Company Biographies

Diana Byer has performed as a soloist with Les Grandes Ballets Canadians, Manhattan Festival Ballet, New York City Opera, and the Juilliard Ensemble. She received her principal dance training from Margaret Craske and Antony Tudor. Details >

Ann Tuomey DePiro has been in arts administration for over 15 years, driven by her commitment to artistic achievement and community service through the not-for-profit sector. Details >

Sylvia is the Resident Costume Designer of The Metropolitan Opera. In addition to opera, she has a special interest in dance design. Details >

As a fine artist, Gillian showed her work in art galleries and museums, including the prestigious Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery. Her work in scenic design, principally for the ballet, started in 1990. Details >

Michael is active as a collaborative pianist and chamber musician, as well as promoting and performing works by new composers. Details >

Marius was born in Bucharest, Romania and started dancing at the age of 12 years old. Details >

Alexis grew up in New Jersey and began her intensive ballet training with New Jersey Ballet.
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Seth Ives was born in Vail, Colorado, where he started dancing many different styles of dance. Continuing to follow his passion, Seth pursued studies at Denver School of the Arts. Details >

He began his training at the Marie Walton Mahon Dance Academy at age 16. After two years, he was accepted and received a full scholarship to The Joffrey Ballet School in New York. Details >

Phil worked with Rambert Dance Company before joining Vienna Festival Ballet as a principal dancer. Details >

Before joining NYTB, she danced with Nashville Ballet, Ballet Tucson, and Saeko Ichinohe Dance Company. Details >

Growing up in Los Angeles, Amanda studied ballet with Patrick Frantz, formerly of the Paris Opera, and with American Ballet Theater, Boston Ballet, and the Kaatsbaan International Dance Center. Details >

Steven Melendez joined New York Theatre Ballet as an apprentice dancer in 2001. In 2006 he joined Ballet Concierto in Buenos Aires, Argentina and in 2007 joined the Vanemuine Theater Ballet Company in Tartu, Estonia. Steven returned to New York Theatre Ballet in 2010. Steven is a Van-Lier Fellowship recipient and was a 2012 Clive Barnes Foundation Award Nominee. Details >

Rie Ogura is from Tokyo and trained at the School of Alberta Ballet under Murray and Nancy Kilgour. Details >

She has worked with the Jeune Ballet de CNSMD de Lyon, The Francesca Harper Project, The Albano Ballet Company and Kazuko Hirabayashi Dance Theatre. Details >

She was a member of The Tallahassee Ballet and danced in Balanchine's In the Inn, staged by Suzanne Farrell at FSU. Details >

Elena Zahlmann trained with Elisabeth Carroll at Princeton Ballet, and on scholarship at the New Jersey Governor's School of the Arts. Details >

Rachael has trained at Joffrey Ballet School, Circle in the Square, Herbert Berghoff Studios, The High School of Performing Arts, Bennington College, and Columbia College, Chicago. She has performed and presented work in Chicago and New York City.
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