Damian Woetzel // Artistic Director

*artists are subject to change
Damian Woetzel has been the artistic director of the Vail Dance Festival since 2006, annually bringing together a wide range of dancers and musicians. Under…
READ MOREAdji Cissoko was born and grew up in Munich, Germany where she trained at the Ballet Academy Munich and graduated with a diploma in dance.…
READ MOREArtistic & Executive Director Christine Cox co-founded BalletX, Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet company, with Matthew Neenan in 2005. The BalletX team has produced over 100 world…
READ MOREAssociate Artistic Director Tara Keating began her training at the age of seven at the Pioneer Valley Ballet in Northampton, Massachusetts. She then attended The Juilliard…
READ MOREOriginally from Birmingham, Alabama, Eli Alford began dancing when he was twelve years old at Encore Performance Company, where he participated in numerous dance competitions…
READ MOREShawn is an emerging performing artist hailing from Tampa Bay, FL, where he attended Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School. He…
READ MOREFrancesca Forcella started dancing for BalletX in 2013 after working with Houston Ballet II (HBII), the Washington Ballet Studio Company, and Los Angeles’ American Contemporary…
READ MORESavannah Green was born and raised in New York City, where she attended LaGuardia High School for Performing Arts as a Dance Major and Manhattan…
READ MOREJared Kelly began his early dance training at The Washington School of Ballet in Washington, DC. Upon completion, he furthered his training at The Baltimore…
READ MOREAnnika Kuo studied at Princeton Ballet School (also known as American Repertory Ballet) and has attended multiple training intensives including The Royal Ballet School, The…
READ MORESkyler Lubin received her early training from The Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia, during which time she won third place for the Pas…
READ MOREJonathan Montepara, from Orsogna, Italy, graduated from the Rome Ballet School in 2018. He danced for the Rome Ballet Junior Company, where he performed the…
READ MOREJerard Palazo was born in Manila, Philippines and moved to Canada at 8 years old, where he began his formal dance training at the Royal…
READ MOREBen Schwarz began his training in 2015 under Marcia Dale Weary at The Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet where he spent two years training as part…
READ MOREAshley Simpson is originally from West Palm Beach, Florida and trained at A.W Dreyfoos High School of the Arts and School of Ballet Arts. In…
READ MOREAndrea Yorita is from Irvine,California, where she received her classical ballet training at Academy of Dance, under the direction of Merle Sepel, Rebecca Tsivkin, and…
READ MOREFounder & Executive Director Laurel has been known as Jenny Winton through most of her professional career. In 2009 she joined the Joffrey Ballet and was…
READ MORESammy Altenau grew up in Southern California dancing at Dance Studio 84 under the tutelage of Carla Hunt Smallwood and at Cuizon ballet center with…
READ MOREMatthew Gilmore was born and raised in Canton, Massachusetts. He began his dance training at The Gold School and later went on to graduate from…
READ MOREBlake Krapels, a 2011 United States Presidential Scholar in the Arts, trained in New Jersey under the tutelage of Billy Larson and Jamie Salmon. In…
READ MOREMadeleine is an artist with Dance Aspen as well as the founder & artistic director of South Dakota’s first professional ballet company, South Dakota Ballet.…
READ MOREAnthony Tiedeman was born and raised in New Jersey. He moved to New York City to attend The Juilliard School under the direction of Lawrence…
READ MORECompany Manager/Marketing/Artist Kaya Wolsey is a dancer, choreographer and teacher residing in Aspen, CO. Kaya received her early ballet training at Wasatch Ballet Conservatory under the…
READ MOREArtistic Director JANET EILBER has been the Company’s artistic director since 2005. Her direction has focused on creating new forms of audience access to Martha Graham’s masterworks. These initiatives…
READ MORESO YOUNG AN, a native of South Korea, joined the Company in 2016. She performs featured roles in such Graham classics as Embattled Garden, Errand…
READ MOREJAMES ANTHONY was born and raised in New York City. He began his formal training at the age of nineteen at Manhattan Youth Ballet. He…
READ MOREALESSIO CROGNALE from Abruzzo, Italy, joined the Company in 2017 and dances featured roles in Graham’s Errand into the Maze, Embattled Garden and Diversion of Angels as the…
READ MORELAUREL DALLEY SMITH joined the Company in 2015, performing lead roles in Steps in the Street, Errand into the Maze, Cave of the Heart, Diversion…
READ MORENATASHA M. DIAMOND-WALKER, is from Los Angeles and joined the Company in 2011. A lead in many of Graham’s ballets, most memorably, she was the…
READ MORELLOYD KNIGHT joined the Company in 2005 and performs the major male roles of the Graham repertory including in Appalachian Spring, Embattled Garden, Night Journey and many others.…
READ MOREJACOB LARSEN joined the Company in 2016 and performs featured roles in the classics Diversion of Angels, Secular Games and Appalachian Spring as well as…
READ MOREDEVIN LOH (Apprentice), from Fanwood, NJ, holds a BFA from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, SUNY. She was named a recipient of the…
READ MOREMARZIA MEMOLI, from Palermo, Italy, joined the Company in 2016 and performs lead roles in Graham’s El Penitente, “Steps in the Street,” “Satyric Festival Song,”…
READ MOREANNE O’DONNELL joined the Company in 2014 and performs Martha Graham’s own roles in Appalachian Spring, Dark Meadow Suite, El Penitente, Every Soul is a…
READ MORELORENZO PAGANO joined the Company in 2012 and dances lead roles in Graham’s Appalachian Spring, Embattled Garden, Night Journey, and Diversion of Angels and in contemporary works by…
READ MOREKATE REYES (Apprentice) is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, where she received her BFA in Dance. During her time there she performed works by Jacqulyn…
READ MOREANNE SOUDER joined the Company in 2015. Ms. Souder began her dance training in Maryville, Tennessee and continued to earn her degree in the Ailey/Fordham…
READ MORERICHARD VILLAVERDE, born and raised in Miami, FL, he began dancing at the age of 13, privately coached by Maria Eugenia Lorenzo, is a New…
READ MORELESLIE ANDREA WILLIAMS, from Raleigh, North Carolina, joined the company in 2015 and performs featured roles in Appalachian Spring, Diversion of Angels, Embattled Garden, and…
READ MOREXIN YING joined the Company in 2011 and performs many of Martha Graham’s own roles including in Herodiade, Errand into the Maze, Chronicle, Lamentation, Deep…
READ MOREArtistic Director Leonardo Sandoval is a Brazilian tap dancer with Dorrance Dance, and renowned for his unique style, blending America’s great jazz and tap heritage with…
READ MOREArtistic & Musical Director Gregory Richardson is a composer and multi-instrumentalist focusing on upright and electric bass, and guitar. He is the co-founder and co-artistic director of…
READ MOREJosé Carlos Cruzata Revé is a NY-based saxophonist from Holguín, Cuba, and a founding member of Music From The Sole. After studying at the National…
READ MOREJosh Davis is an NYC-based multifaceted drummer, arranger and composer. Originally from Detroit, Josh has toured throughout the U.S., Europe, Brazil and Japan, playing a…
READ MORENaomi Funaki is a tap dancer from Tokyo, Japan, currently living in NYC. In addition to Music From The Sole, she has performed with Ayodele…
READ MOREOrlando Hernández has performed around the US and abroad, including at On the Boards, the Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow, the Guggenheim, City Center, the Royal…
READ MORENoé Kains is an NYC-based pianist and singer. He studied at Brussels’ Royal Conservatory, the UK, and Israel, and has appeared in solo recitals, chamber…
READ MORERoxanne “Roxy” King is a tap dancer and teacher based in Washington, D.C.. Roxy trained at the Metropolitan School of the Arts and the School…
READ MOREOriginally from Honduras, Gerson fell in love with tap dance shortly after moving to New York City in 2001. He trained under Omar Edwards and…
READ MOREOriginally from Pernambuco (Northeast Brazil), Lucas Santana started studying tap at 8 and has since performed across Brazil, on TV, and, with Music From The…
READ MOREGisele Silva is a LA-based multi-form dancer, instructor and choreographer from Brazil. In addition to dancing with Music From The Sole, she’s a member of…
READ MOREAna Tomioshi is a Brazilian multi-style performing artist, choreographer and instructor, currently based in Washington DC. She is an alumna of The School at Jacob’s…
READ MOREBassist and cellist Jennifer Vincent has been an active force on the NYC music scene for over two decades, playing and touring with the likes…
READ MOREKYLE ABRAHAM (Artistic Director, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham) and his choreography have been featured in Document Journal, Ebony, Kinfolk, O Magazine, Vogue, and Vogue UK,…
READ MOREOlivia Bell is an apprentice with New York City Ballet. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, she trained locally before being accepted to the School of…
READ MOREIndia Bradley is a member of New York City Ballet’s Corps de Ballet. She was born in Detroit, Michigan and began her dance training at…
READ MOREAdji Cissoko was born and grew up in Munich, Germany where she trained at the Ballet Academy Munich and graduated with a diploma in dance.…
READ MOREMr. Chan born in Guangdong, China, and he trained at the Guangzhou Art School from 2004 to 2010. In 2010 he was a finalist at the Prix…
READ MOREPatricia Delgado (she/her), first generation Cuban-American, was born in Miami, Florida. She was a principal dancer with the Miami City Ballet where she worked for…
READ MOREDenys Drozdyuk was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine where he started dancing at the age of 4. From then on he has been continuously trained in…
READ MOREPhilip Duclos is a member of the Corps de Ballet with The Royal Danish Ballet. He has danced roles in Nikolaj Hübbe’s Giselle and Swan…
READ MOREBorn in New York City, Catherine Hurlin joined the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis school of American Ballet Theater at the age of 12 under the direction…
READ MOREScholar-In-Residence // Born in San Diego, California, Spencer Lenain began his dance training at age 7 at Ballet Arte where he was instructed by Erlends…
READ MORELauren Lovette personifies the intertwining of dance and choreography, moving seamlessly from one to the other. Her work has been commissioned and performed by leading…
READ MORESARA MEARNS, Columbia, SC, principal dancer New York City Ballet since 2008. Originated roles with choreographers Justin Peck, Kyle Abraham, Alexei Ratmansky, Pam Tanowitz, Bobbi…
READ MORERoman Mejia was born in Fort Worth, Texas and began studying ballet at age 3 with his mother and father. At age 13, he entered…
READ MOREMiriam Miller was born in Iowa City, Iowa, and began her dance training in 2001 at the University of Iowa Youth Ballet and School of…
READ MOREMayfield Myers was born in New York City and raised in East Hampton, New York. She began ballet at the age of 9 with Sara…
READ MOREDario Natarelli is a performer, choreographer, and dance educator specializing in tap dance based in NYC. He is honored to be a part of the…
READ MOREMira Nadon was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and began her ballet training at the age of six at the Inland Pacific Ballet Academy in Montclair,…
READ MORETiler Peck has been a Principal Dancer with New York City Ballet since 2009. She made her Broadway debut at age 11 as Gracie Shinn…
READ MOREUnity Phelan was born in Princeton, New Jersey where she studied at the Princeton Ballet School. After attending summer courses at the School of American…
READ MORECaili Quan is a New York-based choreographer who danced with BalletX from 2013 to 2020. She has created works for BalletX, The Juilliard School, Vail…
READ MORECalvin Royal III is an acclaimed internationally recognized Principal classical ballet dancer. He began his ballet training at fourteen and a half, and received a…
READ MOREAntonina Skobina was born in Mariupol, Ukraine. She is a 3-Time US National Ballroom Dance Champion and a World Championship Bronze Medalist. She is also…
READ MOREBorn on Long Island, New York, Cory Stearns began his classical training at the age of five with Mme. Valia Seiskaya at the Seiskaya Ballet.…
READ MOREKJ Takahashi is a member of New York City Ballet’s corps de ballet. He was born in Dallas, Texas, and began his ballet training at…
READ MOREStephanie Terasaki was born and raised in southern California. She began her formal training at Inland Pacific Ballet Academy while also attending the Orange County…
READ MOREDevon Teuscher began her ballet training at the age of nine under Deanna Doty of the Champaign Urbana Ballet Academy in Champaign, IL. When her…
READ MOREMelissa Toogood is a Sydney and New York based Dancer, Teacher, Stager, Coach and sometimes Choreographer. She is a New York Dance and Performance Award…
READ MOREJames Whiteside is redefining the meaning of multihyphenate as a principal dancer and choreographer for the American Ballet Theater, hilarious pop music performer, drag queen,…
READ MOREKYLE ABRAHAM (Artistic Director, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham) and his choreography have been featured in Document Journal, Ebony, Kinfolk, O Magazine, Vogue, and Vogue UK,…
READ MOREAdji Cissoko was born and grew up in Munich, Germany where she trained at the Ballet Academy Munich and graduated with a diploma in dance.…
READ MOREJustin Peck is a Tony Award-winning choreographer, director, and dancer based in New York City. He is currently the acting Resident Choreographer of New York…
READ MORETiler Peck has been a Principal Dancer with New York City Ballet since 2009. She made her Broadway debut at age 11 as Gracie Shinn…
READ MORECaili Quan is a New York-based choreographer who danced with BalletX from 2013 to 2020. She has created works for BalletX, The Juilliard School, Vail…
READ MOREJamar Roberts is a choreographer who has made works on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, LA Dance Project,…
READ MOREMelissa Toogood is a Sydney and New York based Dancer, Teacher, Stager, Coach and sometimes Choreographer. She is a New York Dance and Performance Award…
READ MORECameron Grant is recently retired after 37 years with the New York City Ballet. As a solo pianist, he performed a vast repertoire for solo…
READ MOREJohnny Gandelsman, violin Colin Jacobsen, violin Nicholas Cords, viola Michael Nicolas, cello With their gripping performance style and unquenchable appetite for musical adventure, Brooklyn Rider has carved a singular…
READ MORECaroline Shaw is a musician who moves among roles, genres, and mediums, trying to imagine a world of sound that has never been heard before…
READ MOREDavóne Tines is a pathbreaking artist whose work not only encompasses a diverse repertoire, from early music to new commissions by leading composers, but also…
READ MORENew York based Joel Wenhardt is a jazz pianist, and collaborator. While completing his studies at Juilliard (BM ‘18, MM ‘23) he has become a…
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