Julia Burrer, originally from Austin, Texas, cultivated her love for dance while training with Tapestry Dance Company, under the direction of Acia Gray and Deirdre Strand.  She moved to New York in 2002, where she continued her studies at SUNY Purchase and earned a BFA in Dance.  She studied abroad at Rotterdamse Dansacademie in the Netherlands, participated in the International Dance Exchange in Essen, Germany, and in the summer of 2006, performed at the Hong Kong International Dance Festival.  She has since had the pleasure of dancing with and for the following lovely folks - Daniel Charon, Bill Young & Colleen Thomas, Teri & Oliver Steele, Gwen Welliver, alexanDance, pocket engine, and Chimaera Physical Theater.  Julia joined Doug Varone and Dancers in 2007.

Natalie Desch, a company member since 2001, is originally from New Castle, PA, where she began her dance training under the guidance of Deborah Parou.  After receiving her BFA and the Martha Hill Prize from The Juilliard School, under the direction of Benjamin Harkarvy, she joined the Limon Dance Company where she performed from 1996-2001.  Additionally she has appeared for Varone at the Metropolitan Opera, Minnesota Opera, Opera Colorado, and with the Aquila Theater Company.  A Hunter College faculty member since 2005, Desch also has taught at the Bates Dance Festival, for the Lincoln Center Institute, and regularly teaches at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and at the 92^nd St. Y in NYC.  She has staged the works of Doug Varone, Jose Limon, and Jiri Kylian both domestically and abroad, and her choreography has been presented at various venues and festivals around NYC and throughout the country.

Erin Owen was born and raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western NC.  Upon receiving BA degrees in Dance and Biology from Scripps College in Claremont, CA, she relocated to NYC.  She has since had the pleasure of working with many delightful choreographers, including Daniel Charon, Ivy Baldwin, Faye Driscoll, Melissa Briggs, Netta Yerushalmy, Karinne Keithley, Geraldine Cardiel, alexanDance, Bill T. Jones (Fall for Dance festival), and David Neumann (I Am Legend- film).  She joined Doug Varone and Dancers in the Fall of 2006, though worked with Doug on previous occasions at the Metropolitan Opera and for a W Magazine fashion shoot.  Erin also holds certifications in Pilates and GYROTONIC® instruction and has taught for several years in NYC.  She currently resides in Brooklyn and is the happy caretaker of various lovely houseplants.

Alex Springer, originally from Farmington Hills, Michigan, studied dance under the direction of Lisa Campos DeWitt and Toi Banks.  He graduated with honors from the University of Michigan with a BFA in dance and a minor in Movement Science.  Since relocating to NYC, he has had the pleasure of working with such artists as Amy Chavasse, Leyya Tawil, Lizzie Leopold and Elizabeth Dishman, among others.  Alex choreographs with his wife, Xan Burley, and has produced work in various venues in NYC, as well as Chicago and Detroit.  Alex joined Doug Varone and Dancers in 2008.

Eddie Taketa born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, holds a BFA in Dance Theater from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Dancing professionally since 1982, Taketa spent the 80’s through mid-90’s performing with such companies as the Murray Louis Dance Company, Nikolais Dance Theatre, and Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, performed in the Jacob's Pillow's Men Dancers: The Ted Shawn Legacy, and maintained an on-going performing and creative collaboration with Janis Brenner. In 1994, he joined Doug Varone and Dancers, and in 1998, became a recipient of a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) for Sustained Achievement in Dancing. As a teacher, he has taught at numerous universities, festivals and studios throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Netta Yerushalmy completed a BFA with honors from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She has received a 2010 NYFA Fellowship in Choreography, a 2010-12 Six Points Fellowship, a 2011 Swing Space residency, and is currently an Artist-In-Residence at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. Her choreographic work has been presented by Danspace Project, Harkness Dance Festival, The Kitchen, DNA, Movement Research, Jacob's Pillow, The Yard, and many others. Originally from Israel, her work was commissioned there by Curtain-Up, International-Exposure, and Tmuna Theater in Tel-Aviv. She has danced with Nancy Bannon, Karinne Kiethley, Marc Jarecki, Joanna Kotze, Ronit Ziv, and others, and has had the pleasure of dancing with Doug Varone in various settings, including productions of Les Troyens and Le Sacre du Printemps at the Metropolitan Opera. Netta staged Varone's work at the University of Michigan & Point Park College. She joined Doug Varone and Dancers in 2007.