition to performing, Lea has begun exploring choreography, creating original works for herself and other dancers through her studio and high school dance programs. She enjoys experimenting with musicality, dynamics, and storytelling through movement.
Lea joined FLIGHT Dance Collective as a trainee during her senior year of high school and is excited to continue developing as a performer and choreographer within the Bay Area concert dance community.
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Shellie Jew
Shellie Jew is a freelance dancer based in San Francisco. She received her early training from Marin Ballet. Upon graduating from UCLA, she attended the Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program where she performed works by Gregory Dawson, David Harvey, and Maurya Kerr. As a dance artist, she has performed with dawsondancesf, Garrett + Moulton Productions, Oceánica Ballet, Peninsula Ballet Theatre, and ZiRu Dance among others.
Eden Morse
