Dance Theatre of Harlem | October 17, 2026

Robert Garland was appointed Artistic Director of Dance Theatre of Harlem in 2023, following a distinguished career as a principal dancer, Resident Choreographer, and Director of the DTH School. A member of the company from 1985 to 1998, Mr. Garland was invited by founder Arthur Mitchell to choreograph for the main company after creating a work for the DTH School Ensemble—an invitation that led to his appointment as the organization’s first Resident Choreographer.

His choreographic works for DTH include Higher Ground, New Bach, Return, Nyman String Quartet No. 2, and The Cookout, among others. These ballets reflect his signature postmodern-urban-neo-classical style, blending classical technique with contemporary cultural influences.

Mr. Garland has also created works for New York City Ballet, The Royal Ballet (UK), Oakland Ballet, and numerous other companies. His commercial credits span music videos, television, and film, including Sesame Street, a Nike campaign featuring Derek Jeter, the NAACP Image Awards, a short film for designer Donna Karan, and the “Charmin Cha-Cha” for Procter & Gamble.

He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The Juilliard School.

Arthur Mitchell is known around the world for creating and sustaining Dance Theatre of Harlem, the internationally acclaimed ballet company he co-founded with Karel Shook in 1969. Following a brilliant career as a principal artist with the New York City Ballet Mr. Mitchell dedicated his life to changing perceptions and advancing the art form of ballet through the first permanently established African American and racially diverse ballet company.

Born in New York City in 1934 Mr. Mitchell began his dance training at New York City's High School of the Performing Arts where he won the coveted annual dance award and subsequently a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet.  In 1955 he became the first male African American to become a permanent member of a major ballet company when he joined New York City Ballet. Mr. Mitchell rose quickly to the rank of Principal Dancer during his fifteen-year career with New York City Ballet and electrified audiences with his performances in a broad spectrum of roles.  Upon learning of the death of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and with financial assistance from Mrs. Alva B. Gimbel, The Ford Foundation, and his own savings, Mr. Mitchell founded Dance Theatre of Harlem with his mentor and ballet instructor Karel Shook.

 With an illustrious career that spanned over fifty years Mr. Mitchell was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors a National Medal of the Arts a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship the New York Living Landmark Award the Handel Medallion the NAACP Image Award and more than a dozen honorary degrees.

played a key role as teacher and mentor to African American dance artists in New York in the 1950s. In addition to cofounding Dance Theatre of Harlem with Arthur Mitchell in 1969 he also was a ballet master choreographer and author. Born in 1920, Mr. Shook was a native of Renton Washington. Encouraged to study ballet at age 13, he was a protégé of Nellie Cornish and received a scholarship to the Cornish School of Allied Arts in Seattle. While his performance career was brief, he appeared on Broadway and danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and New York City Ballet. Mr. Shook’s brief performance career led to teaching and choreographing mainly in Europe but also in New York. In the early 50s he opened Studio Arts one of the few dance studios in the city where African Americans could study ballet. Among his students were Carmen de Lavallade, Pearl Primus, Geoffrey Holder, Louis Johnson, Alvin Ailey, and Arthur Mitchell who first came to him at age 17. Mr. Shook left New York in 1959 to become the ballet master of the Dutch National Ballet where he was when his former student Arthur Mitchell asked him to return to New York to help create the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Mr. Shook was an advocate of the universality of classical ballet. His book Elements of Classical Ballet explores the development of classical ballet in such countries across the globe as China Turkey Iran Japan Cuba and Mexico. In 1980 he was awarded the United States Presidential Award for “Excellence and Dedication in Education.”

A native of Cali Colombia, Juan Carlos Peñuela began dancing at the age of 12 with Incolballet, a ballet-centered secondary school.  After graduation Mr. Peñuela was invited by Artistic Director Gloria Castro to join Ballet de Cali Colombia's National Company as a soloist where he performed in a variety of leading roles in contemporary works as well as classical pieces. Mr. Peñuela has danced with Ballet Arizona, Dance Theatre of Harlem Pennsylvania Ballet Maximum Dance Ballet Gamonet Chamber Dance Project, and Ballet NY.

Juan Carlos has served as guest Ballet Master and Repetiteur with Compania Colombiana de Ballet - Incolballet in Colombia, Chamber Dance Project, Lexington Ballet, The Ajkun Ballet Theatre in New York City, Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theatre, Ena Ballet Company in Japan, & Earl Mosley's Institute of the Arts International Summer Intensive in Kent CT. In 2011 he was invited to Malaysia where he taught at their international festival, restaged Don Quixote, and coached artists from all over the world for their International Gala of the Stars.

From 2014 to 2018 Juan Carlos held the position of Ballet Master with Ballet Hispanico in New York City as well Senior Ballet Teacher for their School of Dance.  He has served as a faculty member at Joffrey Ballet School, Marymount Manhattan Collage Ballet, Academy East in New York City, Alvin Ailey, and as a guest teacher at The Juilliard School and Dance Theatre of Harlem’s professional company.

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Mr. Penuela holds a Romana’s Pilates certification and teaches Pilates designed for dancers. In 2011 he became certified in The American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum. During the summer of 2013 he was invited to teach in Italy as a faculty member of Alvin Ailey School. Since 2017 he has taught at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet summer program. In 2014 and 2017 he attended the CPYB teacher’s workshop and 2017 was featured in the August edition of Dance Teacher Magazine.  For the last 7 years he has been invited to Panama City as guest teacher and as adjudicator to Danza Activa Competition and the Ecuador Danza Ciad competition. Juan Carlos continues to return, as a guest teacher, to Columbia where his journey began.

Anna Glass has been involved in the performing arts as both an artist and arts administrator for over twenty-five years. She currently serves as the Executive Director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, recently named an “American Cultural Treasure” by the Ford Foundation and recent recipient of $18.5 million combined gifts from the Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, and MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett – the largest gift amounts in DTH’s history. Together with Artistic Director Virginia Johnson, Anna co-launched a collaborative initiative addressing racial inequity in ballet – The Equity Project. In May 2013, she began her own endeavor dedicated to preserving and documenting the legacies of prominent Black artists and cultural institutions, and reinterpreting those legacies onto multiple platforms, including live performance. She recently produced Carmen de Lavallade’s newest solo show Carmen de Lavallade: Life of a Legend for Jazz at Lincoln Center and prior to that As I Remember It– an intimate portrait of this legendary artist, which toured across the country.

Anna has also served a consultant providing strategic planning and fundraising guidance to various non-profit arts organizations across the country and has served as an advisor for the DeVos Institute of Arts Management supporting New York City non-profits. Anna currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Association of Performing Arts Professionals and the International African American Museum in Charleston, SC. Anna received her undergraduate degree from Oberlin College and her JD from the University of Dayton School of Law. She is a licensed attorney in the State of New York. Anna lives in Harlem with her husband and daughter.

Born: Chicago, IL, and raised in Holland, MI. Training: The Dance Asylum, Grand Rapids Ballet School, Interlochen Arts Academy, Ballet West, and Pennsylvania Ballet Summer Intensives. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (ninth season), Cincinnati Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet, and guest artist with Houston Ballet. Repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Robert Garland, Claudia Schreier, Stanton Welch, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Darrell Grand Moultrie, and Jodie Gates. Choreography includes works created for Dance Theatre of Harlem, Columbia Ballet Collaborative, and New Jersey Festival Orchestra at Soho House New York. Additional Work: Recognized by Crain’s New York Business as one of its 20 in Their 20s for his contributions to Dance Theatre of Harlem’s digital media presence.

Born: Houston, TX. Training: The Dance Center of Baytown, University of Oklahoma School of Dance (BFA 2019), Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Ballet Program, Dance Theatre of Harlem Summer Intensive, Texas Ballet Theater Summer Intensive. Professional Experience: Oklahoma City Ballet and Dance Theatre of Harlem (sixth season). Repertoire includes works by: Robert Garland, George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Geoffrey Holder, Helen Pickett, Nacho Duato, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Alejandro Cerrudo, Merce Cunningham, Jodie Gates, Amy Hall Garner, Trey McIntyre, Colin Connor, Stanton Welch, Claudia Schreier and Tiffany Rae-Fisher.

Born: Fort Worth, TX.  Training: The University of Oklahoma School of Dance, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts, Margo Dean School of Ballet, Texas Ballet Theater School.  Professional Experience: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Dance Theatre of Harlem (third season).

Repertoire: Works by George Balanchine, Robert Garland, Jodie Gates, John Taras, Jiří Kylián, William Forsythe, Penny Saunders, Yury Yanowsky, Robin Mineko Williams, and Ryan Nye.

Education: Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Pre-Veterinary track, University of Oklahoma’s Weitzenhoffer School of Dance, Bachelor of Arts in Ballet Performance. Recipient of the OU School of Dance Ovation Award and the Corp de Ballet International Basil Thompson Memorial Scholarship.

Born: Oneonta, NY.  Training: Holbrook-Wade School of Dance, Fokine Ballet, New York State Summer School of the Arts with Daniel Ulbricht, NYCB. Carolyn Adams.  Alvin Ailey, Nutmeg Ballet, Charlotte Ballet, Alonzo King Lines, French Academie of Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Springboard Danse Montreal. 2019 Graduate of Ellison Ballet. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (eighth season). Awards: Youth America Grand Prix in 2017 and 2018, where he and his partner won second and then first place in the contemporary Pas de Deux category.

Born: Pensacola, FL, raised in Dayton, OH. Training: Interlochen Arts Academy, and summer intensives with Alonzo King Lines, Boston Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet, and Cincinnati Ballet.  Education: Indiana University Bloomington Jacobs School of Music, Bachelor of Science in Ballet and Media Advertising.  Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (fourth season). Repertoire includes works by Robert Garland, Jodie Gates, John Taras, William Forsythe, Justin Peck, Dwight Rhoden, Ulysses Dove, Pytor Ilych Tchaikovsky, and George Balanchine. Ariana is the recipient of the IU Premier Young Artist Award, the Brown Girls Do Ballet Scholarship for Change, Interlochen Young Artist Award, and the Interlochen Arts Academy Fine Arts Award.

Born: Midland, TX. Training: La Petite Dance Studio, Midland Festival Ballet under Susan Clark. Education: cum laude graduate of Butler University, degrees in Dance-Arts Administration and Journalism. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (fifteenth season), Guest Artist with Houston Ballet, Nashville Ballet (trainee). Repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, William Forsythe, Ulysses Dove, Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa, Geoffrey Holder, Donald Byrd, Dianne McIntyre, and Robert Garland. Awards and Honors: featured artist at opening of One World, Trade Center, TEDx Broadway 2016, performer at Kennedy Center Honors 2016 & 2022, & White House performance for Michelle Obama.

Born: Flower Mound, Texas. Training: The Ballet Conservatory, The Ailey School, Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Dance Ensemble, Summer Intensives with Houston Ballet, The School of American Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Colorado Ballet. Education: Magna Cum Laude graduate of Fordham University, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and Bachelor of Arts in Digital Technology and Emerging Media. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (fourth season). Repertoire: George Balanchine’s Donizetti Variations, Allegro Brillante, and Pas de Dix; Robert Garland’s New Bach, Return, The Cookout, Higher Ground, Tumbao, Hailstork, and Nyman String Quartet No. II; William Forsythe’s Blake Works IV (The Barre Project); John Taras’s Firebird.  Carly is a two-time YAGP New York Semi-Finalist and was a recipient of the Dance Council of North Texas Scholarship and the Alvin Ailey Artistic Scholarship.

Born: Cincinnati, OH. Training: Cincinnati Ballet. Professional experience: Cincinnati Ballet Second Company, Dance Theatre of Harlem (second season). Repertoire: George Balanchine’s Jewels, Gerald Arpino’s Confetti, George Balanchines Valse Fantasie, Devon Carney’s Giselle, George Balanchines Raymonda, Anna- Marie Holmes’ Don Quixote.

Born: Wilmington, DE. Training: The Washington School of Ballet, Wilmington Academy of Dance; Summer Intensives with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Carolina Ballet, Ballet Chicago, and Nashville Ballet. In 2015, she accompanied teacher and mentor Violette Verdy to Paris to train and perform.  Education: Bachelor of Science in Ballet, Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music.  Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (ninth season), Nashville Ballet 2.  Repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, William Forsythe, John Taras, Robert Garland, Arthur Mitchell, Stanton Welch, Pam Tanowitz, Helen Pickett, Jodie Gates, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Nacho Duato, and Septime Webre. Featured role in Gustave le Gray No. 1 by Pam Tanowitz with New York City Ballet, 2022.  She is the first African American guest artist with New York City Ballet to perform the principal role of Dew Drop in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.  Artist captured in Movement at Still Point by Mark Mann.

Awards and Honors: Recipient of the Pierians Foundation Incorporated 2018 Emerging Young Artist Award. Named the Virginia Johnson Scholar at TWSB three consecutive years. Appointed to the Board of Directors of Ballet and Books.

Born: Indianapolis, Indiana. Training: Jordan Academy of Dance at Butler University; Indianapolis School of Ballet; Summer Intensives with Joffrey Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre & Philadelphia Ballet. Education: Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (B.S. in Ballet with an Outside Field in Kinesiology, Minor in Psychology, & EMT Certification through the National Registry). Professional Experience: Guest Artist with Indianapolis Ballet & Dance Kaleidoscope; Ballet Rhode Island (2021-2023); Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project; Revolve Dance Project; Dance Theatre of Harlem (fourth season).  Repertoire: George Balanchine’s Valse-Fantaisie, Walpurgisnacht, Concerto Barocco, Allegro Brillante, Donizetti Variations, Pas de Dix; Christopher Wheeldon’s Carousel: A Dance; Antony Tudor’s Dark Elegies; Jerome Robbins’ The Concert; Robert Garland’s Return, New Bach, The Cookout*, Higher Ground, Nyman String Quartet No. II; William Forsythe’s Blake Works IV (The Barre Project), The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude; Jodie Gates’ The Passage of Being*; John Taras’ The Firebird. (*Originated Role) . Awards & Honors: Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Premier Young Talent Scholarship, Music Faculty Award, and Carmack OEM Music Scholarship; Featured in the book “People of Indiana University”. 

Born: Philadelphia, PA. Training: Indiana University Jacobs School of Music; Bachelor of Science in Ballet with an Outside Field in Kinesiology. Scholarship recipient for Walnut Hill School for the Arts (Boston Ballet Pre-Professional Division), and Alvin Ailey Junior Division. Summer Intensives: Charlotte Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Alvin Ailey, NYSSSA Ballet.  Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (third Season). Repertoire: George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, Donizetti Variations, and Serenade; Justin Peck’s Heatscape; Michael Vernon’s The Nutcracker; Robert Garland’s Return, Nyman String Quartet No.II, and New Bach. Awards & Honors: Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Premier Young Talent Scholarship, John P. Garrahan Leadership in Diversity Award, Global Citizens Award at St. Marks Institute, A Better Chance Alumni. 

Born: Los Angeles, CA. Training: Debbie Allen Dance Academy, The Rock School of Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Ballet West, Bolshoi School. Professional Experience: Ballet West, Cincinnati Ballet, The Oscars, Mariah Carey, Debbie Allen, guest artist and master teacher for the DAP Festival, Dance Theatre of Harlem (second season).  Repertoire: Works by Robert Garland, William Forsythe, Val Caniparoli, George Balanchine, Alexander Ekman, Juri Kylián, Jodie Gates, Don Quixote, Giselle, Valse Fantasy, Walpurgisnacht, Cinderella, Fredrick Ashton, Twyla Tharp, Ohad Naharin, La Fille Mal Garde, Anabelle Lopez Ochoa, Petit Mort, Blake Works II, Jewels, Cacti, Minus 16, Alejandro Cerrudo.

Born: Savannah, Georgia. Training: Grainger Academy of the Joffrey Ballet, Kelly & Company Studios. Professional Experience: Ballet West II, Charlotte Ballet II, Joffrey Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem (first season). Repertory:  Gerald Arpino's Kettentanz and Viva Vivaldi, Frederick Ashton's Cinderella and Jazz Calendar, Yuri Possokhov's Don Quixote, John Neumier's The Little Mermaid, Val Caniparoli's Jekyll & Hyde, Alejandro Cerrudo's Wings, Pamela Robinson's Aladdin and Beauty & the Beast, The Nutcracker by Christopher Wheeldon, Willem Christensen, and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. Awards & Honors: 1st place in Classical and Contemporary in 2021 YAGP Boston Semifinals.

Born: Atlanta, GA.  Training: Paris Opera Ballet School, CNSMD of Paris, Sarasota Cuban ballet school.  Professional Experience: Miami City Ballet 2021-2025, Dance Theatre of Harlem (second season).  Repertoire: Works by George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Ratmansky, Jerome Robbins, John Cranko, Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa, Jamar Roberts, Claudia Schreier, Durante Verzola, Petipa, Bournonville, Saint-Leon.  Awards and honors: YAGP Toronto Grand Prix Award 2020, YAGP 2021 Finals top 12, YAGP 2021 International Finals 2nd place pas de deux.

Born: Atlanta, GA. Training: Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education; University of Oklahoma (BFA in Ballet Performance, magna cum laude, 2024); Summer Intensives: Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Boston Ballet, Charlotte Ballet, and Kansas City Ballet. Professional Experience: Oklahoma City Ballet II, Dance Theatre of Harlem (third season). Repertoire: Works by Jiří Kylián, William Forstythe, Jerome Robbins, Ryan Nye, Yury Yanowsky, George Balanchine, Septime Webre, Bruce Wells, Yuri Possokhov, and Robert Garland.  Education: Awards & Honors: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated Fruit of the Spirit Award. Recipient of the OU School of Dance 4-year Merit scholarship, Outstanding Senior award, and the Juli Busken Dance Scholarship award. 

Born: Los Angeles, CA. Training: Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet, School of American Ballet. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (sixth season). Kamala is a recipient of the Grow Annenberg Fellowship and a full scholarship for the School of American Ballet. She received 1st place Award for Training and the Performance Scholarship at the 2018 Bolshoi Ballet Academy and placed 2nd in the Classical category at the 2016 Youth American Grand Prix Paris, France.

Born: Los Angeles, CA. Training: Up Studio under the direction of Alicia Head, the Colburn School under the direction of Silas Farley, Dance Theatre of Harlem School, Barnard College Dance Department.  Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (second season). Repertoire: George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Merce Cunningham, Silas Farley, Antonio Carmena, Houston Thomas, Durante Verzola, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Da’Von Doane, Emily Kikta.

Born: Redwood City, CA. Training: Lise la Cour's LaCademy, Fordham University/The Ailey School. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (sixth season). Repertoire: Works by George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Nacho Duato, Robert Garland, Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa, Robert Bondara, & Arthur Mitchell. Ms. Washington was in the music video “Witchy” by Kaytranada with Childish Gambino and the Amazon Prime series “Étoile”. She is the recipient of the Alvin Ailey Artistic Scholarship.

Born: Houston, TX. Training: Chamberlain School of Ballet, Booker T Washington HSPVA , Miami City Ballet School, Jacobs’ Pillow Summer Program. Professional experience: Guest Artist, Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem (second season). Repertoire includes works by Robert Garland, Jodie Gates, Durante Verzola, Alexei Ratmansky, and Margarita Armas.

Born: Louisiana. Training: Infiniti Performing Arts Center, Indiana Ballet Conservatory, Orlando Ballet School. Professional Experience: Orlando Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem (sixth season). Repertoire includes work by Robert Garland, George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Claudia Schreier, Geoffrey Holder, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Helen Pickett, Tiffany Rae Fisher, Nacho Duato, Jodie Gates, Stanton Welch, Victoria Morgan, and Jessica Lang.  Awards & honors: David was a finalist at Beijing International Ballet and Choreography Competition 2019.

Born: Seattle, WA. Training: Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Joffrey Ballet Trainee Program, NY.  Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem, (first season, guest artist). Repertoire: Swan Lake, Birthday Variations, and George Balanchine’s Nutcracker.

Born: Southfield, MI.  Training: The Zone Dance Center, LLC, Eisenhower Dance Detroit, and Peggy Wright. Education: Currently pursuing a Dance BFA at The Juilliard School. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (first season Guest Artist), Shades Dance Theatre, apprenticed with Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Repertoire: "Love Rocks" by Dwight Rhoden, "Red Man" in Martha Graham's "Diversion of Angels", "DUO" by William Forsythe, and works choreographed by Jamar Roberts, Jenn Freeman, Rennie Harris, Lauren Lovette. 

Born: Brooklyn, NY. Training: School of American Ballet. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (second season guest artist). Repertory includes George Balanchine's Serenade, Coppelia, Raymonda Variations, Concerto Barocco. Awards and honors: The American Dance Initiative Scholarship to attend The School of American Ballet. The Carolyn Lewis Wright Scholarship by The School of American Ballet, and Grant of Merit from the Arthur Mitchell Foundation.

Born: Berkeley, CA. Training: Oakland School for the Arts, Contemporary Undergraduate Program at UNCSA. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem, (1^st season) Vitacca Ballet (3 seasons). Repertoire: Includes works by Garret Smith, Autumn Eckman, Alana Jones, Robyn Mineko, Micaela Taylor, Cherie Barton, Hélène Simoneau, Robert Battle, Martha Graham, &  José Limón. Awards & honors: Pointe Magazine - 12 Standout Performances of 2023,  Vitacca Ballet, Hypnotic Forces by Garrett Smith.

Born: Pittsburgh, PA. Training: Abby Lee Dance Company, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Richmond Ballet Trainee. Summer Intensives: Joffrey Ballet, ABT, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Richmond Ballet. Professional experience: Conflux Dance Theater, Charlotte Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem (second season guest artist). Repertoire: Works by George Balanchine, Robert Garland, Keith Lee, Shannon Alvis, Stoner Winslet and Edward Stierle. Awards & Honors: 2018 Changing lives through Dance Full scholarship granted by Marcia Dale Weary.

Born: New York, NY. Training: The Professional Performing Arts School, The Ailey School, MOVE|NYC| Young Professionals Program, The Juilliard School. Professional Experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (first season guest artist) Staatsballett Hannover, Sharon Eyal's "R.O.S.E" at the Park Avenue Armory, Kinky Boots on Broadway, Nickelodeon's Black History Month Campaign Honoring Misty Copeland, -Macy's Back to School Dance Commercial, Sesame Street. Repertoire:  "Duo (Extended)" by William Forsythe, "R.O.S.E" by Sharon Eyal, "Studies on a Farewell" by Kyle Abraham, "In Creases" by Justin Peck, I'm Afraid to Forget Your Smile by Imre & Marne VanOpstal, "Falling Empire" by Johannes Wieland, "Swan Lake" by Goyo Montero, and works by Ethan Colangelo, Aszure Barton, Caili Quan, Micaela Taylor, Sidra Bell, Amos Ben-Tal, Yin Yue. Awards and honors: 2021 YoungArts Finalist (Modern/Contemporary), 2024 Lorna Strassler Student Excellence Award
 

Born: Michigan   Training: Grand Rapids Ballet, Berrends Dance Center.   Education: B.F.A University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Professional experience: Dance Theatre of Harlem (first season Guest Artist). Repertoire: Concerto Barocco by George Balanchine, Ben Stevenson's Sleeping Beauty, Shostakovich Suite by Endalyn T. Outlaw, Gardens That We Watered for Us by Sidra Bell, Ilya Kozadayev's Nutcracker.