HATCHERY TEACHING ARTISTS
WINTER/SPRING 2026

Ashirah Devi Dalomba
​Hatchery Assistant Director & Teaching Artist

Ashirah is an assistant director and teaching artist with Hatchery, bringing a lifelong relationship to African dance into her work as an educator. She began dancing at a young age and has remained connected to the form through performance, community practice, and teaching. An original member of Hatchery’s inaugural company, she now returns in a leadership and teaching role. Ashirah is especially passionate about supporting young dancers during their formative years, fostering confidence, cultural connection, and personal expression alongside technical growth. Her work centers on honoring African dance traditions while creating space for curiosity, discipline, and joy in the studio. As an educator, she prioritizes presence, musicality, and self-expression, cultivating an environment where dancers are challenged, supported, and encouraged to grow both as movers and as people.
Tyler Gorman
Hatchery Pit Band Director

Tyler Gorman is an arts educator and artist working in music, video, and short fiction. With the Hatchery Pit Band, Tyler works with teens to foster creative expression and compose collaborative, original music for dance and live performance. A multi-instrumentalist, Tyler makes music in Northampton-based band Dust Witch and with youth-led experimental artist DJ Free Pizza. Tyler makes films as Bone of Life (YouTube) and works as a sound engineer for stage and recorded productions. Tyler studied film, music, and photography at Hampshire College. 
Katherine Kain 
Hatchery Assistant Director & Teaching Artist

Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, Katherine Kain (they/she) is a dancer, choreographer, educator and administrator based in western Massachusetts. They grew up dancing at South Valley Creative Dance and received subsequent training from Repertory Dance Theatre and Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. They have also trained extensively at Bates Dance Festival, Salt Dance Fest, FRESH Festival, and the Practicing Presence Festival. Katherine’s work has been presented at LOCULUS Dance Collective, the American College Dance Association conference, the Josten Library for the Performing Arts, and The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought. She has performed in works by Paul Matteson, Dante Brown, Barbie Diewald, Shakia Barron, Vanessa Anspaugh, and Doug Varone. They have been in in residence at Jacob’s Pillow, High Street Studios, MAGMA, and Bates Dance Festival. They graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Dance from Mount Holyoke College and have been working at The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought since 2023.

HATCHERY GUEST ARTISTS
WINTER/SPRING 2026

Gabby Carmichael

​Gabby Carmichael is a choreographer and educator based between Western Massachusetts and Brooklyn, NY. She approaches dance as a site for transformation and collaboration, with her research being driven by a curiosity with how the body stores, reshapes, and recalls information across time. Gabby holds an MFA in Choreography and Performance from Smith College and a BA in Anthropology and Dance from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is an ongoing collaborator with Barbie Diewald, and additionally has performed with Annie Health and Niki Farahani. Her work has been presented at Smith College, Gibney Dance, New Dance Alliance, Movement Research at the Judson Church, BAAD Bronx, Center for Performance Research, Triskelion Arts, and the School of Contemporary Dance & Thought, and she has been in residence at The Field Center, The Floor on Atlantic, MOTive Brooklyn, Leimay, and Brooklyn Arts Exchange.Sakihina Abrahu
Erik Elizondo 

​Erik is a dance artist from Monterrey, Mexico. He began his career in 2009 with the company Teoría de Gravedad and co-founded Colectivo la Aurora in 2010 with Jessica Huerta, Jesús Leos, Sara Alonso, and Catalina Castilla. In 2012, he joined Inside the Body Performing Arts, directed by Aladino Rivera.
His professional collaborations include work with Ruby Gámez, Gavin Webber, Cinthya Dueñas, Francisco Córdova, João Cidade, Marion Sparber, Milla Koistinen, Nadia Lartigue, and others. Erik graduated from SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in 2017, majoring in Performance in Contemporary Dance.
In 2017, he co-founded Los Little Guys with Dimitri Kalaitzidis, developing their own movement improvisation methodology. His projects have led to collaborations, workshops, and residencies at venues such as NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Iceland Dance Company, b12, Gibney Dance, and Boston Conservatory, among others. Showing their choreographic work in Mexico, USA, Canada, Malaysia, and India.
Sakina Ibrahim
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Sakina Ibrahim is an award-nominated author, producer, educator, and dynamic speaker who uses the power of storytelling, movement, and culture to inspire transformation. She is the creator and host of We’re Doing The Wiz, an official Tribeca Festival selection that explores community, creativity, and cultural legacy through the lens of musical theatre.
This season, Sakina was invited to teach for National Dance Day and Segerstrom Center’s Soulful Tuesdays, leading community-centered classes that merge wellness, empowerment, and the arts. She is the founder of Dance Arts Academy Foundation, which provides culturally responsive arts education across Orange and Los Angeles Counties. Her nonprofit work continues to impact Title I schools and underserved communities through free programming, teacher training, and youth performances.


Sakina’s philanthropic contributions extend to her work with Impact Giving, where she supports innovative and socially conscious initiatives. 


She brings over a decade of experience leading master classes, curating events, and workshops across education, corporate, and nonprofit spaces—making her a trusted voice at the intersection of arts, equity, and leadership.