Louis Mofsie is from the Hopi and Winnebago tribes. His father is from Second Mesa, Arizona and his mother is from Winnebago, Nebraska. Louis is a retired art teacher and taught for 35 years at the Meadowbrook Elementary School in East Meadow, New York. He is a founding member of the American Indian Community House and served as the Chairman of the board for over 15 years. He is the current director of the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers a dance company he helped originate in 1963. As an artist he has illustrated 3 children books, "The Hopi Way", "Coyote Tales", and "Folktales of the American Indian" which was written by Dee Brown. He has recorded two albums, "Louis Mofsie Traditional American Indian Songs & Music" and "Dances And Songs of the American Indians". Louis now spends much of his time now touring with the dance company the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers which has performed all over the United States, Japan, and Israel.

The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers – Established in 1963, the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers are the longest running resident New York City Native American Dance Company.  Their performances feature a diversity of dance forms that reflect the group’s multicultural tribal membership.  Their mission is to preserve and perpetuate American Indian cultures and promote a more realistic understanding of Native American cultures through their performances and other activities.  In New York City, The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers have performed at the Museum of the American Indian, the American Museum of Natural History, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the New York World’s Fair, Columbia University, New York University as well as at countless schools, churches and performance spaces.  Internationally, they have toured Mexico, Canada, Israel, Europe and Japan.  All of the money raised by the Thunderbird Dancers goes to a scholarship fund for Native American youth.  To date, they have assisted over 200 Indian youth with their educational expenses.  The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers conduct pow wows across the country during the summer season, a monthly pow wow at the McBurney YMCA during the winter and perform an annual benefit at New York’s Theater for the New City.

Noopur Singha grew up learning classical Manipuri and Indian folk dances from her parents, Nabaghana Shyam Singha and Christel Stevens. She graduated from the Washington School of Ballet in 2001 and obtained her BFA from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College in 2005 when she was awarded a Dharmasiswa RI scholarship to begin her study of Balinese dance. In New York, she danced with artists such as Anna Sperber, Sidra Bell, Faye Driscoll, Charlotte Gibbons, Steeledance (Teri and Oliver Steele), and Nelly van Bommel. She has worked with Gamelan Dharma Swara, Gamelan Yowana Sari, Gamelan Gita Asmara, Lotus Music and Dance, Indian Dance Educators Association, Surati Inc, Santi Budaya LLC, CityDance at Strathmore, Connecticut Ballet World of Dance, Adventure Theater MTC, Mary Apick, Shizumi Manale with Cantate Chamber Choir, and Jayamangala. Her work has been presented by the Ear to the Ground Commissioning Series at Mulberry Street Theater with funds from the Jerome Foundation, the Maryland Choreographers Showcase, Dixon Place, Movement Research, World Dance Alliance, and Catch among others. She is a two time recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council's Individual Artist Award for solo dance performance.[presentecho.wordpress.com]