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April Franco

Composer - Dancer - Visual Artist

About the artist: I try to avoid the word "passion" when talking about dance, but it is inevitable, they are intertwined. Dance had been engraved in my soul from birth! Life without dance is unfathomable...you just don't stop...it doesn’t matter what happens...you don’t stop.

I have trained with some amazing instructors, Mark Haines, Rita Chenoweth-Surman, Jo Dierdorff, and taught at studios such as Just Plain Dancing and Kidstar Performing Arts. There is nothing like reveling in dance as an art form, and it was this appreciation that led me to start Project R.O.A.

Project R.O.A., Resurrection of Art, is a troupe of dancers united by the same mission, to put dance back where it belongs, in everyday life. Through site specific, public, and always free work throughout Riverside County, our motto is very simple, if you don’t come to the arts, we will bring the arts to you.

Past experiences include dancing in studio and on a competition team until I was 16. I then danced when I entered college, training in Jazz and Modern. I have performed in Concerts such as "Celebrate Dance" and "Kinetic Conversations", was the sole (pun intended) choreographer/ instructor at The Groove studio, and I am currently working on a piece with Project R.O.A. which will be performed this summer in downtown riverside.