2025 USArtists International Panelists

Spring Round 

Dance/Theater Panel A 

James R Ball III (TX) 
Associate Professor of Performance Studies at Texas A&M University 

CatherineMarie Davalos (CA) 
Choreographer and founding Director of Dance at Saint Mary’s College 

Linda Parris-Bailey (TN) 
Playwright, President of Parris-Bailey Arts Inc, and former Executive/Artistic Director of The Carpetbag Theatre 

Kendra Portier (MD) 
Choreographer, performer, and Professor of Dance at University of Maryland, College Park 

Dance/Theater Panel B 

Danni Gee (NY) 
Director of Programming at The Joyce Theater 

Chad Herzog (AZ) 
Executive and Artistic Director, Arizona Arts Live 

Nailah Randall-Bellinger (MA) 
Dancer, Choreographer, and founding Artistic Director of RootsUprising Dance Company 

Raquel Vázquez (PR) 
Multidisciplinary Artist, Cultural Manager, and Executive Director of Teatro Público 

Music Panel A 

Molly Alicia Barth (TN) 
Flutist and Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University, Blair School of Music 

Xavier Davis (MI) 
Jazz Pianist and Associate Professor of Jazz Piano at Michigan State University  

Dr. Panayotis League (FL) 
Performer, Composer, and Associate Professor of Musicology at Florida State University 

Ankur Malhotra (WI) 
Music Producer, Entrepreneur, and Musicologist 

Music Panel B 

James Kim (CO) 
Director of Choral Activities at Colorado State University 

Joshua Kohl (WA) 
Composer, performer, and co-director of Degenerate Art Ensemble 

Nuvi Mehta (CA) 
Artistic Director of the Ventura Music Festival 

Lydia Warren (WV) 
Director of the Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center at Fairmont State University