Daniel Rei Cohen ✡︎ Freelance Dancer ✡︎ Choreographer
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Sample Series
Presented by Deseret Experimental Opera
7pm on Friday Oct 16th 2026 & 2pm on Saturday Oct 17th
at the Art Castle (915 W 100 S Salt Lake City, UT 84104)
Performing the piece "Today, Tomorrow" with original music
by Jenn Chandler & in collaboration with the Salt Lake Ballet Cooperative
Free Admission with required RSVPph Font
"Today, Tomorrow"
Created by Daniel Rei Cohen, featuring the wonderful music of Jenn Chandler, and performed in collaboration with the Salt Lake Ballet Cooperative & DEXO.
It premiered originally at TEDxSaltLakeCity in 2026.
A piece about challenging the inner voices that say
“nothing will be ok” and learning to hope for the future.
Original Choreography: Daniel Rei Cohen
Original Music: "Cellos Wandering," "The Lake of Shining Waters," and "What If It All Goes Right?" by Jenn Chandler
Artistic Mentor: Jenny C. Cohen
Dancers: Daniel Rei Cohen, Katelyn Killian, Sarah Rinderknecht, and Carly Schaub
Costuming: Jenny C. Cohen and Daniel Rei Cohen
Daniel Rei Cohen is an Asian American Jewish dancer and choreographer that strives to create global healing art.
He graduated from the University of Utah with a BFA in Ballet and minor in Psychology, won multiple gold medals in Junior Olympics despite Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis a year before, and is an international best-selling author. Daniel hopes to help people feel whole and at home in themselves while reveling in all the iridescence that life has to offer. In the future he plans to make his own version of oracle cards that will help people communicate with their subconscious feelings.
Jenn Chandler is an actor, musician, director, composer, and educator who hails from Delta, Utah. She originated the role of the female Bank Manager in the 2nd National Tour of Once. She has acted in numerous shows at various regional theatres, including the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the Ogunquit Playhouse, the Paramount Theatre, the Actor’s Playhouse, the Ensemble Theatre Company, and Bucks County Playhouse. Jenn also writes and performs her music! You can find her music on all streaming platforms. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Acting at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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Jenny C. Cohen holds a Master’s of Science in Occupational Therapy from Boston University and board certification in Integrative Neurosomatic Practice. She combines neuroscience, embodiment, movement, and identity transformation to help people build self-trust, make aligned decisions, and lead without self-abandonment.
Jenny is a multi-time #1 international bestselling author, creator of the TRUST™ Method, speaker, and host of the top 10% ranked Dance to Heal podcast.
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Katelynn Killian is a Utah native. A proud Westminster University Alumni receiving their Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, awarded Outstanding Graduating Senior in 2020 and Outstanding Alumni Volunteer in 2023. Killian is an active freelance performance artist, performing, choreographing, and teaching with Dance, Theater, Opera, and School/Studio companies. Most recently, setting work with Westminster University, SNOW College, and Tanner Dance. She has been the Arts for All Program Manager in Eccles Theater since 2021 and is currently dancing with Salt Lake City Ballet Co-Op, teaching with The Waterford School, a certified Pilates instructor at BodyBar, and serving as VP board member for the non-profit Deseret Experimental Opera, also known as DEXO.
Sarah Rinderknecht is a Salt Lake City–based dancer, arts advocate, and forensic accountant. She has a background in classical ballet and has performed with Salt Lake Ballet Cooperative. Sarah is actively involved in Utah’s performing arts community and enjoys collaborating with artists across disciplines.
Carly Schaub is a dance artist residing in Salt Lake City and teaches Ballet, Modern Dance/Contemporary, Early Court Ballet and Screendance. She works as an adjunct faculty member at Westminster University, and Salt Lake Community College. She also teaches young students at Wasatch Arts Center as well as individuals living with Parkinson’s in the regular open classes hosted by Westminster University and Deseret Experimental Opera.
Carly currently serves as Board President of Deseret Experimental Opera (DEXO) and is a regular teacher and dancer with Salt Lake Ballet Cooperative which is also under DEXO’s programming.
She moved to Salt Lake City to attend graduate school at the University of Utah in earning a B.F.A. in Modern Dance with Screendance Certification. She earned a B.F.A. in Theatre and Dance from the University of Wyoming. Prior to graduate school, Carly danced, choreographed and served as the Education Coordinator at Northern Plains Dance in Bismarck, ND which led her all over the state performing, guest teaching and choreographing numerous musicals for Sleepy Hollow Summer Theatre and Bismarck State College. Carly likes to spend her free time with her cats, dog, chickens and her human partner, Keith.