-Dancers-

Dena Abergel has been a member of New York City Ballet since 1990. She trained for four years at the School of American Ballet and she now holds a B.A. in English from Fordham University.

Elysia Dawn is a former member of Boston Ballet and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. She currently attends Columbia University, and continues to perform there with the Columbia Ballet Collaborative, where she is also associate director.

Jennifer Goodman, just arrived in NYC after dancing for the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago for 16 seasons. She is currently appearing with Metropolitan Opera dancing in Aida and Carmen working with Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon.

Melissa Hough is currently a principal dancer with Boston Ballet. Originally from Maryland she trained at the Kirov Academy in Washington, DC.

Alexsandra Meijer is currently a principal dancer with Ballet San Jose. Originally from Southern California, she trained at the Marin Dance Theater.

Victoria North attends Columbia University, where she directs the Columbia Ballet Collaborative. She is a former dancer with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet and North Carolina Dance Theater.

Nancy Richer is in her third season with Los Angeles Ballet, where she was a founding company member. She is from New York City and trained at Ballet Academy East and the San Francisco Ballet School.

Abi Stafford has been a principal dancer with New York City Ballet since 2007 and a member since 2000. She was the Janice Levin Dance Honoree in 2000-2001 and the Margret E. Segal award winner in 2003. Her training was the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and the School of American Ballet.

Jared Angle has been with New York City Ballet for 10 years, and a principal dancer since 2005. He is 2001-2002 Princess Grace Fellowship recipient.

Colby Damon trained at the Virgina School of the Arts. After dancing with the Sacramento Ballet for 5 years, he moved to NYC and has appeared with many companies including the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and Ballet X.

Ja’Malik has been a member of Ballet X, North Carolina Dance Theater and City Dance Ensemble. He trained at the Ailey School and Dance Theater of Harlem.  Also an emerging choreographer, he recently had his work done at E-Moves 10.

David Prottas is a graduate of Canada’s National Ballet School and the School of American Ballet. He is currently a member of New York City Ballet.

Christian Tworzyanski is a graduate of the School of American Ballet and currently in his 6th year with the New York City Ballet. He has also danced with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company. He was born in Lake Ronkonkoma, NY and raised in Columbia, SC.

All Photos by Matthew Murphy, except Jennifer Goodman, by Jade Young.

-Choreogaphers-

Larry Keigwin is the artistic director of KEIGWIN + COMPANY, established in 2003 with its premiere performance at Joyce SoHo, New York, made possible by the generous support of friends.  Since then the company has performed throughout the City in such venues as Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU, New York City Center, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, The Duke Theater on 42nd Street, Symphony Space and NYU/Tisch School of the Arts. Nationally, Keigwin + Company has been presented by the American Dance Festival, the Bates Dance Festival, Summerdance Santa Barbara, Dancing in the Streets, Jacob’s Pillow, the Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, and DRA’s Fire Island Dance Festival.

Val Caniparoli a dancer with San Francisco Ballet for 30 years, his choreography has been seen throughout the world. He has created works for San Francisco Ballet, Israel Ballet,  Singapore Dance Theater, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Pacific Northwest Ballet  and Scottish Ballet among many others.