In December of 2007, fellow dancers Sonja Kostich and Brandi Norton decided to start a dance company. Overnight, they created OtherShore, a dancer-led company in New York City that brought together directors, dancers, composers and visual artists in order to develop and broaden their artistry. With an invitation to be the first artists-in-residence at the Baryshnikov Arts Center to be fully produced through its presentation series combined with immense support and enthusiasm from fellow dancers and artists, they premiered their dancer-led company in the fall of 2008 with sold out performances at the Baryshnikov Arts Center. Bringing together a core group of dancers, with uncountable amounts of professional experience in the major national dance companies, both contemporary and ballet, enabled them to initiate projects stemming from their own artistic interests. This tenet in dance is almost unknown, as artistic ideas and the producing of them, tends to be initiated by choreographers. Dancer initiated projects are unique in their viewpoints, and the goal is to continue to mine the special perspective that the dancers bring to dance/theater work.