Sarah Bayne, a native of Pittsburgh, PA, graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education, and from Walden University with a Master’s in Reading and Literacy. While at Penn State, she…

Born in Santiago, Chile, Marcela Figueroa moved to Caracas, Venezuela, at a young age, beginning her ballet studies at the The Gustavo Franklin School of Ballet. Graduating with honors in 1986, she joined the…

Hannah Locke is from Chattanooga, TN, where she began her training with Anna and Barry VanCura at VanCura Ballet Conservatory. She attended University of North Carolina School of the Arts for High School (UNCSA)…

Naomi Widelski began her dance training at age 7 under Ingrid Lozano at The Dance and Fitness Academy in Lubbock, Texas. She continued under the instruction of Yvonne Racz-Key at Ballet Lubbock, Texas from…

Marilyn York has more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of dance: performing, teaching, directing and choreography. Her interest in dance was sparked by classic Gene Kelly films. York began taking dance…

Ms. Warren began her studies on a Ford Foundation grant at the School of the Pennsylvania Ballet, going on to study with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Joffrey Ballet School.  After receiving a B.S.…

Jill is originally from Wisconsin where she started her professional training with the Milwaukee Ballet School. She then received a scholarship to attend The Joffrey Ballet School New York where she continued her training…

Ruslan Amrayev, a native of Almaty, Kazakhstan studied ballet at the A.V. Seleznev Choreographic Institute in Almaty from 1996-2004. After Graduating with honors from the school in 2004 he danced as a principal dancer…

Katie Tomney, originally from the Washington DC area, is a graduate of the SUNY University at Buffalo where she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Dance. During her time at UB, she was a company…