WHO'S WHO IN THE FESTIVAL? JEROME ROBBINS (Choreographer) is world renowned for his work as a choreographer of ballets as well as his work as a choreographer and director in theater, movies and television. Although he began as a modern dancer, his start on Broadway was as a chorus dancer before joining the corps de ballet of American Ballet Theatre in 1939, where he went on to dance principal roles in the works of Fokine, Tudor, Massine, Balanchine, Lichine, and de Mille. His first ballet, Fancy Free (1944) for ABT, still in many repertoires, celebrated its fiftieth birthday on April 18, 1994. While embarking on his career in the theater, Mr. Robbins simultaneously created ballets for New York City Ballet, which he joined in 1949, and became an Associate Artistic Director with George Balanchine. Mr. Robbins has directed for television and film as well, with his co-direction and choreography of West Side Story winning him two Academy Awards. After his Broadway triumph with Fiddler On the Roof in 1964, Mr. Robbins continued creating ballets for New York City Ballet. He shared the position of Ballet-Master-in-Chief with Peter Martins until 1989. He has created more than 60 ballets, including Afternoon of a Faun (1953), The Concert (1956), Les Noces (1965), Dances At a Gathering (1969), In the Night (1970), In G Major (1975), Other Dances, (1976), Glass Pieces (1983), and Ives Songs (1989) which are in the repertories of the New York City Ballet, the Ballet de l’Opera de Paris and major dance companies throughout the world. His most recent ballets include A Suite of Dances with Mikhail Baryshnikov (1994), 2 & 3 Part Inventions (1994), West Side Story Suite (1995), and Brandenburg (1996) all of which premiered at New York City Ballet. In addition to his two Academy Awards, Mr. Robbins’s awards and citations include four Tony Awards, five Donaldson Awards, an Emmy Award, the Screen Directors’ Guild Award, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Mr. Robbins is a 1981 Kennedy Center Honors Recipient, was awarded the Commandeur de L’Order des Arts et des Lettres, is an honorary member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and was awarded a National Medal of Arts as well as the Governor’s Arts Awards by the New York State Council on the Arts. Some of his Broadway shows include On the Town, Billion Dollar Baby, High Button Shoes, West Side Story, The King and I, Gypsy, Peter Pan, Miss Liberty, Call Me Madam, and Fiddler on the Roof. In 1989, Jerome Robbins’s Broadway won six Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Director. He was most recently awarded the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur. Jerome Robbins passed away in 1998.
DANCERS TILER PECK (Curator) is celebrated as one of today’s greatest American ballerinas, distinguished not only as a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, but also as an Olivier-nominated choreographer and multifaceted artist. Renowned for her extensive repertoire, Peck's career highlights include directing the inaugural Artists at the Center for New York City Center, which evolved into the acclaimed Turn it Out with Tiler Peck and Friends, captivating audiences at venues like London’s Sadler’s Wells and across California. She has choreographed for prestigious companies including Boston Ballet, Northern Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, and Ballet X, with her recent work for NYCB, Concerto For Two Pianos, marking another milestone in her choreographic journey. Beyond ballet, Peck is an author, designer, & actress, having made significant contributions to film and television, choreographing for John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum and appearing in productions such as Netflix's Tiny Pretty Things, Hulu’s documentary Ballet NOW, and Prime Video’s Étoile. Tiler's new book XO, Ballerina Big Sis will be released this October. @tilerpeck DOMINIKA AFANASENKOV is a member of the New York City Ballet corps de ballet. She was born in Tampa, Florida, and began her ballet training at age 2 locally. She continued her studies in Russia and Switzerland before entering the Academy of Ballet Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida under Suzanne Pomerantzeff at age 10. She received additional training at Next Generation Ballet under Philip Neal and Ivonne Lemus in Tampa. Afanasenkov attended the summer program at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, in 2018, before enrolling full-time at SAB for the 2018 winter term. Afanasenkov became an apprentice with NYCB in January 2022, and joined the corps de ballet in November 2022. ARAN BELL was born in Bethesda, Maryland. He began studying ballet at age four, receiving the majority of his early training at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and with Denys Ganio in Rome, Italy. He continued his training with Fabrice Herrault in New York City and Magaly Suarez in Florida. He spent several summers at The Royal Ballet School in London, and at American Ballet Theatre's Summer Intensive in New York City. Bell's awards include the Hope Award at the Youth America Grand Prix Finals in New York City in 2009 and 2010, followed by the Junior Grand Prix in 2011, Grand Prix at the Milan International Ballet Competition (2010), the Premio Positano, the Premio Amalfi Young Talent (2012), Gold Medal at Tanzolymp Berlin (2012), Gold Medal and Audience Choice Award at Rieti International Ballet Competition (2012), the Premio Roma Jia Ruskaja (2012), the Premio Capri Danza International Award (2014), and the Clive Barnes Award (2019). He has performed in galas throughout Europe and the United States. Bell was featured in the 2011 film First Position: A Ballet Documentary. Bell joined ABT Studio Company in September 2014, joined the main Company as an apprentice in May 2016 and became a member of the corps de ballet in March 2017. He was promoted to Soloist in September 2019 and to Principal Dancer in September 2020. His repertoire includes Lankendem in Le Corsaire, Razumikhin in Crime and Punishment, Basilio in Don Quixote, Albrecht in Giselle, Harlequin's Friend in Harlequinade, St. John Rivers in Jane Eyre, The Leaves Are Fading pas de deux, Juan Alejandrez in Like Water for Chocolate, the Nutcracker Prince and the Mouse King in Alexei Ratmansky's The Nutcracker,
Lensky in Onegin, Other Dances, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Prince Désiré and the Spanish Prince in Ratmansky's The Sleeping Beauty, Prince Siegfried and von Rothbart in Swan Lake, Peter and "Tuesday" in Woolf Works, leading roles in Garden Blue, Sylvia Pas de Deux, Thirteen Diversions, and ZigZag, and featured roles in AfterEffect, Deuce Coupe, In the Upper Room, Sinfonietta, and Songs of Bukovina. He created Mme. de Staël in A Gathering of Ghosts, Chaereas in Of Love and Rage, Winter in The Seasons, leading roles in AFTERITE, La Boutique, Danzón No. 2, Let Me Sing Forevermore, and New American Romance, and a featured role in Bernstein in a Bubble. WILLIAM BRACEWELL's introduction to ballet was through his first teacher, Pamela Miller, in Wales. She nurtured and encouraged him, which subsequently earned him a place at The Royal Ballet School, where he trained till 2010. After dancing with Birmingham Royal Ballet and leading the company in many of its signature ballets, he joined The Royal Ballet in 2017 as a soloist and was promoted to principal dancer in 2022. William’s repertoire includes many of the classics, such as Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, and masterpieces including Romeo and Juliet, A Month in the Country, and Dances at a Gathering by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Sir Frederick Ashton, and Jerome Robbins, respectively. He has also created many new roles with choreographers including Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon, David Bintley, Pam Tanowitz, Kyle Abraham, and Jessica Lang. His awards include the Grand Prix at Youth America Grand Prix 2010, Outstanding Male Classical Performance - 2015 and Best Male Dancer - 2023 at the National Dance Awards. William’s love for dance comes from a deep-rooted passion for storytelling and the ability to express himself through his body. He’s been lucky enough to practice this skill while dancing for two of the world’s leading ballet companies, Birmingham Royal Ballet and The Royal Ballet in Covent Garden, where he is currently a principal dancer. CHUN WAI CHAN was born in Guangdong, China, in 1992 and trained at the Guangzhou Art School from 2004 to 2010. In 2010, he was finalist at the Prix de Lausanne, Switzerland, which earned him a full scholarship to study with Houston Ballet Academy. Chan joined the corps de ballet of Houston Ballet in 2012 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2017. In 2020, Chan was among the finalists of Hunan TV's Dance Smash. Chan joined NYCB as a soloist in 2021 and was promoted to principal dancer the following year, making him the company's first Chinese principle since its founding in 1948. Most recently, Forbes China included Chan in their “30 under 30” list and he was featured on the cover of Dance Magazine for May 2023. (@chunner) DAVID GABRIEL was born in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, where he began his dance training at the age of eight. At fifteen, he continued his training at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet with Marcia Dale Weary and Darla Hoover. He attended the 2019 summer program at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, and enrolled full-time at SAB for the winter term that year. Gabriel became an apprentice with NYCB in August 2021, joined the corps de ballet in May 2022, and was promoted to the rank of soloist in June 2024.
BROOKS LANDEGGER recently joined American Ballet Theatre and has danced as a Principal Guest Artist for Czech National Ballet and New York City Ballet. He previously danced for Boston Ballet II under Peter Stark and Miami City Ballet under Lourdes Lopez, where he was named a Knight Arts Champion for his leadership in building the cultural community of South Florida. He has danced in many principal roles choreographed by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, as well as John Cranko’s Romeo & Juliet (Romeo) and Alexei Ratmansky’s Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried). Landegger trained at the School of American Ballet under Jock Soto, Arch Higgins, and Andrei Krameravsky. He performed the Children’s Repertory at NYCB and was an award-winning Billy Elliot throughout the United States. He recently completed The Art of Partnering, a film project with Peter Martins. Landegger is a YoungArts Winner in Dance and his debut as Romeo was named a Standout Performance of 2022 by Pointe Magazine. PAUL MARQUE was born in 1997 in the south west of France. He discovered dance at the age of 3 and began to train in his native city. In 2008, at 10, he joined Paris Opera Ballet School, where he studied for six years, following the entire program. In 2014, he joined Paris Opera Ballet at 17 as Quadrille. In 2016 he became Coryphée, and the same year, he won the Gold medal at Varna International Ballet Competition. In 2017, at 19, Paul was promoted Sujet and won the AROP Dance Award. He begins to dance soloist role: Basilio in Don Quichotte (R.Noureev), Lensky in Oneguin (J.Cranko), Colas in La Fille Mal Gardée (F.Ashton) or Rubies (G.Balanchine). In 2018, he was promoted Premier Danseurs and continues to dance soloist role: Siegrfied in Swan Lake, Jean de Brienne in Raymonda, Cinderella (R.Noureev), Suite of Dances, Fancy Free (J.Robbins), Concerto Barocco, The 4 Temperaments (G.Balanchine). On December the 13th, 2020, at 23, Paul became Danseur Etoile with Paris Opera Ballet at the end of a performance of La Bayadere (R.Noureev). Since then, he continues to dance main roles of the repertoire, like Vertiginous Thrill Of Exactitude (W.Forsyth), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (R.Noureev) or Basilio in Don Quichotte (R.Noureev). Paul also took part in contemporary creations like Le Chant de la Terre (J.Neuimeier). Dogs Sleep (M.Goecke) or Blake Works I (W.Forsyth). ROMAN MEJIA was born in Fort Worth, Texas and began studying ballet at age three with his mother and father. At age 13, he entered the Mejia Ballet Academy. Mr. Mejia attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet, New York City Ballet’s official school, in 2014 and 2015 before entering SAB full-time for the 2015 winter term. In August 2017, Mr. Mejia became an apprentice with NYCB, and he joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in November 2017. Mr. Mejia was promoted to the rank of soloist in October 2021 and Principal Dancer in February 2023. In 2019, Dance Magazine featured Mr. Mejia as one of their “25 To Watch” picks and he became a recipient of the prestigious Princess Grace Foundation - USA Dance Fellowship. In 2020, Mr. Mejia was named a Clives Barnes finalist. His repertory includes leading roles in works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, William Forsythe, Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon among many others. Most recently, he starred in Twyla Tharp’s TWYLA NOW and Tiler Peck’s Artists at the Center at New York City Center. Mr. Mejia was the Vail Dance Festival’s 2022 Artists in Residence.
CHLOE MISSELDINE began her classical training at Orlando Ballet School. She attended ABT Summer Intensives in Orange County, California, and New York City as a National Training Scholar from 2016–2018. In 2018, she was named a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne and joined American Ballet Theatre Studio Company. Misseldine became an apprentice with American Ballet Theatre in December 2019 and joined the corps de ballet in September 2021. She was promoted to Soloist in September 2022 and to Principal Dancer in July 2024. Her repertoire includes a Flower Girl in Don Quixote, Giselle and Myrta in Giselle, Clara, the Princess, one of the Nutcracker’s Sisters, and the Spanish dance in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker, Queen of Babylon in Of Love and Rage, Tatiana in Onegin, Rosaline and Lady Montague in Romeo and Juliet, Ice in The Seasons, Odette/Odile, the pas de trois, and a big swan in Swan Lake, Sylvia, in Sir Frederick Ashton’s Sylvia, “Becomings” in Woolf Works, leading roles in Ballet Imperial, La Boutique, and Sylvia Pas de Deux, and featured roles in Bernstein in a Bubble, La Follia Variations, Petite Mort, and Songs of Bukovina. MIRA NADON was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and began her ballet training at the age of six at the Inland Pacific Ballet Academy in Montclair, California. She attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of NYCB, in 2014 and 2015, before entering SAB full-time for the 2015 winter term. In November 2017, Ms. Nadon became an apprentice with NYCB. She joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in November 2018. Ms. Nadon was promoted to the rank of soloist in January 2022, and to principal in February 2023. Ms. Nadon has danced as a guest at the Vail Dance Festival and Nantucket Atheneum Dance Festival and has performed as a member of Ballet Collective. She is the recipient of the 2021 Clive Barnes Award for dance and is a 2022 Princess Grace Award winner. SAE EUN PARK was born in Seoul, where she began her dance education at the Academy of the Korea National ballet when she was ten years old. Park joined American Ballet Theatre 2 in New York on a two-year apprentice scholarship from the 2007 Prix de Lausanne. She dances soloist roles in ballets such as Allegro Brillante (George Balanchine) or Interplay (Jerome Robbins). In May 2009, Park joined the Korea National Ballet Company as a member of the corps de ballet. She was promoted to Soloist in January 2010. Her performances include Grigorovich's The Nutcracker (Marie); Swan Lake (Odette/Odile); Don Quixote (Kitri); and La Bayadere (Nikia). In 2011, Park had a contract for one full season at the Paris Opera, and a year later, she joined the corps de ballet at the level of Quadrille. Within three months, she was raised to Coryphée. In 2014, Park was promoted to Sujet and in 2017, to Premiere Danseuse. She made her debut at the Mariinsky Ballet Theatre with La Bayadere dancing Nikia (2015). Following the performance of Romeo and Juliet (Noureyev) on June 10th, 2021, Sae Eun Park is named "Danseuse Étoile". Her awards include Prix de dance de Cercle Carpeaux by the Paris Opera Ballet Company, a gold medal at the Varna International Ballet Competition in 2010, first prize at the Rome Competition in 2010, and first prize at the Prix de Lausanne. In 2007, she was awarded a junior silver medal at the USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson 2006. She awarded the prize of "Benois de la danse" in 2018 she named a "Chevaliere de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres."
Her repertoire includes: Noureev: Swan Lake (Odette/Odile), Don Quixote (Kitri, Driad Queen), Nutcracker (Clara), La bayadère (Nikiya), Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), John Cranko's Onegin (Tatiana), Giselle (Giselle, Myrtha), Manon (Manon), Ashton's Rhapsody, Etudes (principale femme), Jean Guillaume Bart's La Source (Naila); Alexei Ratmansky's Seven Sonatas; Justin Peck's Entre Chien et Loup. She has also performed in George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream (divertissement pas de deux from Act II; Mozartiana (title role); Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (third movement); Jewels (Diamond, Emerald second pas de deux), Agon (pas de deux and pas de 3), Robbins: Glasse pièces, in the night 1st pas de deux. UNITY PHELAN was born in Princeton, New Jersey where she studied at the Princeton Ballet School. After attending summer courses at the School of American Ballet, Phelan was invited to attend the school full time and remained at the school for three years. Phelan was invited to join the New York City Ballet in the winter of 2012 as an apprentice and joined the company as a Corps de Ballet member in 2013. In the Winter of 2017, Phelan was promoted to Soloist dancer and in the Fall of 2021, she was promoted to Principal dancer. In her time at New York City Ballet, Phelan has danced numbers ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Alexei Ratmansky, Justin Peck, Christopher Wheeldon and other choreographers. Phelan has been featured in Dance Magazine, Elle Magazine, and People Style Magazine. In the last couple years, Phelan has been found on the silver screen acting in John Wick 3: Parabellum, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, and Etoile. MARCELINO SAMBÉ is a Principal dancer with The Royal Ballet. He trained at The Royal Ballet Upper School and the Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional in Lisbon. He joined The Royal Ballet in the 2012/13 Season and rose through the ranks: First Artist (2014), Soloist (2015), First Soloist (2017), and Principal (2019). His extensive repertory includes leading roles such as Crown Prince Rudolf (Mayerling), Romeo (Romeo and Juliet), Siegfried (Swan Lake), Albrecht (Giselle), Franz (Coppélia), Colas (La Fille mal gardée), Oberon (The Dream), Woyzeck (Different Drummer), Hans-Peter/Prince (The Nutcracker), Prince (Cinderella), Lescaut (Manon), Basilio (Don Quixote), the Knave (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland), and the Blue Boy (Les Patineurs). He has also performed in numerous works including Rubies, Jewels, Tarantella, Concerto, The Human Seasons, Obsidian Tear, Aeternum, Requiem, La Valse, Within the Golden Hour, Multiverse, Elite Syncopations, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Le Corsaire, Symphony in C, Infra, Medusa, Dances at a Gathering, Voices of Spring, Woman with Water, Solo Echo, and Rhapsody. Sambé created roles in Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate (Pedro), Kyle Abraham’s Optional Family: A Divertissement, Crystal Pite’s Flight Pattern, Kim Brandstrup’s Ceremony of Innocence, Alastair Marriott’s Connectome, Hofesh Shechter’s Untouchable, Cathy Marston’s The Cellist, and Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works and The Dante Project. He has appeared as a guest Principal with the Paris Opera Ballet and the National Ballet of Portugal. His awards include the UK Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards for Best Male Dancer (2019) and Outstanding Male Classical Performance (2017, 2020, 2022).
TAYLOR STANLEY, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, began their dance training at age three at The Rock School. They attended summer programs at Miami City Ballet (2006–2007) and the School of American Ballet (SAB) in 2008, before enrolling full-time at SAB that fall. In September 2009, Taylor became an Apprentice with New York City Ballet (NYCB), joining the Corps de Ballet in 2010. They were promoted to Soloist in 2013 and Principal Dancer in 2016. Taylor received the Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise in 2009 and the Janice Levin Award in 2011-2012. Since joining NYCB, Taylor has originated roles in works by Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky, Peter Martins, and Christopher Wheeldon, and has danced featured roles in classics by George Balanchine (Apollo, Agon, Serenade, Jewels, Square Dance) and Jerome Robbins (Opus 19/The Dreamer, The Goldberg Variations, Moves, N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz). They’ve pursued international dance training with Nederlands Dans Theater and Batsheva Dance Company, and have frequently collaborated with renowned choreographers including Jodi Melnick, Andrea Miller, Kyle Abraham, Christopher Williams, and Shamel Pitts, among others. Taylor earned a Bessie Award for “Outstanding Performance” in Kyle Abraham’s The Runaway and has appeared as a guest artist with Andrea Miller’s company, GALLIM. In 2022, Taylor curated and performed in Dichotomous Being: An Evening of Taylor Stanley at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival’s 90th Anniversary season. Other partnerships and collaborations include BalletCollective, Guggenheim Works & Process, New York Choreographic Institute, Fire Island Dance Festival, and CARVALHOPARK Performance Series. Taylor currently serves on the SAB Alumni Advisory Committee on Diversity & Inclusion. They hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts from St. Mary’s College of California and are a certified yoga instructor (RYT 200). Taylor enjoys bringing their passion, distinctive artistry, and emotional depth to their performances as they continue to explore the intersection of classical and contemporary dance. DEVON TEUSCHER is a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. Beginning her ballet journey at age nine, under DeannaDoty in Illinois, she later trained at Vermont Ballet Theatre and earned full scholarships to summer intensives at Kirov Academy, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and ABT’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School—joining the latter in 2005. She entered ABT Studio Company in 2006, became an apprentice in 2007, joined the corps in 2008, was promoted to soloist in 2014, and ascended to principal in September 2017. She was a 2014 Clive Barnes Award nominee and a 2016 recipient of the Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship. CASSANDRA TRENARY began her professional dance career with the American Ballet Theatre in 2011, rose to Soloist in 2015 and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2020. Some of Trenary’s most notable roles with ABT include Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Giselle in Giselle, as well as original roles in ballets created by Alexei Ratmansky, Twyla Tharp, Wayne McGregor, and Mark Morris. Most recently, she debuted as Tita in the North American Premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate and created the role of Raskolnikov in Helen Pickett’s Crime and Punishment. Cassandra has had the privilege of performing independent projects such as the Joyce produced dance play, The Tenant, by Arthur Pita, Sonya Tayeh’s Unveiling, Molissa Fenley’s State of Darkness (Bessie for Best Revival 2021), Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room & Nine Sinatra Songs (Bessie Award for Best Revival 2023) and Roland Petite’s Le Jeune Homme Et La Mort
in 2023 at Bellevue Teatret. Cassandra’s accolades include being named a National YoungArts Foundation Winner (2011), a Princess Grace Dance Honorarium recipient (2015) and Trenary was honored to receive the final Annenberg Fellowship for Dance (2017). She will begin as a Principal Dancer with the Vienna State Ballet this fall. EMMA VON ENCK, a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where she began ballet at age five. She trained at several local schools before moving to New York in 2012 to study at the School of American Ballet. She joined NYCB as an apprentice in 2016, became a corps de ballet member in 2017, was promoted to soloist in 2022, and principal dancer in 2024. Von Enck has performed works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon, Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and others, and has participated in international collaborations that help bring dance to global stages. INDIANA WOODWARD was born in Paris, France and began her dance training at the age of ten at the Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet in Venice, California. Ms. Woodward began studying at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, during the 2010 summer course and enrolled as a full-time student that fall. In August 2012, she became an apprentice with NYCB and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in December 2012. Ms. Woodward was promoted to the rank of soloist dancer in February 2017, and to principal dancer October 2021. MUSICIANS EVANGELOS SPANOS is an accomplished Greek American pianist and composer currently residing in New York City. Since 2022, he has served as Company Pianist for the American Ballet Theatre. His notable engagements include international tours to Beijing and Shanghai, as well as performances at distinguished venues such as the Metropolitan Opera and the David H. Koch Theater. Mr. Spanos frequently accompanies at leading dance institutions throughout New York City. He has presented solo, chamber, and duo recitals across the United States and Europe, collaborating with renowned ballet and opera companies, and demonstrating versatility in classical, jazz, and rock genres. His original works have been performed by organizations including the Kansas City Ballet and Deeply Rooted Dance Company. Mr. Spanos received his training under the esteemed guidance of the late Sequeira Costa and Dinos Mastroyiannis. www.evangelosspanos.com ELAINE CHELTON, pianist, joined the New York City Ballet in 1990. Solo repertory includes Other Dances, Sonatine, Duo Concertant, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.2, Allegro Brillante, The Concert, Who Cares, Interplay, and The Four Temperaments. She premiered In Creases, Funerailles, and The Blue of Distance for NYC Ballet. Performances at Kennedy Center, Russia, Japan, Hong Kong, Europe, Vail Dance Festival and with Stars of American Ballet. Featured piano soloist in the PBS Broadcast of NYC Ballet in Paris. She holds an M.A. degree from Queens College and studied piano with Zenon Fishbein, Morey Ritt, and Leon Pommers, and composition with Hugo Weisgall. Credits as a musical theatre composer
include Voice of the City and God’s Country, which was performed at the NYMF festival. Her string quartet premiered in Saratoga. HANNAH HOLMAN, cellist, joined the New York City Ballet in 2012. She enjoys a diverse career encompassing solo, chamber and orchestral performing and teaching. Some recent events include performing Suite of Dances onstage with 3 different principal NYCB dancers at Lincoln Center, teaching and performing in Vermont, Virginia, New York and Iowa, upcoming performances at The Joyce, and recitals in Germany. Hannah began her cello studies at age 5 with her grandmother. Fanfare magazine declares, “her tone and technique are the stuff cello legends are made of.” Hannah is based in NYC and loves her 1856 J. B. Vuillaume cello. For more, please visit www.hannahholmancello.com JORDAN WATT, violinist, recently graduated from the Juilliard School where he completed his Master of Music degree with Paul Neubauer. He received his Bachelor of Music Degree under Dr. Catharine Lees and Timothy Lees from the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music (CCM) as a Cincinnatus Presidential Scholar. He previously studied with Dr. Paula Krupiczewicz and Hannah Howard. Jordan’s career highlights include his work as a Pacific Music Institute Teaching Fellow through the National Orchestral Institute, performing in the European American Musical Alliance’s 2024 Resident String Quartet in Paris, France and in the Rencontres Musicales Internationales des Graves Faculty Series in Bordeaux, France, and winning the Nancy F. Walker Scholarship Encouragement Award and CCM Viola Concerto competition. Jordan has performed with the Bergamot Quartet, violinists Nina Millet and Max Zorin, pianists Emile Naoumoff and Vincent Balse, bassist Esther Brayer, and violist Jacques Perez. KATYA MOELLER, violinist, was called a “phenomenal instrumentalist” and praised forher “dramatic and convincing performances” and “exquisite interpretations” by Fanfare Magazine. She played her first solo recital at the age of six and made her orchestra debut when she was twelve. Since then, she has taken the stage internationally, concertizing in Italy, Hungary, Romania, Austria, Switzerland, Russia, Brazil, Southeast Asia, as well as across the United States. Katya is in her fourth year of undergraduate studies at the Juilliard School, studying with Masao Kawasaki. Previously, she studied with Almita Vamos at the Music Institute of Chicago Academy. She has participated in master classes and lessons with Midori Goto, Rachel Barton Pine, Mihaela Martin, Benjamin Beilman, Donald Weilerstein, David Finckel, the Cavani Quartet, to name a few. Summer engagements include the 2025 Perlman Music Program Chamber Workshop, 2024 Verbier Festival Solo Academy in Switzerland, Aspen Music Festival, Yellowbarn Young Artists Program, and the Bowdoin Festival.
DYLAN HAMME is a NYC-based violinist beginning his Master’s degree at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Catherine Cho in the Fall. He just completed his Bachelor’s degree under Areta Zhulla at Juilliard, where he won the Ligeti Violin Concerto Competition in his third year, performing the work that year with Jeffrey Milarsky conducting Juilliard Orchestra (Axiom Ensemble). At Juilliard, he has been a member of the coveted Principal Pool for the past two years, having performed as concertmaster and principal second in many orchestra cycles. Dylan is in demand with ensembles including GRAMMY-winning St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and GRAMMY-nominated North/South Consonance, with which he performed Max Lifchitz’s violin concerto Intervención as soloist in February of 2025. He has performed chamber music alongside musicians such as Scott Yoo, Phillip and David Ying, Andrew Wan, and Stephen Rose. He also composes and has written works for NYC-based groups and performers. ELISABETH CHANG, cellist, was born and raised in Taiwan. Her family moved to California in 2015, when she began studying with Bonnie Hampton. As an avid chamber musician, she has participated in festivals such as the Young Artist Programs at Yellow Barn and Kneisel Hall. While studying at Juilliard for both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees under the late Joel Krosnick, her passion for contemporary music has led to frequent appearance with the New Juilliard Ensemble, and performances in the Focus Festival and the New Series. In 2023, she was selected to represent Juilliard at the inaugural California Festival: A Celebration of New Music in Los Angeles under the guidance of Nadia Sirota and Aaron Flagg. Having recently graduated as a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship, Elisabeth is currently freelancing in New York City as a performer and an educator. DANNY MUI, is the 2nd/Bass Clarinetist of the New York City Ballet Orchestra at Lincoln Center. Prior to joining the orchestra, he was the Principal Clarinetist of the Baton Rouge Symphony and 3rd/Utility Clarinet in Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. Danny has won and received awards in numerous solo and chamber competitions such as The Fischoff National Music Competition, National Arts and Letters Mid-Michigan Wind Competition, American Opera Society of Chicago Competition, Chicago Chamber Winds Competition, Evanston Music Club Competition, Jacqueline Event Concerto Competition, and Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition. JEAN-PIERRE FROHLICH (Répétiteur) was born in New York to French and Czechoslovakian parents, and began his dance training at the School of American Ballet. As a child he danced the role of the Prince in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker and in 1965, Balanchine created a role for him in his Don Quixote. In 1972, while a student at the school, he appeared in the premiere of Jerome Robbins’s Watermill. Later that year, he joined the New York City Ballet and in 1979, was promoted to Soloist. His Balanchine repertory included A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck), Symphony in Three Movements, Agon, and Apollo. He danced leading roles in Robbins’s Dances at a Gathering, Fancy Free, Goldberg Variations, The Four Seasons, and Afternoon of a Faun. Frohlich has been seen nationally on the “Live From Lincoln Center” broadcast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the “Great Performances: Dance in America ” broadcast of Choreography By Jerome Robbins With The New York
City Ballet, and the 1987 ASCAP Celebration telecast, live from Wolftrap. Mr. Frohlich became a Repertory Director in 1990, assisting Mr. Robbins in staging many of his ballets, and now maintains and oversees his repertory at New York City Ballet. Also upon Robbins’s death, he appointed Frohlich to be a committee member for the Robbins Rights Trust. Mr. Frohlich has staged works for numerous companies including The Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theater, San Francisco Ballet, Bolshoi and the Paris Opera Ballet, La Scala and is the recipient of three Isadora Duncan Dance Awards (1998, 2006, 2019). In 2010 Mr. Frohlich was appointed Artistic Administrator of New York City Ballet’s “MOVES” touring company. His Varied Trio (in four) had its New York premiere at Lincoln Center with the New York City Ballet in 2014 and is currently in the NYCB repertory and he has also choreographed and directed HOME (revisited) a short dance narrative film. In 2015 Mr. Frohlich was awarded Officier des Arts et Lettres from the French Government’s Ministry of Culture. ISABELLE GUÉRIN (Répétiteur) studied at the Paris Conservatory and at the famous École de Danse of the Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris, and joined the leading Parisian company at the age of seventeen. She was still dancing in the corps de ballet when Rudolf Nureyev - at that time artistic director of the company - gave her the opportunity to dance her first lead role: Kitri in Nureyev's Don Quixote. In 1985, after her performance in Vladimir Bourmeister's Swan Lake, Nureyev promoted her to 'danseuse étoile' (principal dancer). Guérin has danced numerous leading roles, both in classic full-length ballets such as Swan Lake, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Raymonda, Romeo and Juliet, Manon, La Bayadère, as well as in contemporary works by Jerome Robbins, Balanchine, McMillan, Twyla Tharp, Prejlocaj, Roland Petit, Bejart, William Forsythe, among others. Since the end of her dance career in 2001, she has coached ballets by Rudolf Nureyev and Jerome Robbins, among others, with companies around the world. She teaches for ABT , New York City Ballet , Opera de Rome , Bayerische staatsballet , Royal Swedish ballet , Australian Ballet. Guérin won several important awards: Benois de la Danse (1993), Isadora Duncan Dance Award (2019), Chevalier des arts et des lettres and the Légion d’honneur, French awards recognizing significant contributions to the field of art. REBECCA KROHN (Répétiteur) is a Repertory Director with New York City Ballet. Chosen by George Balanchine in 1969 to join NYCB, she rose to soloist, dancing principal roles in works by Balanchine, Robbins, Ashton, and Tudor. She performed with renowned partners including Peter Martins, Jacques D’Amboise, Helgi Tomasson, and Rudolf Nureyev. In 1984, she returned to NYCB as Jerome Robbins’ Assistant and also worked with choreographers including Lar Lubovitch, Eliot Feld, Mauro Bigonzetti, and others. She has staged ballets for the Balanchine and Robbins Trusts at companies worldwide, including The Australian Ballet, The Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet. Redpath serves on the Advisory Committee for the Jerome Robbins Trust and is one of four Repertory Directors designated by Mr. Robbins to maintain and stage his works. CHRISTINE REDPATH (Répétiteur) began her training at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet. In 1998, she was given an apprenticeship with the New York City Ballet. In 2008 she was promoted to soloist and in 2012 she was promoted to principal dancer. Upon her retirement in 2017 Rebecca was made a repertory director with the company and now stages ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbin’s and many of the company’s contemporary choreographers including Kyle Abraham and William Forsythe.
JENNIFER TIPTON (Lighting Designer) is well known for her lighting for theater, opera, and dance. Her recent work in theatre includes To Kill a Mockingbird for Broadway, Beckett's First Love for Zoom, and all of Richard Nelson's Rhinebeck plays. Her recent work in opera includes Ricky Ian Gordon's Intimate Apparel with libretto by Lynne Nottage, based on her play by the same name, at the Lincoln Center Mitzi Newhouse Theater, her recent work in dance includes Helen Pickett's Crime and Punishment for American Balllet Theatre. Among many awards she has received the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in 2001, the Jerome Robbins Prize in 2003 and in 2008, she was awarded the USA "Gracie" Fellowship and a MacArthur Fellowship. She has lit Paul Taylor dances since her beginning in light. AMY PAGE is a NYC based Wardrobe Supervisor and Costume Creator. You can often find her in the Wardrobe room at the Joyce, caring for the costumes of the many companies that grace this stage from Akram Khan to LADance Project, Royal Ballet to Herve Koubi. Her costume shop is at NYCCD, the new Joyce rehearsal space on East 10th Street. Her costume creations are in the repertory of Kyle Abraham’s A.I.M., Ballet Hispanico, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Dorrance Dance, Mark Morris, Meredith Monk, and Camille A. Brown and Dancers. Academic Institutions include Sarah Lawrence College, Ballet Academy East, American Ballet Theater’s Make A Ballet program, as well as teaching at the College of William and Mary. Broadway includes dressing Tatiana Maslany in Network and cast of Hamilton and Hadestown. In TV, 3 seasons of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. BFA, University of North Carolina School of the Arts. JACQUELINE REID is currently the Production Stage Manager for New York City Ballet. Past – Production Stage Manager for the Paul Taylor Dance Company, BalletCollective, lighting design for Retro Productions off-Broadway The Runner Stumbles, Lighting Director for Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, and Technical Director for American Repertory Ballet. Production Stage Manager for Brian Brooks Moving Company, Big City- Joyce Theater and on tour, Run Don’t Run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Los Angeles - Resident Lighting Assistant for the Los Angeles Opera, Resident Lighting Designer for The Actor’s Gang. Jacqueline currently teaches Stage Management for Dance at Columbia University and is a proud member of the American Guild of Musical Artists and United Scenic Artists Local 829. GABRIELLE NIEDERHOFFER (Company Manager) is a producer, choreographer, and dancer from New York City. She is currently an Associate Producer at Beth Morrison Projects. Gabrielle was the Festival Manager for the inaugural Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival at the Guggenheim Museum and for Battery Dance Festival, New York City’s longest-running free public dance festival. Gabrielle served as the Company Manager for SW!NG OUT through Joyce Theater Productions and for the West Coast tour of Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends. Gabrielle founded and co-curated DanceHaven: A Celebration of Vernacular Dance at the Yale Schwarzman Center. She is an alumna of the School at Jacob’s Pillow Tap Professional Advancement Program. Gabrielle graduated cum laude from Yale University. She is currently pursuing her Master's Degree in Nonprofit Management at Columbia University. JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS (JTP) is the in-house producing entity for The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc., formed to create original work for The Joyce’s stage
and for worldwide touring. This initiative provides dance artists who have little or no formal management or infrastructure the means to create productions of the highest standards of excellence. The program also includes the Associate Company model, offering sustained producing, fiscal, and/or administrative management to companies that may require short or longer term support.