Avree Gundersen (West Brookfield, MA) began her formal training at Betty Gundersen Studio of Dance and continued until the end of high school. Since then she has graduated from Western Michigan University with a bachelor’s in fine arts degree in Dance, a Minor in Integrative Holistic Health and Wellness, and certification in Dance Studio Management, Acrobatic Arts and Muvmethod. Under the WMU Department of Dance she studied ballet, jazz, and modern technique, was selected to be a part of the departments 2019/2020 touring ensemble Western Dance Project and has been invited back to direct a rehearsal in March of 2023. Her choreography has been selected to present in the Project Michigan Film Festival in Fall of 2020 and was a resident choreographer for Urbanity Dance in June of 2024. She has had the opportunity to perform work by faculty member and guest artist, Seyong Kim and Dong-Won Lee, in both the Goyang International Dance Festival and Deagu International Dance Festival in South Korea during Fall of 2019. She was a part of the original cast of Yin Yue’s collaborative work set on both WMU students and Peridance Contemporary Dance Company. Additionally, she performed a solo work of faculty member, Kelsey Paschich, in the Detroit Dance City Festival in Fall of 2022 along with works by Aszure Barton, Tsai-Hsi Hung, Jennifer Archibald, and Jackie Nowicki. She is currently practicing both teaching and dancing and is elated to share her knowledge with her students and perform with Nova Linea Contemporary Dance.