Founder & Artistic Team

Faith Rokowski (she/her) danced recreationally while growing up in Massachusetts from the age of 3, primarily in ballet, tap, jazz, jazz-funk, and lyrical. She earned her degree in Political Science from American University, where she danced and choreographed for AU In Motion. Since then, she has performed with groups around the DMV, and earned her choreography certification from the ICONS Choreographic Institute in May 2023. In addition to her work with the Collective, she is a teacher and Senior Administrator at Bethesda Dance Center.

Her first work, they had light inside, premiered at Atlas Performing Arts Center in 2023, and was restaged and expanded as part of the 2023-24 Dance Place Co-Presentation Series. She most recently premiered it’s the universe in there (Dance Loft presents! series, fast and…, April 2025).