Miami City Ballet
JULIA CINQUEMANI (corps de ballet) is from Dallas, Texas, and received her ballet training at Dallas Ballet Center. She concurrently studied dance at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She spent five summers studying at the School of American Ballet in New York City. In 2008, she was named a Texas Young Master by The Texas Commission on the Arts. That same year, she left home at the age of 16 to train with Pacific Northwest Ballet’s professional division for two years. Cinquemani joined Los Angeles Ballet under the direction of Colleen Neary and Thordal Christensen in 2010, was promoted to soloist in 2012, and principal in 2014. She joined Miami City Ballet as a corps de ballet member in 2017. MAYA COLLINS (corps de ballet) is from San Francisco, California, and began her training at City Ballet School under the direction of Damara Bennett. After spending three summers on full scholarship at the School of American Ballet in New York City, she was asked to continue her training for the year on full scholarship at the age of 17. At the age of 18, Collins was offered an apprenticeship with New York City Ballet and the following year was promoted to the corps de ballet. From 2003 – 11, Collins danced various corps and soloist roles and was chosen to originate many new works with New York City Ballet. In 2011, Collins joined Miami City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet. BRADLEY DUNLAP (corps de ballet) is from Cleveland, Ohio, and began training at Cleveland City Dance with Paul Wilson, Linda Adolphi, and Sarah Savelli, and continued at Cleveland School of Dance with Gladisa Guadalupe. He attended summer programs with full scholarships at Blue Lakes Fine Arts Camp with Jefferson Baum, The Rock School, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and the School of American Ballet. He was accepted to Miami City Ballet School with a full scholarship in 2004 and became a student apprentice in 2005 and was promoted to corps de ballet member in 2008. During his training, Dunlap toured Germany and France with the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp International Ballet Ensemble at age 14. In 2011, he was a corps dancer in PBS’s Great Performances Dance in America: Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine and Tharp.
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MAYUMI ENOKIBARA (corps de ballet) is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and received her dance training at Escola Estadual de Danças Maria Olenewa, Theatro Municipal. During summers, she received additional training at the Royal Ballet School in 2009. After attending the 2011 Miami City Ballet Summer Intensive, Enokibara was invited to stay for the school year program with a full scholarship. She moved to Miami at age 14 to train at MCB School. She also attended the 2012 and 2014 summer intensives there. She became an apprentice in 2013 and received the Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award in 2015 upon her graduation. Enokibara joined Miami City Ballet in 2015 as a corps de ballet member. LAUREN FADELEY (principal soloist) is from Orlando, Florida, and began her dance training at age 4. She trained at the Orlando Ballet School and the School of Performing Arts in Florida, along with summer intensives at The Rock School and the School of American Ballet. In 2000 at age 15, Fadeley moved to New York City to study full time. A year later, Fadeley joined New York City Ballet. After two years with NYCB, she decided to further her academic and dance education by attending Indiana University. In May 2007, she graduated cum laude with a B.S. in ballet performance with an outside field in kinesiology. In 2007, she joined the corps de ballet of Pennsylvania Ballet, and was promoted to principal in 2012. She joined Miami City Ballet as a soloist in 2016 and was promoted to principal soloist in 2017. SAMANTHA HOPE GALLER (soloist) is from Bedford, Massachusetts, and spent 13 years training with The Ballet Academy, Inc., under the direction of Frances Kotelly in the Cecchetti Method. She performed six seasons with The Northeast Youth Ballet under the direction of Denise Cecere. She continued training, on scholarship, with Boston Ballet School and received the PAO Merit Trainee Scholarship. She received the NFAA Honorable Mention Award in Ballet. Galler spent summers training at Boston Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and Boston Conservatory. She danced with Cincinnati Ballet in their 2008 – 09 season under the direction of Victoria Morgan. Galler spent five seasons with Alabama Ballet under the direction of Tracey Alvey and Roger Van Fleteren. During her tenure there, she was promoted to principal dancer. Galler joined Miami City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2014 and was promoted to soloist in 2018.