During her time in college, she has had the pleasure of working with Francisco Gella, Yusha Sorzano, and Lauren Edon for Zeitgeist Dance Theater’s 2022 Summer Company; Ephrat Asherie, Vincent Thomas, Alison Seidenstricker, and Runqiao Du in Towson University’s Fall 2022 Dance Company; as well as artistic directors and company members of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in the Summer of 2023.

Currently, Denicore is dancing, acting, and training in NYC, where she recently portrayed the lead role, “Lola,” in a short film titled Knots, danced in a music video for singer Laura Lizcano, and performed a contemporary ballet solo titled “Ne me quitte pas” by choreographer Seth Gertsacov for Ballet Vérité. Denicore is honored to have this second opportunity to help bring Jacqueline Woodson’s The Other Side to life. Dance, like other art forms, tears down fences, and Denicore is certain that Boykin’s amazing story-telling choreography will touch the lives of the audience and inspire every one of us to tear down fences in our lives.

She has performed at award presentations including the 62nd Grammy® show, Kennedy Center shows, and for Michelle Obama at the White House. Dennis has been a part of a few Hope Boykin dance projects including the on-stage production The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson and Leonard Bernstein's 50th anniversary of Mass production. Currently, a senior dance major at Howard University, Dennis looks forward to pursuing her dance career, growing as an individual performer, exploring new choreographic experiences, earning her masters, and traveling.

Harris performed under the direction of Hope Boykin and Jaqueline Woodson in The Other Side, presented at the Kennedy Center, Spring of 2022. Additionally in 2022, Harris attended the Kyle Abraham A.I.M. Summer Intensive, and performed with Hope Boykin Dance in, Moments by Hope at the Chelsea Factory. In September of 2022, Harris performed in the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Center for Leornard Bernstein’s Mass under the direction of Alison Moritz and choreographer Hope Boykin. In 2023, Harris made her debut at the Joyce Theater in the Complexions Contemporary Ballet Gala performing in Black Is Beautiful.

During the Spring of 2022, Williams was given the incredible opportunity to work with HopeBoykinDance as a part of the premier of The Other Side, a story by Jacqueline Woodson. Since then, she has continued to work with HopeBoykinDance in numerous projects like Mass for the Kennedy Center’s 50th Anniversary. She is overjoyed to return to the stage and help bring this story to life!

Along with many commissions including Vail Dance Festival, Boykin has choreographed and co-directed for Off-Broadway and regional theater, including a Cornelia Street for the Atlantic Theater Company in New York City.

Boykin has garnered much acclaim with her virtual work for Carolina Performing Arts, Guggenheim Works & Process Virtual Commissions initiative, and the National Black Theatre. As a motivator, Boykin has been an annual keynote speaker for Lincoln Center Activate, a national education forum, which has included a special Weekend with Hope, a series of talks with friends and dance industry professionals discussing crucial topics in our dance world. As a director and dance-maker, Boykin received a grant from the Mellon Foundation for her own “COVID-safe” residency #BoykinBubble, and in the Fall of 2021, premiered a full evening of her choreography, An Evening of Hope at 92nd Street Y, in New York City. In 2022, Boykin choreographed and directed The Other Side, bringing Jacqueline Woodson’s children’s book of the same name to life for the Kennedy Center’s Family Theater. She also was a member of the creative team as choreographer for the Kennedy Center’s 50th Anniversary Celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass. Boykin serves as Artistic Advisor for Dance Education at the Kennedy Center and Artistic Lead for the Kennedy Center Dance Lab. She is Artist-In-Residence at USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance and was advisor for the Howard University Department of Dance for their 2021 Spring semester. She is currently a 2022–2023 fellow for The Center for Ballet and the Arts. Boykin continues to build on her work as a writer and filmmaker, blending her words and cadence as a the foundation of her developing movement-language. She released Beauty, Size & Color, a short film commenting on what has changed in the first 20 years of the 21st century (PBS), which was most recently nominated for a 2023 NY Emmy Award, presented a weekend of her own work, Moments By Hope… A Concert, in fall of 2022, and is featured on the October 2023 cover of Dance Magazine in recognition of her achievements as an educator, creator, mover, and motivator. Most recently, Boykin premiered States of Hope, a fully scripted evening-length dance work at the Joyce Theater in New York City. Boykin firmly believes there are no limits.

She received the 2014 National Book Award for her New York Times bestselling memoir, Brown Girl Dreaming, which also received the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor, the NAACP Image Award and a Sibert Honor. She also wrote the adult books Red at the Bone, a New York Times bestseller, and Another Brooklyn, a 2016 National Book Award finalist. She is the author of dozens of award-winning books for young adults, middle graders, and children; among her many accolades, she is a four-time Newbery Honor winner, a four-time National Book Award finalist, and a two-time Coretta Scott King Award winner. Her books include Before the Ever After, New York Times bestsellers The Day You Begin and Harbor Me; The Other Side; Each Kindness; Caldecott Honor book Coming On Home Soon; Newbery Honor winners Feathers, Show Way, and After Tupac and D Foster; and Miracle’s Boys, which received the LA Times Book Prize and the Coretta Scott King Award. Woodson is also a recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement for her contributions to young adult literature and a two-time winner of the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award.

As a student, she was featured in the Netflix series Hit & Run and represented The Ailey School at the 2019 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. She has danced in works by Kevin Iega Jeff, Kyle Hanagami, Lyrik Cruz, and Brice Mousset. In 2022, Vargas joined HopeBoykinDance as Assistant to the Choreographer for The Other Side. She is now a professional dancer and Rehearsal Director with HopeBoykinDance. Since working with Boykin, Vargas has performed in the Guggenheim’s Works and Process, was a soloist in the 50th anniversary performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass, and in 2023 made her Joyce Theater debut in States of Hope.