NOCOdance, expanding the culture of dance in Fresno since 2010.

The Fresno Dance Collective is a multi-faceted organization. We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization made up of a board of directors who meet once a year to discuss the exempt purposes of our program activities. The artistic team, along with the energy and contributions of the NOCO performers and other collaborators conduct the program activities (like our annual ROGUE show, workshops, community outreach, etc). There are many ways to get involved in the NOCOempire. If you want to connect to the work we are doing or want to initiate a project, contact us. 

NOCO Board Members:

Cristal Tiscareno, 2010

Nikole Ekizian, 2013

Christian Long, 2013

Kelly Replogle, 2016

Marcella Lopez-Schmidt, 2018

NOCO Performers:

Kelsie Barry, 2013

Aubrey Ludlow, 2017

Elijah Munoz, 2013

Shelby Plaugher, 2017

Jessie Santos, 2015

Sahar Shahnematollahi, 2017

Alexandra Tiscareno, 2016

NOCO Artistic Team:

Amy Querin, Executive Director

Amy Querin founded Fresno Dance Collective in 2010. Amy holds a Master of Fine Arts in dance performance and choreography from Texas Woman’s University, where she was also a Graduate Teacher & director of the Pilates Studio. With a background in ballet, she later developed a love of modern dance while traveling in Europe. Since then, she has studied, taught, and performed a variety of stylistic dance forms. Her choreography has been presented both nationally and internationally. Before founding NOCO, Amy was a performing member and rehearsal director of The Power Company (South Carolina), member and artistic co-director of Tyer & Co. Dance (Texas), and member of DanceWorks (Texas).  Amy has traveled the world as an independent performer & choreographer; now she continues her artistic work based out of Chicago. She maintains her passion in NOCO, a platform to promote and develop the talent in the central valley.  Amy holds comprehensive certifications in Pilates Mat & Reformer, Aerial Silks, Aerial Yoga and IATTP aerial Hammock, Hoop & Tissu; she held an adjunct professorship in dance at Fresno City College and Clovis Center since 2007-2017.

Alexandra Tiscareno, Resident Choreographer

Alexandra Beth Tiscareno is a dance artist based out of Fresno, California. She has been in the Fresno City Dance Program since 2012 and a dancer for Fresno Dance Collective since 2016. Along with being a NOCO dancer, she recently accepted the Resident Choreographer position for the 2018 season. Alexandra works with the William James Association Prison Arts/Arts in Corrections Program as a teaching artist where she develops dance and spoken word curriculum and teaches at Chowchilla Women’s Prison. Last Summer Alexandra participated in the Bates Dance Festival where she was awarded a Merit Scholarship and was also chosen to participate in their Young Choreographers/New Works program. Her evening-length work is set to premier at NOCO’s 9th ROGUE show in March:

• Nothing is Beautiful; Everything is Fine (2018) | Fresno Dance Collective Annual Rogue Festival