our story
hasten dance founded in 2022 by Chelsea Roquero & Krystal Masteller. We are first and foremost friends who share a love for collaborating and discovering all that is possible. In life and art, we aim to not take ourselves seriously while taking our artistic creations seriously. Together we formulate an entity that collaborates over new ideas exploring all aspects of interest together. Our approach to movement is rooted in finding extreme physicality and intricacy through energetic and momentum-based techniques. By doing so, we discover our most authentic voice and identity. We believe that ease and efficiency are key to unlocking more space and potential in our bodies. It is our goal to acknowledge, incorporate, and honor the importance of the whole human self: identity, emotions, and anatomy, to generate autonomy in our process as well as the spaces we create.
hasten dance has presented work at MashUp’s International Women’s Day Festival (2023) & Disco Riot’s Choreo & Fly festival presented at La Jolla’s; WOW Festival with collaborator Kaia Makihara (2023). They have been invited to teach at Genesis Studios, Emerging Artist Class Series (2023), Stomping Ground LA’s Community Free Day of Dance event, See Yourself (2023 & 2024), & Renaissance Art’s High School (2023 & 2024). Their debut evening length with Kaia Makihara, "Bounded by Intervals" (2024) was presented this past July at the "Dance at the Odyssey Festival: Summer Edition" in Santa Monica, CA.
meet the duo
Co-Artistic Director
Krystal Masteller
Krystal Masteller is a creative, choreographer, and freelance dancer from Southern California. She is represented by Go 2 Talent Agency. After moving to Long Beach she received a B.A. in Dance Science with a Minor in Entrepreneurship from California State University Long Beach, as well as an A.A. in Kinesiology and Performing Arts from Mt. San Antonio Community College. She has premiered her own work at “Show ‘N Tell” curated by Alex Rix & Katelyn Sanchez. Additionally she has worked with Lee Martino, Kate Hutter Mason, Jen Rose, Lenin Fernandez, Derrick Paris, and more. She is a choreographer and coach at Dancelova Dance Academy, and has choreographed works for various high schools and studios. Their additional training includes, but is not limited to, Counter Technique’s One Body One Career, LA Contemporary Dance Company’s Choreo Lab: 03, and American Dance Festival where she performed work by Shay Keubler.
Co-Artistic Director
Chelsea Roquero
Chelsea Roquero (she/her), born in Escondido, CA, is a first generation Filipino-American dance artist & choreographer based in LA. She started her formal dance training at San Diego Mesa College and transferred to California State University, Long Beach & later received her BA in Dance in 2019.
She has had performances opportunities & work with local LA Choreographers & Companies in concert & commercial capacities. Such as Whyteberg for Ground Grooves TV, Invertigo Dance Theatre, Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company as a Guest Artist, Rosanna Gamson World Wide Dance, Kevin Williamson, Camila Arana, Cody Potter, Jessie Lee Thorne, Genna Moroni, Jay Carlon, Kate Hutter-Mason & Melissa Schade.
You can find Chelsea most of her days at Stomping Ground L.A., where she is a current team member & the Youth Scholarship Mentor.