Rachel is a dance artist based in Austin, TX. Culver performs with TY&CO, Ventana Ballet, NobleMotion Dance, Red Nightfall Dance Theatre, and Sea Legs Dance, along with various freelance projects throughout Texas. Formerly, she danced with Nicolay Dance Works and as an apprentice with Bruce Wood Dance. Culver holds a BFA in Dance Performance from Sam Houston State University. While studying at SHSU, Rachel had the pleasure of working with many guest choreographers including Maurice Causey, Gerard Theoret, and Gregory Nuber, and performing in many SHSU faculty creations. She hails from Elida, NM where she studied classical and contemporary ballet and spent her summers studying with the Kirov Academy of Ballet, among others.