Meet the team
Personal Bios
Bess Trew
Founder
Artistic Director
Company Artist
Bess Trew, born in Atlanta, Georgia, received the majority of her dance training at the Baltimore School for the Arts and the Tulsa Ballet Center for Dance Education. From 2016-2019 Bess toured with the Mississippi based Ballet Magnificat!. There she had the opportunity to travel and perform across Europe and Central America, learning to use dance not solely as an art form, but as a tool for ministry.
In the fall of 2019 she moved to Portland, Oregon to dance with Instruments Ballet Company under the direction of Rebekah Atkins; in 2020 becoming the Assistant Artistic Director and choreographing two original works for the company.
Bess has also had the opportunity to perform as a guest artist with the Houston based Ad Deum Dance Company in Europe, dancing original works by Director Randall Flinn and by Steve Rooks.
In the summer of 2021 Bess started the Enoch Contemporary Ballet in East Tennessee, whose mission is to use movement and dance in tandem with worship and intercession to usher in the Spirit of God and present the gospel of Jesus.
Since the start of the company, she has had the opportunity to teach master classes and choreograph nationally and internationally, including Project Dance in Paris and Houston and Jackson, Palm Beach Atlantic and Belhaven University, the Laois Youth Dance Ensemble in Co. Laoise, Ireland, and Association Abondance in Toulouse, France. She is honored to have had her work performed in Asia, Central and South America, and several nations across Europe.
Evangeline Joy Bonin
Assistant Artistic Director
Company Artist
Born and raised in Belgium as a missionary kid, Evangeline Bonin began dancing at 13 years old and immediately knew it was something God wanted her to pursue. She moved to the United States for college where she studied Dance Performance at Oral Roberts University. After obtaining her degree, Evangeline danced with Instruments Ballet Company in Oregon for three years before moving to Tennessee in 2021 to join Enoch Contemporary Ballet for their inaugural season. Evangeline is passionate about using dance as a ministry on a professional level, reclaiming the arts for God’s glory, and using her gifts to share the hope of the Good News of Jesus to the world. Enoch has been a fulfillment of these dreams and she is blessed to be dancing with others who love to worship our beautiful Creator!
Abbi Jean Howard
Tour Director
Company Artist
Abbi Jean Howard began dancing at three in Wilmington, North Carolina. She continued her training as her family moved to South Carolina and to Virginia and settled in at the School of Richmond Ballet. Senior year, the Lord began moving in her heart to give her dancing back to Him. After graduating in 2014, she entered the trainee program with Ballet Magnificat for three years and then was promoted to student apprentice with Ballet Magnificat! Alpha Company. In 2018, the Lord called her back to North Carolina to teach at local dance studios (Gafa Studios and Brunswick School of Dance) and traveled overseas to dance and teach. While spending time in her home state, the Lord began renewing her love of dancing for him and reminded her of the freedom and fulfillment found in Christ alone. Abbi Jean felt the peace of Christ directing her to join Enoch Contemporary Ballet at its formation and has loved serving side by side a group of worshippers fixated on exalting the name of Jesus.
Annika Kuckuck
Company Artist
Annika began training at Pacific School of Dance at age eleven. Upon graduating highschool, she moved to Jackson, MS and was a trainee with Ballet Magnificat for two years. She then joined Enoch Contemporary Ballet in 2021 at the start of the company. Annika is very passionate about the Lord, and using dance as worship and intercession. She has been very blessed to be able to do that at Enoch!
Goldie Mims
Company Artist
Born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, Goldie began dancing at three years old and has loved it ever since. Her training has primarily centered around ballet, contemporary, and modern dance
with additional experience in hip hop, pointe, jazz, tap, and musical theatre. In 2020, Goldie began her collegiate dance training at Belhaven University where she trained in ballet, modern, hip hop, and improvisation and studied subjects such as pedagogy, performance production,
costuming, and kinesiology. While at Belhaven, Goldie performed with both the Dance Ministry Ensemble and the Belhaven University Dance Ensemble and was awarded the Freshman Bezalel
Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement. After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2024, Goldie moved to Tennessee to join Enoch Contemporary Ballet. Using dance as a means of worship has been a constant theme in her training since the beginning, and she is excited to keep teaching and dancing all for the glory of God!
Amelia Gorton
Company Apprentice
Bio coming soon…
Ava Waldrop
Company Apprentice
Ava Waldrop has been dancing since she was two years old. She has a background in ballet, contemporary, lyrical, modern, acro, and jazz dance. Her favorite is ballet! Ava’s training includes instruction at Cleveland City Ballet, Unity Dance Studios, and Chattanooga Ballet. She has had the opportunity to perform in Chattanooga Ballet’s Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty, several classical pieces with Chattanooga Ballet’s school ensemble, and many Unity productions with their Junior and Senior Company over the years. Her pursuit of dance education has led her to participate in numerous summer intensives, workshops, competitions, and conventions, including Nashville Ballet Summer Intensive for two summers, Carolina Ballet Summer Intensive, Chattanooga Ballet Summer Intensive, FSU Winter Workshop, and multiple Tremaine Dance Conventions and Titans Dance Convention. Ava has a heart to use her gift of dance to worship the Lord through the arts.
Caroline Hoybach
Company Apprentice
Caroline Hoybach began dancing in 2009 at her local studio in Houston, Texas. It’s in Houston that she received training in various styles including ballet, pointe, contemporary, tap, and jazz and has competed in various competitions including Youth America Grand Prix and has performed pre professionally with Moscow Ballet and World Ballet Company. In 2021 Caroline moved to Mississippi to dance in the Ballet Magnificat! trainee program where she remained for three years. While dancing with Ballet Magnificat! she had the opportunity to tour with the Events Company nationally and internationally. In 2025 she moved to East Tennessee to dance with Enoch Contemporary Ballet as an apprentice. Caroline continues to find great joy in using dance to worship her Creator, God and share the love of Christ with all people!
Hope Martin
Company Apprentice
After watching The Nutcracker as a young girl, Hope Martin fell in love with dance, especially ballet. She began at age 6 in her hometown, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her training included ballet, pointe, tap, lyrical, jazz, and acro. In high school she joined her studio’s competitive team and performed as much as she could. After a gap year with an office job to raise money for her dancing dreams, Hope moved to Mississippi to be a trainee with Ballet Magnificat! She trained there for two years before the Lord closed the door to that chapter and called her to Enoch Contemporary Ballet. Now, she loves to worship and dance alongside her friends in their common mission to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ!
Kathryn Robinson
Company Apprentice
Bio coming soon…
Linsey Swearengin
Company Apprentice
Linsey Swearengin is 24 years old and has been dancing for 14 years training in numerous styles of dance. She graduated with her BA in Dance Performance from Oral Roberts University in 2024. She has danced with trEd Dance Company where she got to travel to numerous countries using dance and street evangelism together and is currently with Enoch Contemporary Ballet.
For Linsey, movement brings deeper intimacy and communion in her relationship with the Lord. Dance reflects the freedom He has so freely given her and it allows her to express it when words cannot.
Natalie Goggans
Company Apprentice
Bio coming soon…
Sarenity Castañeda Nehring
Company Apprentice
Bio coming soon…
Stephanie Charvoz
Company Apprentice
Bio coming soon…
Trina Shook
Company Apprentice
Trina, born and raised in central Maryland, started dancing at 4. Most of her training she received at Carroll County Dance Center and Ballet Conservatory. She was trained primarily in ballet, pointe, contemporary, and modern. In addition, she has experience in jazz, tap, and hip hop. During high school she discovered the Christian dance world through two summers at Ballet Magnificat’s intensives and fell in love with the idea of dancing to worship her Creator. Feeling the Lord call her into this type of ministry, she moved to Jackson, MS to join Ballet Magnificat’s trainee program for two years. She also gained valuable experience training at Ballet 5:8 and Alvin Ailey through their summer intensives. In 2025, she moved to Tennessee to join Enoch Contemporary Ballet. She strongly believes in dancing as a form of worshipping her Savior. She is expectant of what the Lord is doing and is going to do in her new life here in Tennessee. She is excited to see the Lord work as she helps share the gospel through movement.
Violet Pasqua
Company Apprentice
Raised in northern Georgia, Violet began her dance training at 12 years old through Ballet Dalton. After high school, Violet attended Belhaven University and pursued a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and a Specialization in Pilates. In college, she had the opportunity to try new things such as partnering, choreography, and aerial silks. At Belhaven, Violet was invited to present her choreography and represent the University at exchange events, presentations, and conventions such as the American Collegiate Dance Association. She was also the recipient of the Junior Bezalel Award in 2024 for artistic excellence and choreographic achievement and received a special production award in 2025 for her work in dance costuming and stage management. Violet has a passion for the arts and portraying truth, goodness, and beauty. She is always looking for new things to try and new skills to diversify her portfolio. She believes all art – whether the process or the product – is an act of worship and believes we are called to leave our audience with breadcrumbs to the gospel. In 2025, Violet moved to east Tennessee to Join Enoch Contemporary Ballet. Since graduating, she has become a comprehensively certified Pilates instructor and loves using those tools in her own career, to serve her clients, and to serve Enoch as well. Violet is very happy to be closer to family and is excited to see the roots she will continue to plant here in Tennessee!
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