bodyvox-2 Bios

Jeff George

JEFF GEORGE (dancer, BodyVox-2) Jeff George was born and raised in snowy Minnesota. He naturally gravitated to dance and choreography throughout high school. Shortly thereafter, he trained with Ballet Arts of Minnesota and Broadway Dance Center in New York. After performing on the east coast tour with Seaseme Street Live he then moved on to traveling the world. The next 4 years were spent sailing the Mediterranean and Pacific Seas performing on various Royal Caribbean Cruise ships. Now  jeff lives in Portland and teaches at  a number of studios  in the city.

Jonathan Krebs

JONATHAN KREBS (dancer, BodyVox-2) has performed with Josie Moseley Dance, tEEth, BodyVox, BodyVox-2, POV, Polaris Dance Theatre, Rainbow Dance Theatre and The Portland Opera.   He has worked in Marketing and Programming for White Bird in Portland, Oregon and The Joyce Theater in New York City.  He currently works as the Marketing Manager for BodyVox.  He enjoys gardening, snowboarding, fishing and riding his bike.

Josh Murry

JOSH MURRY (dancer, BodyVox-2) began dancing at local studios on the Oregon coast when he was 12. As a teenager he was an entertainer at Miss Clatsop and Miss Oregon pageants. He went on to study at Milwaukee Ballet in Wisconsin and Joffrey Ballet in New York on full scholarship. He attended Brigham Young University on scholarship while being in their Theatre Ballet Company. During his time at BYU Josh was able to be a full time student while being in a professional ballet company.

Kara Girod

KARA GIROD (dancer, BodyVox-2) was born and raised in the Portland Metro area of Oregon where she trained at the Northwest Conservatory of Dance. Her passion for movement, music, theater, and art all pushed her deeper into the study of ballet as she studied at summer intensives such as the Joffrey Midwest Program, and the Joffrey School of Ballet in New York under such masters as Ceyhun Ozsoy and Winthrop Corey. Moving to LA in 2005 to pursue her education in dance at Loyola Marymount University, Kara explored different contemporary aesthetics and choreographic processes.

Melissa Kanavel

MELISSA KANAVEL (dancer, BodyVox-2) Melissa began dancing at age 3 with Beatrice Engles in her home town of Yardley, Pennsylvania. She continued dancing at Rider University with American Repertory Ballet's Princeton Ballet School. During this time she participated in the Professional Training Program and was a member of ARBW, American Repertory Ballet's second company. She appeared in productions of The Nutcracker, Don Quixote and Swan Lake and studied with Maria Youskevitch, Douglas Martin, Mary Barton and Kim Chandler-Vaccaro.

Zachary Carroll

ZACHARY CARROLL (Director, BodyVox-2) Zachary Carroll began his training with the legendary dancer George Zoritch in his native Tucson, Arizona. He continued his training as a full scholarship student with The National Ballet School in Toronto, Ontario. He has performed a wide variety of principal roles as a dancer in Oregon Ballet Theater, Minnesota Dance Theater, and Ballet West. His repertoire includes works by Balanchine, Taylor, Van Manen, Tudor, and many others. Most recently, Zach danced as a member of Portland’s own BodyVox.