Principal • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2020
Hometown: Bozeman, Montana
Jennifer Grace began dancing at The
Dance Center in Bozeman, Montana at the age of 7. At 13, Miss Grace moved to Moscow, Russia to continue her training at The Bolshoi Ballet Academy. After finishing her schooling at Dmitri
Kulev Classical Ballet Academy in Southern California, Jennifer was hired by Tulsa Ballet’s Second Company in 2013 and was promoted to Corps de Ballet in November of that same year
following her performance as Tatiana in Christoper Wheeldon’s “MidSummer Nights’s Dream”. By 2017, she was a Soloist with the company and
had performed many principal and soloist roles. In 2020 Jennifer joined Colorado Ballet and was promoted to Principal with the company in 2021 following her primer as the title character in
“Giselle”. She has had the opportunity to perform with Vail Dance Festival and Yellowstone International Arts Festival's "Stars on the Yellowstone" as well as
performed works by choreographers such as Christopher Wheeldon, Derek Deane, Ben Stevenson, William Forsythe, Nacho Duato, Wayne McGregor and Alejandro Cerrudo. Jennifer was Pointe Magazine's August/September 2018 Cover
Star.
Jennifer's
selected roles and ballets include Giselle in Giselle, Juliet in Derek Deane's Romeo and Juliet, Marguerite in Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Swanhilda in Coppelia, Daisy in Jorden
Morris’s The Great Gatsby, Cinderella and Fairy Godmother in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Music in Yoshihisa Arai’s S. Rachmaninoff, Lucy in Michael Pink's Dracula, Aurora and Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Hermia and Titania in Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Nights Dream, Lead in George
Balanchine’s Rubies, Lead in Arai’s Bolero, Dorothy, Glinda and, Diamond Queen in Liang’s Dorothy and the Prince of Oz, The Man I Love Pas and Rhapsody in Blue Soloist in Derek
Deane’s Strictly
Gershwin, Marianela in
McGregor’s Infra, Flora in Ben Stevenson’s Dracula, Solo Woman in Duato’s Rassemblement, Rooster Girl in Sr. Christopher Bruce’s Rooster, Myrtha in Angelini’s Giselle, Facinatin’ Rhythm solo and The Man I Love Pas in George Balanchine’s Who Cares?, Dark Angel and Waltz Girl in George Balanchine’s Serenade, Mercedes and Queen of the Dryads in
Holmes’ Don
Quixote, Purse Lady in
Jerome Robbins’s Fancy
Free, Partisan Woman in Kurt
Jooss’s The Green
Table, Paul
Taylor’s Company
B, David
Dawson’s Million Kisses
to my Skin, Alejandro
Cerrudo’s Second To
Last and Extremely Close, Alexander Ekman’s Cacti, and Going for Baroque and Prawn Watching by Val Caniparoli. Jennifer has also been part of original works by choreographers such as Adam Hougland, Edwaard Liang, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Hellen
Pickett, Young Soon-Hue, Nicolo Fonte, Ma Cong, Jorma Elo, Luciano Cannito, and Dwight Rhoden.
Principal • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2021
Hometown: Antioch, California
Mario Vitale Labrador was born in Antioch, CA. At the age of 10, he began his ballet studies under the tutelage of Ronn Guidi. At the age of
19, Mario attended the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia. During his time at the Academy, Mario performed as the lead in many school productions, including their production
of La Fille Mal Gardee, Paquita, Harlequinade and Classical
Symphony. In 2012, Mario graduated top of his class and joined the Mikhailovsky Theatre. As a Soloist, he performed a number of lead roles in classical
ballets such as Albrecht in Giselle, Blue Bird in Nacho
Duato's Sleeping Beuaty, Pas De Trois in Swan
Lake, Count Cherry in Chippolino, French Couple
in The Nutcracker, Colas in Yuri Borlaka's La Fille Mal
Gardee, Lead dancer in Asaf Messerer's Class Concert, and Pushkin
in Lar Lubovitch's The Bronze Horseman. In 2016, Mario left the Mikhailovsky Theatre, where he took a two
year break from ballet. In 2018, Mario joined Central West Ballet as a Principal, and performed the lead roles with the company. In 2021, he joined Colorado Ballet as a Soloist and was
promoted to Principal later that year.
His notable roles with the company have been Albrecht from Giselle, Cavalier from The Nutcracker, The Emerald Officer from Septime Webre's The Wizard of Oz, Lead Male in George Balanchine's Theme and Variations, Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs, Jirí Kylián’s Sinfonietta and Petite Mort, Dracula in Michael Pink's Dracula, Armand in Val Caniparoli's Lady of The Camellias, The Prince in Ben Stevenson's Cinderella, Purple Couple and Red Couple in Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1.
Principal • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2016
Hometown: Dowagiac, Michigan
Leah Rose McFadden grew up in a small town called Dowagiac, MI. At age 11, she began training with Southold Dance Theatre, a pre-professional
ballet school in South Bend, IN. During Leah's six years at Southold, under the direction of Erica Fischbach, she participated in YAGP and received a number of awards. Leah also attended
summer intensives at Gelsey Kirkland Academy, Grand Rapids Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and Colorado Ballet.
In 2015, she joined Miami City Ballet's Pre-Professional program year-round. During her time there, Leah also performed with Miami City Ballet's company, as well as touring with them to New York and Chicago performing various works. Leah joined Colorado Ballet's Studio Company in 2016 and was promoted to the main company as an Apprentice in 2018. Leah was promoted to the Corps de Ballet in 2019, Soloist in 2021 and to Principal in 2024.
Leah's selected roles and ballets include Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty, Clara and Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Amore in Don Quixote, Mina in Michael Pink's Dracula, Swanhilde in Coppelia, Dorothy in Septime Webre's Wizard of Oz, Olympe in Val Caniparoli's Lady of the Camellias, Pink in Clark Tippet's Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, Russian Girl in George Balanchine’s Serenade, Balanchine's Theme and Variations, Yoshihisa Arai’s Bolero and Jirí Kylián's Petite Mort.
Leah coaches students for YAGP competition and has taught master classes, repertoire workshops, and Academy classes since 2023.
Principal • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2009
Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Christophor Moulton was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado and began his training with Rozanne David at the Dance Center of Colorado Springs
and continued his training in Colorado with German Zemuel. He graduated from the Harid Conservatory in Florida, where he trained under Svetlana Osiyeva, Olivier Pardina, and Victoria
Schnider. During his years at Harid, Christophor performed numerous roles including Siegfried in Swan Lake and the lead in Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante. He also studied for a year at the
Jacquelyn Kennedy Onassis School under Franco Devita and received the Rudolph Nureyev Education Fellowship in 2007. Christophor joined Colorado Ballet's Studio Company in 2009, was promoted
to the Company in 2010, Soloist in 2017, and then to Principal in 2023.
During his time at Colorado Ballet, Christophor has worked with esteemed choreographers, Val Caniparoli, Amy Seiwert, Edwaard Liang, Ben Stevenson, Stephen Mills, and Michael Pink. His selected roles and ballets include Dracula in Michael Pink's Dracula, Romeo in Derek Deane's Romeo and Juliet, the Baron and Gustave in Val Caniparoli's Lady of the Camellias, Lovers in Christopher Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Stepsister in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Hilarion in Giselle, Cavalier in The Nutcracker, Purple and Red in Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, Prince in Firebird, Waltz Man and Dark Angel Man in George Balanchine’s Serenade, Lion in Septime Webre's The Wizard of Oz, Friend in Antony Tudor's Pillar of Fire, Jirí Kylián’s Petite Mort, Fernand Nault's Carmina Burana, Siegfried from Swan Lake, and Hyde from Val Caniparoli's Jekyll & Hyde.
Principal • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2020
Hometown: San Clemente, California
Jessica Payne is from San
Clemente, California. She received her training at Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy under the direction of Dmitri and Jennifer Kulev in southern California. In 2015, she joined Tulsa
Ballet’s second company and was promoted into the main company the following year, where she continued to dance until joining Colorado Ballet in 2020. Her featured roles include Odette
& Odile in Swan
Lake, Alice in Septime
Webre’s ALICE (in
wonderland), Titania
in MidSummer Night’s Dream, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, the principal couple in George
Balanchine’s Rubies and Violin Concerto, Bellino in Kenneth Tindall’s Casanova, Olympe in Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias, 3rd Pas de Deux in Jirí Kilyan’s Petite Mort, Waltz Girl and Russian Girl in George Balanchine’s Serenade, Clara, Sugar Plum, and Dew Drop in The Nutcracker, Pink in Clark Tippet's Bruch Violin Concerto, and Peasant Pas de Deux in Giselle. She was promoted to Soloist in 2022 and to Principal in 2024.
Principal • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2020
Hometown: Cali, Colombia
Jonnathan Ramirez is originally from Cali, Colombia. At the age of 8 he began his training at the Colombian Institute of Ballet, Incolballet.
After graduating at 16, he moved to New York City where he received a full scholarship to continue his training at American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School of Ballet.
In 2007 he danced with Cincinnati Ballet for two seasons, then in 2009 he joined Houston Ballet. In 2010, Jonnathan joined the Tulsa Ballet Theatre where he performed numerous soloist and
principal roles over ten consecutive years before joining Colorado Ballet in 2020. Jonnathan was promoted from Soloist to Principal in 2021.
Jonnathan's selected roles and ballets include Petruchio in John Cranko’s Taming of the Shrew, Wayne Mcgregor's Infra, An American in Paris in Derek Deane’s Strictly Gershwin, Frederick in Ben Stevenson’s Dracula, Dancing Gents in Kenneth Macmillan’s Manon, Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free, Espada in Don Quixote, 4th Pas de Deux in Jirí Kilyan’s Petite Mort, Principal in Andre Prokovsky's The Three Musketeers, David Dawson’s A Million Kisses to My Skin, Garrett Smith’s Fading Figures, Pas de Trois in Marcello Angelini’s Giselle, Tchaikovsky in Ma Cong’s Tchaikovsky, The Man Behind the Music, Prince Desire in Marcello Angelini’s Sleeping Beauty, Alejandro Cerrudo’s Second to Last, George Balanchine’s Who Cares, Annabella Lopez Ochoa’s Shibuya Blues, Kurt Jooss’s The Green Table, Nacho Duato’s Rassemblement, Prince in Edward Liang’s Dorothy and the Prince of Oz, Pas de Quatre and Rothbart Soloist in Marcello Angellini’s Swan Lake, Rothbart Soloist, Alexander Ekman’s Cacti, Soloist in Yuri Possokhov's Classical Symphony, Christopher Bruce’s Rooster, Waltz Man in George Balanchine’s Serenade, Paul Taylor’s Company B, Christopher Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Prince and Step Sister in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Jorma Elo's Slice to Sharp, Armand and Gustave in Val Caniparoli's, Lady of the Camellias, Principal in George Balanchine's 4 Temperaments, Twyla Tharp's Sinatra Suite, Tybalt in Edward Liang's Romeo & Juliet, Soloist in George Balanchine’s Themes and Variations, Twyla Tharp’s Push Comes to Shove, Rubies Pas de Deux in George Balanchine’s Jewels.
Soloist • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2018
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Liam Hogan grew up in Houston, Texas, where he began his ballet training at the Houston Ballet Academy under Claudio Muñoz and Andrew
Murphy. Liam completed his training at the HARID Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, under Meelis Pakri and Svetlana Osiyeva. After graduating with accolades in modern dance, Liam spent a
year with the Washington Ballet under Julie Kent's direction. He joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2018, was promoted to Apprentice in the company in 2019, promoted to Corps de
Ballet in 2020, and became a Demi-Soloist in 2024.
Liam's notable roles with Colorado Ballet include The Cavalier in The Nutcracker, Lewis Carroll / The Mad Hatter in Septime Webre’s Alice (In Wonderland), Hilarion in Marius Petipa’s Giselle, Gold in Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty, Stomper in Twyla Tharp’s In The Upper Room, the 3rd Pas de Deux in Jirí Kylián’s Petite Mort, Jirí Kylián’s Sinfonietta, the 3rd Pas de Deux in Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs, the Ugly Stepsister in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Benvolio in Derek Deane’s Romeo and Juliet, and Aqua Pas de Deux in Clark Tippet’s Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1.
Soloist • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2013
Hometown: Mission Viejo, California
Now entering his twelfth season with Colorado Ballet, Soloist Bryce Lee has performed a wide range of roles, from virtuosic classical parts
to richly theatrical characters. He is drawn to roles that challenge both his technical skill and his dramatic versatility.
Bryce began his dance journey at age 12 in a musical theater dance class in Oxnard, California, and soon after began formal ballet training with Dmitri and Jennifer Kulev at Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy in Laguna Hills. Within a year, he earned scholarships and placements at leading programs including American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and the School of American Ballet, where he studied under New York City Ballet luminaries such as Jock Soto, Andrei Kramarevsky, Peter Frame, and Darci Kistler. As a student, he received top honors at competitions worldwide, including Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight, KAR, Youth America Grand Prix New York Finals, and winning YAGP Europe for Pas de Deux.
With Colorado Ballet, Bryce has performed works by acclaimed choreographers such as Jirí Kylián, Twyla Tharp, Yuri Possokhov, and George Balanchine, as well as in beloved classics like Giselle and Swan Lake. Featured roles include Nutcracker Prince in The Nutcracker, Benno in Swan Lake, Bluebird in The Sleeping Beauty, Principal Pas in Balanchine’s Rubies, The Scarecrow in Septime Webre’s The Wizard of Oz, Renfield in Michael Pink’s Dracula, and Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room.
Outside the studio, Bryce is the founder and Artistic Director of The Male Dance Connection, a global training initiative that leverages technology to connect and mentor young male dancers worldwide. He holds an Associate of Arts in Elementary Education and will graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Marketing in December 2025.
Soloist • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2017
Hometown: Allen, Texas
Ariel began her training at Texas Ballet Theater School in Dallas before continuing her education in the Pre-Professional Program at Colorado
Ballet Academy. She joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2017, was promoted to Demi-Soloist in 2022, and to Soloist in 2025.
Her featured roles include Waltz Girl in George Balanchine’s Serenade, Solo Lady in Rubies, Siren in Prodigal Son, Lilac Fairy, Fairy of Generosity, and Fairy of Serenity in TheSleeping Beauty, Pas de Trois and Big Swans in Swan Lake, Zulma in Giselle, Nichette in Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias, and Spring and Summer Fairy in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella.
She has also enjoyed the opportunity to perform in contemporary works, including Stomper in Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room, and Jirí Kylián’s Sinfonietta and Petite Mort. Ariel had the honor of originating the role in Sandra Brown’s The Caged Bird Sings, created especially for her.
Soloist • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2020
Hometown: Dubuque, Iowa
Patrick Mihm was born in Dubuque, Iowa and began his training at the Dubuque City Youth Ballet at the age of 11, where he studied for three
years. At the age of 14, he moved to southern Florida to begin his training at the HARID Conservatory. After staying at the school for two years, he decided to move to New York City to finish
his training at Ellison Ballet. During his time in school he performed many roles from classical repertoire including Albrecht from Giselle, James in La Sylphide, Cavalier
in The Nutrcracker, as well as Basilio in Don
Quixote. Upon graduation in 2020, he began his career with Colorado Ballet in the Studio Company. After one year in Studio Company, Patrick was promoted
to Apprentice. In 2023, Patrick was promoted to the Corps de Ballet.
Patrick's selected roles and ballets include Albrecht from Giselle, James in La Sylphide, Cavalier in The Nutcracker, and Basilio in Don Quixote.
Soloist • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2017
Hometown: Broomfield, Colorado
Jeremy began his training at the Colorado Conservatory of Dance with Julia Wilkinson Manley and Camcie Foster. At age 16, he followed that
training with time spent in Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company as well as Orlando Ballet’s second company. In 2015, Jeremy joined Orlando Ballet as an Apprentice and was promoted to
Corps de Ballet the following year. He then returned to Colorado Ballet in 2017 as a Corps de Ballet member and was promoted to Demi-Soloist in 2022 and Soloist in
2025.
His notable roles with the company include Mr.Hyde in Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll and Hyde, Harker and Quincy in Michael Pink's Dracula, Benvolio in Derek Deane’s Romeo & Juliet, Peasant Pas de Deux in Marius Petipa’s Giselle, Benno and Neopolitan in Marius Petipa's Swan Lake, Bluebird in Marius Petipa’s Sleeping Beauty, Ruffians in Septime Webre’s Wizard of Oz, Pink in Clark Tippet’s Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, Jester in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Lauren Lovette's Three Views of a Mountain, Vasily Vainonen’s Flames of Paris pas de duex, Estuans Interious in Fernand Nault’s Carmina Burana, Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room, Nine Sinatra Songs and Brief Fling, Balanchine's Theme and Variations, Rubies, Prodigal Son and Serenade, Jirí Kylián’s Sinfonietta and Petite Mort, Nick in Jorden Morris’s Great Gatsby, The Chosen One in Glen Tetley’s Rite of Spring, and the Nutcracker Prince in The Nutcracker, alongside his lovely wife as Clara.
During his time in Orlando, he danced roles such as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast and Peter in Peter and the Wolf. Jeremy also had the opportunity to perform the male lead in Mary Margaret Holt and Ilya Kozadayez’s The Seasons, performed at the Internationale Haydntage at the Esterhazy Palace in Eisenstadt, Austria with Oklahoma Festival Ballet.
Soloist • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2015
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
Mackenzie began her training in New Orleans at Giacobbe Academy of Dance and privately with Kimberly Matulich Beck. She later moved on to
further her training at Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy and upon completion joined Cincinnati Ballet’s second company. In 2015, she joined Colorado Ballet as an Apprentice
and was promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2017, Demi Soloist in 2021, and Soloist in 2026.
Her notable roles with the company include Lucy Westenra in Michael Pink’s Dracula, Jirí Kylián’s Sinfonietta and Petite Mort, Cupid and Flower Girl in Don Quixote, Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room, Nine Sinatra Songs and Brief Fling, Pink in Clark Tippet’s Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, Tinkerbell in Michael Pink’s Peter Pan, Eaglet in Septime Webre’s Alice (in wonderland), Peaseblossom and Hermia in Christopher Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Peasant Pas de Deux and Moyna in Giselle, Chramer in Fernand Nault’s Carmina Burana, Princess Florine in Sleeping Beauty, Pas de Trois and Four Cygnets in Swan Lake, Dawn in Coppelia, Little Russians in George Balanchine’s Serenade, and Clara in The Nutcracker.
Soloist • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2007
Hometown: Cannes, France
Kevin Gaël Thomas is from Cannes, France and studied at Rosella Hightower’s International Ballet Center and at Canada’s
National Ballet School, where he received a full scholarship and graduated in 2006 with honors. Kevin also graduated with honors from the Music Conservatory in France for piano. He danced for
a year with Houston Ballet II, then joined Colorado Ballet in 2007. While waiting for his visa for Colorado Ballet, Kevin danced at Ballet de Lorraine in France in
2007.
Since joining the Company he has performed many soloist and leading roles. Kevin was chosen to represent France at the New York International Ballet Competition in 2009 and at the USA Jackson International Ballet Competition in 2010. He was promoted to Soloist in 2016.
Kevin's selected roles and ballets include "The Chosen One" in Glen Tetley’s The Rite of Spring, Jirí Kylián’s Petite Mort and Sinfonietta, Twyla Tharp's Nine Sinatra Songs and Brief Fling as the Red Couple, Renfield and Johnathan Harker in Michael Pink’s Dracula, Gaston in Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias, Blue Bird and Jewels in The Sleeping Beauty, The Whip Boy in Glen Tetley’s The Rite of Spring, Jester in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Peter in Michael Pink’s Peter Pan, The Nutcracker Prince, Fritz and Russian in The Nutcracker, Puck in Christopher Wheeldon's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Peter in Michael Smuin’s Peter and the Wolf, First Sailor in Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free, Gurn in La Sylphide, Benno in Swan Lake, Kaschei in Firebird, Pink in Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, Green Man in Lila York's Celts, Peasant Pas de Deux in Giselle, Mercutio in Derek Deane's Romeo and Juliet, Lion in Septime Webre's world premiere of The Wizard of Oz, Principal Couple in Lauren Lovette's Three Views of a Mountain, Stevenson in Val Caniparoli's Jekyll & Hyde, Joker in Septime Webre’s Alice in Wonderland and Ballet People from Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room.
Soloist • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2015
Hometown: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Sarah Tryon was born in Hanmer, Ontario, Canada and started ballet at the age of 12 with Canada's National Ballet School. During her five
years with NBS, Sarah was selected to partake in exchange programs with various international schools including Pacific Northwest Ballet School in Seattle, and École Supérieur
De Danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes France. After graduating NBS, Sarah was invited to train at Tanz Akademie Zurich in Switzerland, and then in New York City with world-renowned coach
Edward Ellison.
In 2013, Sarah joined the Sarasota Ballet from school as a Corps de Ballet member. Since joining Colorado Ballet in 2015, Sarah has performed an extensive array of notable soloist and principal roles including Juliet in Derek Deane’s Romeo and Juliet; Giselle and Zulma in Giselle; Lucy and Mina in Michael Pink's Dracula; Nellie in Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll and Hyde; Principal Couple in Balanchine’s Rubies; Aqua in Clark Tippet's Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1; Dark Angel in George Balanchine’s Serenade; Ballerina in Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room; Demi-Soloist in George Balanchine's Theme and Variations; Princess Florina in The Sleeping Beauty; In Trutina and Dulcicisseme in Fernand Nault’s Carmina Burana; Clara, Arabian, and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker; Red in Twyla Tharp’s Brief Fling; Wendy in Michael Pink's Peter Pan; Amour, Flower Girl, and Gypsy in Don Quixote; Red Couple in Lila York's Celts, Second Pas in Val Caniparoli's In Pieces; The Savorgnan Sisters in Kenneth Tindall’s Casanova; Amy Seiwert’s Traveling Alone; Jirí Kylián’s Petite Mort and Sinfonietta, Summer Fairy in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella; Nichette in Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias; The Caterpillar in Septime Webre’s Alice (in wonderland); Dominik Walsh’s Wolfgang (for Webb); and Edwaard Liang's Feast of Gods.
Soloist • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2017
Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Alexandra Wilson began training with the Colorado Ballet Academy at age 9, spending her summers away on scholarships across the nation. She
competed in Youth America Grand Prix and was awarded First Place Classical in Denver, leading her to the New York Finals. At age 16, Alexandra accepted an invitation to train full-time on
scholarship with the Kirov Academy of Ballet, earning both an academic and artistic diploma. During her final semester at the Kirov Academy, Alexandra was selected to join the Corps de Ballet
of the Universal Ballet Company in Seoul, South Korea.
After two contracts with Universal Ballet, Miss Wilson returned to the United States to join Colorado Ballet. Highlights since joining Colorado Ballet include Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Queen of Hearts in Septime Webre’s Alice (in wonderland), MM in Kenneth Tindall’s Casanova, Myrta in Giselle, Dew Drop in The Nutcracker, Tall Girl in George Balanchine’s Rubies, Jiri Kylian’s Petite Mort and Sinfonietta, Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room and Dark Angel in George Balanchine’s Serenade at Vail International Dance Festival.
Alexandra holds a Bachelor’s of Science from Purdue University Summa Cum Laude.
Demi-Soloist • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2022
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Kenny asked his parents to start ballet at the age of 2 after a dancer from Colorado Ballet visited his class in preschool. Kenny trained at
many studios around Denver as well as attended middle school at Denver School of the Arts. He moved to Tampa to study at Next Generation Ballet and, upon graduation, was offered a place in
Boston Ballet’s Trainee Program. During his time at Boston Ballet, he was given the opportunity to participate in the Prix de Lausanne Partner School Choreographic
Project.
After spending a shortened season in Boston due to the pandemic, Kenny was offered a contract with Sarasota Ballet’s Studio Company. While at Sarasota Ballet, he had the chance to perform in Elite Syncopations by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Giselle by Sir Peter Wright, and the world premiere of A Comedy of Errors by Sir David Bintley. After coming to Colorado Ballet in 24/25 as an Apprentice, he was promoted to Corps de Ballet in 25/26 and Demi-Soloist in 26/27. Some of his accolades include National YoungArts Finalist, First Place at Youth America Grand Prix, Silver Medal at ADC IBC, Bronze Medal at World Ballet Competition, and First Place at Denver Ballet Guild.
Selected roles and ballets include Gaston in Lady of the Camellias by Val Caniparoli, Fritz and Russian in The Nutcracker, Sinfonietta by Jirí Kylián, Puck in Christopher Wheeldon's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Renfield and Bell Boy in Michael Pink's Dracula.
Demi-Soloist • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2019
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Ever Larson began her formal training at Ballet Society of Colorado Springs before relocating to Denver for Colorado Ballet Academy's
full-time Pre-Professional program. Under the direction of Valerie Madonia and Erica Fischbach, she competed at YAGP, placing 1st in Senior Women's Classical, and twice earned her way to YAGP
Finals in NYC as a soloist. Ever attended many summer programs including Paris Opera Ballet, Académie Princesse Grace, San Francisco Ballet, Colorado Ballet, American Ballet Theatre
NYC, and Kaatsbaan.
Since joining Colorado Ballet, some of her notable performances include Dark Angel in George Balanchine's Serenade, Earth Mother in Glen Tetley's The Rite of Spring, Second Violin in George Balanchine's Concerto Barocco, Hope in Yoshi Arai’s S. Rachmaninoff, Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Sugar Plum Fairy and Dew Drop in The Nutcracker, Tall Girl in George Balanchine's Rubies, Manon in Kenneth Tindall's Casanova, and Pas Six in Jirí Kylián's Petite Mort. Ever was promoted to Apprentice in 2020, Corps de Ballet in 2021, and Demi-Soloist in 2024.
Ever earned her undergraduate degree at University of Pennsylvania and is currently obtaining her Master of Science at University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Demi-Soloist • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2018
Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida
Catherine began her training at the age of five and trained in Jacksonville until the age of sixteen. In 2016 she was offered a scholarship
to attend the HARID Conservatory year-round in Boca Raton, Florida. After graduating from The HARID Conservatory in 2018, she was offered a Studio Company position with Colorado Ballet and
was promoted to Apprentice for the 2020/2021 Season and to the Corps de Ballet in 2022.
Since joining Colorado Ballet, Catherine has had the opportunity to perform in a variety of roles and works including, Helena in Christopher Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jordan Baker in Jorden Morris’s The Great Gatsby, Solo lady in Glen Tetley’s The Rite of Spring, Dew Drop in The Nutcracker, Finger Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Tall Girl in George Balanchine's Rubies, Dark Angel in George Balanchine’s Serenade, Jirí Kylián’s Sinfonietta, Spring Fairy in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Little Russian in George Balanchine’s Serenade in the 2024 Vail Dance Festival, George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco in the 2025 Vail Dance Festival, and George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations.
Catherine is a student at the University of Florida completing her bachelor’s in business.
Demi-Soloist • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2021
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Christopher Mitchell was born in Denver, Colorado. When he was seventeen, he began studying at Ellison Ballet Professional Training Program in New York
City. While at Ellison Ballet, he had the opportunity to perform many roles such as Siegfried from Swan Lake, Albrecht from Giselle, and Cavalier from The Nutcracker. In 2020, he graduated from Ellison Ballet. He then moved to Amsterdam to begin his career at Dutch National Ballet in 2020, where he enhanced his
contemporary and neo-classical style performing in ballets by Hans van Manen. In 2021, he joined Colorado Ballet and has loved performing for Denver audiences.
Demi-Soloist • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2012
Hometown: Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Sara Thomas is originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She began her ballet training at the age of 12 with Metropolitan Ballet Academy
under the direction of Lisa Collins Vidnovic, Natalya Zeiger, and Denise D’Angelo. While in school, she was selected by Roy Kaiser to perform in Pennsylvania
Ballet’s The Nutcracker as Spanish. Sara spent summers training with BalletX, Washington Ballet,
and Atlanta Ballet. Sara competed in YAGP and attended Regional Dance America where she won several full scholarships to summer programs.
She joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2012. Sara then danced with Nashville Ballet under the direction of Paul Vasterling for a few seasons. In 2015, she returned to Colorado Ballet and joined the Studio Company, where she had the opportunity to perform some of her favorite ballets with the Company. Sara was promoted to the main Company as an Apprentice in 2017 and then to the Corps de Ballet in 2019. In 2021, Sara choreographed an original piece, Embrace It or Erase It, on the Company.
Sara's selected roles and ballets include Fairy Godmother and Winter Fairy in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Sinfonietta by Jirí Kylián, Domani from Nine Sinantra Songs by Twyla Tharp, Second Pas de Deux in Petit Mort by Jirí Kylián, Demi-Soloist in Theme and Variations by George Balanchine, Pop Corn Girl and Curly Cues in Wizard of Oz by Septime Webre, Harlots in Derek Deane’s Romeo and Juliet, Crystals, Marzipan, Russian, Spanish, and Frau in The Nutcracker, Vitality Fairy, Little Red Riding Hood and Jewels in The Sleeping Beauty, Little Russians in Balanchine’s Serenade, Fairies and Braves in Peter Pan, Princesses in Yuri Possokhov’s Firebird, Pas de Trois, Big Swans, Lead Czardas, and Spanish in Swan Lake, Dusk and Lead Mazurka in Coppelia, Mrs. Lanyon and the Maid in Val Caniparoli's Jekyll & Hyde, Stomper in Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room, Helena in Christopher Wheeldon's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and one of the Soloist women in Glen Tetley's The Rite of Spring.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2013
Hometown: Pueblo, Colorado
Josh Allenback, a native of Colorado, has been dancing since he was four years old. He has studied on scholarship with American Ballet
Theatre, The Rock School, and Joffrey Ballet. He was a member of Houston Ballet II as well as Ballet San Antonio. Josh has performed many principal roles. He joined Colorado Ballet’s
Studio Company in 2013 and was promoted into the Company in 2014.
Josh's selected roles and ballets include Jirí Kylián’s Petite Mort, George Balanchine’s Serenade, Swan Lake, Katchi in Firebird, Prince Albrecht in Giselle, Russian, Cavalier, and Snow King in The Nutcracker, and Prince Florimund in The Sleeping Beauty.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2018
Hometown: Ogden, Utah
Catherine Aoki began her ballet training at the age of six at a local ballet school in Ogden, Utah. As a young dancer, she earned silver
medals at the Youth America Grand Prix (2011) and the American Ballet Competition (2014), and was awarded scholarships to train with Ballet Austin and Atlanta Ballet. At 15, Catherine was
awarded a scholarship to Ballet West Academy's Professional Training Division.
Catherine’s summer intensives took her across the globe, refining her technique at prestigious institutions including the Royal Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet, and Royal Danish Ballet. In 2017, she moved to Denver to join Colorado Ballet Academy’s Pre-Professional program under the guidance of Erica Fischbach. She was invited to join the Colorado Ballet Studio Company in 2018, became an Apprentice in 2020, and promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2022.
With Colorado Ballet, Catherine has performed in a range of classical and contemporary works, including Jirí Kylián’s Sinfonietta, Clark Tippet’s Bruch Violin Concerto, Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias and Jekyll & Hyde, Michael Pink’s Dracula and Peter Pan, Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs, George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations and Serenade, Septime Webre’s Wizard of Oz, Fernand Nault’s Carmina Burana, Lauren Lovette's Three Views of a Mountain, and Yoshihisa Arai’s Bolero.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2022
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Cato Berry is originally from Seattle, Washington where he began his training at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. He trained with full merit
scholarships to some of the top schools in the US and Europe, including Royal Ballet, IBStage of Barcelona, Kirov Ballet and The Rock School. Cato trained through his high school years with
TanZ Academie in Zurich, Switzerland and upon graduation he attended the Nationale Ballet Academie Pre-Professional Program in The Netherlands. He joined Pennsylvania Ballet’s second
company In 2016. He then joined the main company as the youngest male dancer in 2017.
When Cato isn't in the studios or on stage he has numerous passions including flying airplanes, photography, building and restoring electronics and computers, and being outdoors. In addition to these hobbies, his mother who is a professional ballet costume designer has taught Cato to use sewing and serging machines!
Cato's selected roles and ballets include Soldier Doll, Parent, Tea, Hoops/Candy Cane, and Hot Chocolate in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, Western Symphony, Theme & Variations, Jewels, Symphony in C, Bronze Idol, Fakir, Priest in La Bayadère, Mazurka, Aristocrat, Czardas, and Neapolitan in Swan Lake, Puss in Boots, Peasant, and Carabosse Creature in The Sleeping Beauty, Matador and Peasant in Don Quixote, Giselle, Romeo & Juliet, Paquita, and Raymonda.
Cato has also performed in contemporary works from the following choreographers: Christopher Wheeldon, Jerome Robbins, Stanton Welch, Andrew Winkhart, Russell Ducker, Angel Corella, Juliano Nunuz, Meredith Rainey, and Matthew Neenan.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2020
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Lily fell in love with dancing early, but she did not start her formal ballet training until the age of 10, when she began studying with
Jaqueline Porter at The Dallas Conservatory. At age 17, she attended the Pre-Professional program at the Boston Ballet School led by Kathleen Mitchell and Margaret Tracey. From there,
Lily received a scholarship to study ballet under Michael Vernon, Sarah Wroth, Carla Körbes, Kyra Nichols, and Sasha Janes at the Jacob’s School of Music at Indiana University,
where she had featured roles in Dark Elegies, Antique
Epigraphs, and Faust. Lily finished her degree in three years
and, upon graduating, joined the Studio Company of Colorado Ballet in 2020. She was promoted to Apprentice for the 23/24 season and later promoted to Corps de Ballet for the 24/25
season.
Lily’s selected roles with Colorado Ballet include Russian Corps in Serenade, The Generosity Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, and Solo Lady in The Rite of Spring.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2021
Hometown: Princeton Junction, New Jersey
Leopold began dancing at the age of 8 at Princeton Dance and Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey. In 2017, he was accepted into the Ellison
Ballet Professional Training Program in New York City, where he had the opportunity to train under Edward Ellison, Bat Udval, Maina Gielgud, Juan Rodriguez, and Cody
Berkeley.
Upon graduating from Ellison Ballet in 2021, Leopold accepted an offer to join Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company, and was promoted into the main company as an apprentice in 2023. During his time with Colorado Ballet, Leopold has performed various roles in both the company’s classical repertoire, including Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, and Romeo and Juliet, and multiple contemporary and neo-classical works, such as Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll and Hyde, Kenneth Tindell’s Casanova, and George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations.
Leopold was promoted to the Corps de Ballet in 2025.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2024
Hometown: Wyckoff, New Jersey
Lily Hagan began her dance training in Wyckoff, New Jersey with Dance Theater of New Jersey. In 2016, she specifically trained in the
Vaganova method under Erin Forrest with Forrest Academy of Ballet New York. While attending multiple summer intensives including American Ballet Theatre, Ellison Ballet, Kirov Ballet, and
Gelsey Kirkland Classical Ballet, she had the excellent opportunity to travel to St. Petersburg, Russia and train under former Kirov Ballet Artistic Director, Oleg Vinogradov for the
International Youth Ballet Festival. To further her training, Lily was accepted under full scholarship to train with Evgenia Singur and Edward Ellison at Ellison Ballet. For the 23/24 season,
Lily was offered a position in the Colorado Ballet Studio Company. She was then promoted to Apprentice for the 24/25 season and further promoted to Corps de Ballet for the 26/27
season.
Since joining Colorado Ballet, Lily has performed in numerous classical and neoclassical works such as Swan Lake, George Balanchine’s Serenade and Rubies, Michael Pink’s Dracula, Sleeping Beauty, Coppélia's friends in Coppélia, Rite of Spring, Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland), Kenneth Tindall’s Casanova, and Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll and Hyde.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2019
Hometown: Cedar Hill, Texas
Sheridan Guerin was born in Ft. Worth, Texas and began her training at age 12. She trained under Lisa Slagle at Ballet Academy of Texas. She
has attended American Ballet Theatre’s summer intensive in New York for four years in a row and was nominated to be their National Training Scholar for two years. She has competed at
YAGP and has placed 1st overall in both contemporary and classical divisions. She has also had the opportunity to perform at YAGP New York as a finalist.
In 2017, Sheridan was accepted as a Studio Company member at Oklahoma City Ballet where she had the opportunity to perform in ballets such as Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and The Little Mermaid. In 2018, Sheridan went on to join Atlanta Ballet’s school under the leadership of Sharon Story. At Atlanta Ballet, she had the opportunity to perform in Yuri Possokhov’s world premiere of The Nutcracker. Sheridan was then hired as a Studio Company member for Colorado Ballet’s 2019/2020 Season and was promoted to Apprentice in the main Company in 2020. As an Apprentice, Sheridan had the opportunity to perform as Clara in The Nutcracker. She holds close to her heart the experience of being the first black Clara in The Nutcracker in Colorado Ballet history. She was then promoted to the Corps de Ballet in 2022.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2023
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Chloe Kinzler grew up in Los Angeles and has always had a passion for the performing arts. She began her ballet training with California
Dance Academy. Throughout her training, she has earned scholarships and has attended several summer intensives, including The School of American Ballet, Joffrey Ballet Chicago, Boston Ballet,
San Francisco Ballet School, and Ballet West. She also participated in the 2021 YAGP Finals, as well as the 2022 ADC IBC Finals.
At age 17, she joined Ballet West’s trainee program. In the summer of 2022, she was accepted to the San Francisco Ballet School under the direction of Patrick Armand and trained with Karen Gabay and Pascal Molat. While at the school, she performed with the San Francisco Ballet Company in their productions of The Nutcracker and Giselle, as well as repertoire in the school’s showcases.
In 2023, Chloe was offered a studio company contract with Colorado Ballet for the 2023/2024 season. She was promoted to Apprentice for the 2024/2025 season, and now joins the Corps de Ballet for Season 2026/2027. Since joining she has had the privilege of performing in works by George Balanchine, such as Rubies, Serenade, and Concerto Barocco; classical ballets including Swan Lake, Coppelia, and the Generosity Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty; and various other roles in ballets like Michael Pink’s Dracula, Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll and Hyde and The Rite of Spring by Glen Tetley, just to name a few.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2024
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Wyatt Mier began training
Ballet in Tokyo, Japan in Fumi Academie at the age of 5. He then moved to Florida and began training with Northwest Florida Ballet through their Academie and Pre-Professional program. He
received further training with American Ballet Theater in their summer programs and also competed in the Youth American Grand Prix. Wyatt left Northwest Florida Ballet and joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2022. He was
promoted to Apprentice in 2024.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2020
Hometown: Hinsdale, Illinois
Stefanee Montesantos was born in Hinsdale, Illinois and began her training at Salt Creek Ballet at age 3. Upon graduating from their
Pre-Professional Company, she continued her studies in dance by joining Butler University’s Performing Arts Program. There she was awarded the Jordan College of the Arts Annual Tuition
Scholarship alongside the Bulldog Achievement Annual Tuition Scholarship. During this time, she performed and rehearsed roles such as Sugar Plum Fairy in Butler Ballet’s production
of The Nutcracker, Odette in Butler Ballet’s production of Swan Lake, and Soloist in Patrick de Bana’s Falling Sky.
In the Spring of 2020, Stefanee graduated Cum Laude from Butler University with a BFA in Dance Performance and a Minor in Creative Writing. It was during her spring semester that she was
offered to join Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company for the 2020-2021 Season. She was promoted to Apprentice for the 2022-2023 season, and then to the Corps de Ballet for the 2024-2025
season.
Stefanee's selected roles/ballets with Colorado Ballet include Big Swans in Swan Lake, The Vitality Fairy and Silver (Jewels) in The Sleeping Beauty, The Madame and Head Nurse in Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll & Hyde, and Madame de Pompadour in Kenneth Tindall’s Casanova.
You can also find Stefanee working as the assistant seamstress for Colorado Ballet Academy.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2024
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
Santiago was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother is Colombian and his father is Spanish. He began his dance training at 8
years old through one of Boston Ballet’s outreach programs called "Citydance." The program visited third-grade classrooms of the Boston Public schools and recruited several students to
their program. Santiago was phased into Boston Ballet school’s training program and began training twice a week during after-school hours.
With a gradual increase in time commitment through the years, Santiago became passionate about ballet at the age of 12 and decided he wanted to become a professional.
Santiago finished his training at Boston Ballet School under the direction of Margaret Tracey in 2017 and joined Philadelphia Ballet 2, where he worked under the direction of Angel Corella. Two years later he was promoted to the rank of apprentice. During his time in Philadelphia, some of his fondest experiences include dancing in George Balanchine’s Diamonds, Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Julietand Angel Corella’s Swan Lake.
Throughout Santiago’s training and start of his career, he attended several summer and professional development programs such as Jacob’s Pillow’s contemporary ballet intensive in 2019, "Ballet Masterclasses" in Prague in 2018, Houston Ballet Academy in 2016 and 2017 as well as Orlando Ballet School in 2014 and 2015.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2025
Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Emelia Perkins began her training with the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre, until 2015, when she moved to Houston Ballet Academy to further her
training. From there, she joined the second company of Kansas City Ballet in 2017 and the Studio Company of the Sarasota Ballet in 2018, where she was ultimately promoted to Coryphee in
2022.
During her seven year career with the Sarasota Ballet, Emelia performed notable roles such as George Balanchine’s Russian Girl in Serenade, Stairway to Paradise principal in Who Cares?, Emeralds Pas de Trois, Divertimento No. 15 Principal, Theme and Variations Demi, Four Temperaments Melancholic Demi, Stomper in Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room and Domani in Sinatra Songs, Bride in Martha Graham’s Appalachian Spring, Another You in Paul Taylor’s Company B and Brandenburgs, Sir Frederick Ashton’s Les Patineurs as a Blue Girl, Birthday Offering, Le Chatte Metamorphose en Femme, Wedding Bouquetas the Bride, Johan Kobborg’s Napoli, and the pas de trois in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Danses Concertantes. Emelia was also featured in new works by other notable choreographers including Jessica Lang, Sir David Bintely, Genna Bond, and Ricardo Graziano.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2024
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Justin began dancing at the age of 6 with Ballet Center of Houston. In 2020, Pidgeon attended The Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington D.C.
with an artistic scholarship, graduating in 2022. There, he was offered a position with Boston Ballet’s second company by the artistic director Mikko
Nissinen.
During his two seasons, Justin performed with the company in Rudolf Nureyev’s “Don Quixote,” Mikko Nissinen’s “Sleeping Beauty,” Sir Frederick Ashton’s “Cinderella,” and the debut of Nissinen’s re-visioned “Raymonda.” In Boston Ballet II’s “Rising Stars” and “Next Generation” performances, he had the opportunity of performing various repertoire from “Giselle” pas de deux to Christopher Wheeldon’s “This Bitter Earth.”
Later, in 2024, Justin was hired as an apprentice with Colorado Ballet, where he performed a mix of classical and neoclassical ballets such as The Sleeping Beauty, Septime Webre’s Alice (in wonderland), Christopher Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Yoshihisa Arai’s S. Rachmaninoff. After his second apprentice season, Justin was promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2026.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2022
Hometown: Fort Collins, Colorado
Nani Ross was born in Fort Collins, Colorado and began dancing at Canyon Concert Ballet at age 13. While training in Colorado, she
attended summer programs at University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Nani moved to Denver to train in the pre-professional division at Colorado
Ballet in 2018. In addition to her training, Nani has choreographed solos, INFECTIOUS on Pre-Professional dancers at Colorado Ballet, and most prominently, a piece to Hoedown from
Aaron Copeland’s Rodeo for the Arapahoe Philharmonic Orchestra. After dancing in the academy for two years, Nani was invited to join the Studio Company with Colorado Ballet.
She joined the main company as an Apprentice in 2022 and was promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2024.
Nani’s selected roles and ballets include Clara in The Nutcracker, Happiness Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Cygnets in Swan Lake, Demi Fairy in Christopher Wheeldon's A Midsummer Night's Dream, George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco and Russian Corps in Serenade, and premiere cast of Lauren Lovette’s Three Views of a Mountain.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2022
Hometown: Littleton, Colorado
Tate began dancing at the
age of 7, originally training in hip-hop. Tate began their ballet training at age 9 at Littleton Ballet Academy. Tate won 1st place at YAGP Pittsburgh in 2019 and 2nd place in the Pas de Deux category at YAGP Denver
the same year. Tate also won 1st place at Denver Ballet Guild in 2018. Tate attended the Houston Ballet, The School of American Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet summer intensives. Tate
was accepted to the School of the American Ballet in 2019, performing in ballets including Mozartiana (Balanchine), Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (Balanchine), and Divertimento #15 (Balanchine). During this time, Tate would also participate in the New York City Institute. Tate left SAB and joined Colorado Ballet's Studio Company in 2022. They were promoted to Apprentice in
2023.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2020
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Lili Travaglia began her ballet training at Colorado Ballet Academy under the direction of Heather Prokhnitski, Igor Vassine, and Erica
Fischbach. Lili furthered her studies by attending summer intensives, including Tulsa Ballet and The Royal Ballet School where she was exposed to a broad range of international techniques and
artistic influences.
In 2020, Lili completed high school while simultaneously earning her Associate of Science degree. That same year, she joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company, beginning her professional journey. She was promoted to Apprentice in the 2023 season and advanced to the Corps de Ballet in 2025.
Since joining the company, Lili has performed in a number of classical and neoclassical works. Favorite roles include the Four Cygnets in Swan Lake, Canary Fairy and Little Red Riding Hood in The Sleeping Beauty, George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations, Asylum Patient in Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll & Hyde, Swanilda’s Friends in Coppélia, and Yoshihisa Arai’s Bolero.
Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2023
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Cruz Vining was born and
raised in Phoenix, Arizona. At eight years old, he began his classical training at Master Ballet Academy under the tutelage of Slawomir and Irena Wozniak. During his years of training, Mr.
Vining competed at the Youth America Grand Prix and was invited to compete in the final round. At the 2022 and 2023 finals, Cruz was awarded first place in the Pas de duex category. In 2023, he was invited to compete at the prestigious USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi. Later
that year, Cruz began his professional career with the Colorado Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet.
Apprentice • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2023
Hometown: Trumbull, Connecticut
Alexander Holms started ballet at the age of six, training with his uncle at a local studio in Trumbull, Connecticut. He furthered his
training joining Ellison Ballet's pre-professional program in 2021, where he studied and trained under Edward Ellison, Bat Udval, Juan Rodriguez and Evgenia
Singur.
Alexander joined Colorado Ballet's studio company in 2023 and has performed in various productions such as Val Caniparoli's Jekyll and Hyde, Kenneth Tindall's Casanova, and Marius Petipa's Sleeping Beauty.
In 2025, Alexander was promoted to the main company as an apprentice.
Apprentice • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2026
Hometown: Fort Collins, Colorado
Tiffany Hopkins grew up in Port Huron, Michigan and began her professional ballet training at age 11 with Ballet Detroit, studying at the
Detroit Opera House under renowned instructors Sergey Rayevskiy and Ariana Myers. At age 15, she continued her training at The HARID Conservatory, where she studied under Victoria Schneider,
Meelis Pakri, and Svetlana Osiyeva. During her time at HARID, she performed featured roles including the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker.
After graduating high school in 2023, Tiffany joined Colorado Ballet Studio Company, where she has performed in productions including Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Jekyll and Hyde, Coppélia, The Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, George Balanchine’s Rubies, Serenade, and Concerto Barocco.
Her accomplishments include awards and recognition through Youth America Grand Prix, as well as receiving the Rudolf Nureyev Award and the Fred Lieberman Award from The HARID Conservatory. In 2024, she was also featured in the documentary film Prima by Luka Dziubyna.
Tiffany looks forward to joining Colorado Ballet as an Apprentice for the 2026–2027 season.
Apprentice • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2024
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Bailey Marie began her training at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities before attending Colorado Ballet Academy’s
pre-professional program. Under the direction of Erica Fischbach and Domenico Luciano, she performed featured roles in The Sleeping
Beauty and Giselle. Bailey has attended numerous summer
intensives, including American Ballet Theatre, Tulsa Ballet, BalletMet, Ballet West, and Kirov Academy of Ballet.
In 2024, Bailey was invited to join Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company. Over the past few years, she has performed in productions including Concerto Barocco, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Nutcracker, Serenade, and The Sleeping Beauty. She was then promoted to Apprentice for the 2026/2027 season.
Apprentice • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2024
Hometown: Hinsdale, Illinois
Rheana Montesantos, originally from Hinsdale, Illinois, received her training at Salt Creek Ballet under the direction of Zhanna Dubrovskaya
and Sergey Kozadayev. In 2018, she was awarded first place at the Youth America Grand Prix - Chicago and went on to compete as a finalist in the New York City
Finals.
Rheana continued her training at Butler University’s Jordan College of the Arts, where she studied on a full merit scholarship as a Dance Performance major. During her time there, she had the opportunity to work with Patrick DeBana on his premier work Falling Sky, and with Deborah Wingert on George Balanchine’s Serenade, performing the role of “Dark Angel.” She also pursued training in classical ballet, jazz, and choreographic teaching analysis, earning certification in all three disciplines.
Rheana graduated in May 2023 with a BFA in Dance Performance. She joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in August 2023 and is excited to begin her first season as an apprentice with the Colorado Ballet in 2025-2026.
Apprentice • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2024
Hometown: Palo Alto, California
Natalie Taylor was born and raised in Palo Alto, California. She began her ballet training at Bayer Ballet Academy under the guidance of Inna
Bayer. Throughout her training, she competed and placed at YAGP as well as attended several summer intensives including Orlando Ballet, Nashville Ballet, and UNCSA. At age 16, she attended
the University of North Carolina School of the Arts as a ballet major in high school, where she performed as the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker, in George Balanchine’s Symphonie Concertante, and in Claudia Schierer’s First Impulse.
Natalie joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2024. During her time in the Studio Company, she was given the opportunity to perform in various performances with the main company, such as Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, ALICE (in wonderland), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Balanchine’s Serenade and Concerto Barocco. In 2026, Natalie was promoted to Apprentice.
Apprentice • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2026
Hometown: Golden, Colorado
Cobin began his ballet training at the age of 13 with Boulder Ballet School in Boulder, Colorado. In 2021, he was invited to join Colorado
Ballet Academy’s Pre-Professional Division, where he trained under Erica Fischbach, Domenico Luciano, Maria Mosina, and Slava Mesropov. Under their direction, Cobin performed notable
roles including Siegfried in Swan Lake and Albrecht in Giselle, and was featured in contemporary works by Maria Konrad. He has participated in summer and short-term training programs with Dutch
National Ballet, American Ballet Theatre’s JKO School, Ellison Ballet, and The Royal Ballet School. Additionally, Cobin had the privilege of studying at the 2026 Jacob’s Pillow
Dance Festival as a Contemporary Ballet Scholar, where he performed in world premieres by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Claudia Schreier.
Upon graduating from Colorado Ballet Academy in 2024, Cobin accepted an offer to join Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company and was promoted to Apprentice with the company in 2026. Since joining Colorado Ballet, he has performed a range of classical and neoclassical repertoire, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll & Hyde, Kenneth Tindall’s Casanova, and Glen Tetley’s The Rite of Spring.
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