Carmela Arcidi is a recent graduate of Marymount Manhattan College where she obtained a BFA in Dance- Choreography and a Minor in Business Management in May 2024. At Marymount, Carmela performed in works by Zvi Gotheiner, Alberto Del Saz, Rodney Hamilton, Karen Gayle, Sidra Bell, and Jan Dijkwel as well as various student works. In the Spring of 2024, Carmela collaborated with Rena Butler at Marymount Manhattan Dance Department’s Senior Showcase. Additionally, she has received training with Flockworks at Orsolina 28, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Parsons Dance, MOVE|NYC, Peridance, Boston Dance Theater, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and The Ailey School. Carmela choreographed for “Dancers at Work” and “Works In Progress”.

Samantha Bass’s photography reflects her passion for global exploration and conservation, depicting animals, indigenous peoples and cultures, and landscapes. She uses photography as a tool to invite reflection, creating awareness, and connecting us to our fellow beings and animals.

Her photographs of the animal agriculture industry explore the relationship between humans and animals as well as where our food comes from, and have appeared in group shows in museums and galleries in New York and Lausanne.

She holds an MFA in Photography from Yale University and a BA from Vassar College. She has worked as a photojournalist and currently lives in New York with her 16-year-old son who accompanies her on expeditions and shares her love for the natural world.

Ashley Bromfield, born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, is a former soloist of the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica. During her eight years with the company, she has performed choreographies by the likes of Clive Thompson, Hope Boykin, Troy Powell and Rex Nettleford. Bromfield premiered contemporary works for NDT’s Juliano Nunes and Abarukas Dance. A current, dancer with Graham 2, this is her first season with BDT.

Alyssa Bulin (she/her) is a New York City based dancer from Chicago, Illinois. She received her BFA in 2022 from Marymount Manhattan College with a concentration in Ballet and a minor in Business Management. She continued her training by attending BJM360 (Ballet Jazz Montreal) summer intensive in 2023 led by Alexandra Damiani. Alyssa has performed works by Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Peter Chu, Jessica Lang and Gregory Dolbashian. In 2023, she performed at the Ohio Dance Festival as well as the New York City Art Bath Salon Series, directed by Mara Driscoll and Elizabeth Yilmaz of the Metropolitan Opera and is currently a freelance artist in New York City.

Preston Chamblee is a soloist at New York City Ballet. He was born in Wendell, North Carolina and began his dance training at the age of 14 at the Raleigh School of Ballet under Mary Legere and Pablo Perez. He continued his training at the International Ballet Academy in Apex, North Carolina from 2010 to 2013.

Mr. Chamblee studied at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, during the 2012 and 2013 summer courses, and enrolled as a full-time student in 2013.

Stephanie Diani grew up wanting to be Indiana Jones, and so graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Classical Archaeology from UC Santa Barbara —

— only to then realize her true passion was photography. A self-taught photographer, she began her career as a staffer for various California newspapers and as a West Coast freelancer for the New York Times. As assignments with celebrities increased, her reputation as a talented photographer who understood the idiosyncrasies of the entertainment industry grew.

Solenn Etienne was born in Guadeloupe and grew up surrounded by the embracing generous Caribbean culture, which allowed her to gain a profound and pure connection to nature and spirituality. Attracted by the vibrating energy of New York City she then joined the Ailey school in 2021 and graduated in May 2024. Solenn studied the repertory from Hofesh Shechter Company, Martha Graham Company, Cleo Parker Robinson Ensemble and worked with choreographers such as Juliano Nunes, Florian Lochner and Alice Klock, Ronald K. Brown and Norbert De La Cruz. Solenn aspires to evolve and to assert herself in the modern dance world, by freeing her unique expression while transcending her physical limits.

German cellist Dorothea Figueroa has been Associate Principal Cellist of the Metropolitan Opera since February 2002. She gave her solo debut at the Gewandhaus with the Dvořák Concerto in 2000, and returned in 2004 to the sold out hall performing the Haydn D Concerto to critical acclaim. She gave concerts at Mendelssohn and Bach Houses in Leipzig, Mozarteum, Kaisersaal München, and Cité de la Musique in Paris. She joined Gewandhaus String Quartet for a German “castle tour,” and toured with a clarinet quintet founded at Juilliard. After winning Germany’s National Competition Jugend musiziert with her cello quartet they toured all Europe. She performed in the III. World Cello Congress, the Chamber Music Society NY and the Verbier Festival, where she has been on faculty since 2009, and a founding member in 2001. Other festival appearances include Schleswig-Holstein, Oberstdorf, Salzburg, Ljubljana, and Kronberg. Before receiving her Master´s from Juilliard in 2001 under H. Shapiro, she studied in Leipzig with M. Moosdorf and at CNS de Paris with P. Muller.

Principal cellist with the Metropolitan opera since 1995, Rafael Figueroa has appeared as a soloist and as a chamber musician throughout the U.S. , Europe , South and Central Americas, Korea and Japan. He is the winner of many distinguished competitions and awards including the First Prize at the Gregor Piatigorsky Competition in Boston, The Bronze Medal at the International Pablo Casals Competition in Budapest and winner of the concerto competition at the Third American Cello Congress.

Telly Jaswan Fowler is a dancer, choreographer, educator and scholar, whose artistic journey began at age 16 in Chicago under the mentorship of Randy Duncan at the Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance Theater. He honed his craft at Curie Metropolitan High School for the Performing and Creative Arts, before earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance from The Ohio State University. Fowler furthered his studies by obtaining a Master of Fine Arts in Dance Performance and Choreography from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He was a principal dancer with Ronald K. Brown's Evidence, A Dance Company, where he also held the roles of rehearsal director and assistant to the choreographer. He set many works such as *Grace* and *Serving Nia* for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and *No More Exotica* for Philadanco. He has collaborated with choreographers Camille A. Brown, Earl Mosley, Kevin Iega Jeff, Gary Abbott, Donald McKayle, and Irene Hultman. Fowler has also made significant contributions as a dance educator, teaching a wide range of techniques and styles in universities and communities worldwide. His dedication to the arts extended to touring with Disney Theatrical Productions’ Cheetah Tour of *The Lion King* from 2006 to 2008.

Erin Gonzales is from Southern California and began her dance training at California Dance Theatre, performing with Pacific Festival Ballet under the direction of Kim Maselli. She graduated from SUNY Purchase in 2023 with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Legal Studies. At Purchase she had the privilege to perform works by George Balanchine, Norbert De La Cruz III, and Ja’Malik. After graduating, Erin joined Ballet Hispànico in their Pa’Lante Scholars program, performing at Carnegie Hall and New York City Center. Erin has attended intensive programs including Gaga Lab in Tel Aviv, Israel and Ballet Hispanico’s ChoreoLaB. She also has experience in film and television, dancing in music videos for artists including Olivia Rodrigo, Zolita, and Apple TV’s show “Loot”.

Julia Grady is an 11-year-old from Westchester, NY. She began her dance journey with Irish step dancing before transitioning to ballet at age six. Julia attends ballet classes at Greenwich Ballet Academy. Her dedication to dance led her to attend summer intensives with American Ballet Theatre and Ellison Ballet, refining her technique and artistry. Beyond dance, Julia is an accomplished percussionist, performing across various musical genres, from classical to heavy metal. She also has a passion for and is actively involved in musical theatre.

Lauren Jaeger is a magna cum laude graduate of Marymount Manhattan College with a BFA in Dance. Lauren has toured both nationally and internationally as a member of MOMIX, Buglisi Dance Theatre, Michael Mao Dance, Suzzanne Ponomarenko Dance, and Catapult. Lauren is a Rehearsal Director for Buglisi’s Table of Silence Project, which is performed each year on September 11th at Lincoln Center. She has also performed with Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, ACB Dance, Ballet Ambassadors, Alma Dance, and as a guest artist with Eva Dean Dance. Lauren has been a guest artist and master teacher for the Festival Della Danza, Citta` Di Adelfia, and the Fini Dance Festival in Southern Italy. In addition to her performance work, Lauren teaches for several schools including The Joffrey Ballet School, Peridance Capezio Center, and the Greenwich Dance Studio. Most recently, with Suzzanne Ponomarenko Dance, she taught and performed as a volunteer at a women’s and children’s shelter in Xela, Guatemala.

Lindsay Jorgensen is a NYC-based performing artist, teacher, and choreographer. Regarding her concert dance career, Jorgensen has performed at Lincoln Center, the David H. Koch Theatre, Battery Park Dance Festival, Asbury Park Dance Festival, and works by Alvin Ailey, Paul Taylor, Robert Battle, Patrick Delcroix, Blakeley White-Maguire, and Michael Trusnovec.

Jason Kittelberger hails from Rochester, New York, where he began training and performing at Performance Plus, Draper School of Dance and School of the Arts, studying dance, acting, musical theater and production design, and where he had plentiful opportunities to perform, choreograph and create.

Stacey-Jo Marine is a stage manager, production manager, company manager and lighting designer. She has worked in over 35 countries and all 50 states touring with dance and theater companies, corproate and private events. Memorable collaborations include John Jasperse Projects "Visitation", Paul Taylor Dance Company (1995 - 2022), Martha Graham Dance Company (2012 - 2015), Purchase College Dance Corps (2000 - 2012), STOMP (1st North American Tour), Richard Move’s Martha @ series (U.S. and abroad), Dance by Neil Greenberg (NYC & Los Angeles), and Reza Abdoh’s “Tight, Right, White” (Europe and NYC). Most recently she was the production manger and company manager for "The Night Falls" at Montclair State University.

Peter Mazurowski is a freelance artist based in New York. At age 13, he made his Broadway debut as Billy in Billy Elliot: the Musical. He played the title role in over 140 performances and was part of the closing cast. Peter later danced as a junior apprentice for Urbanity Dance and was a trainee with Boston Ballet. He joined Charlotte Ballet as a first company member in 2016, where he danced for five seasons under the direction of Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Hope Muir. He later joined Benjamin Millepied’s LA Dance Project as a company member in 2021, where he danced for three seasons. Throughout his professional career, Peter has been fortunate enough to perform works by Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Johan Inger, Bobbi Jene Smith & Or Schraiber, Alonzo King, Christian Spuck, Salia Sanou, Medhi Walerski, Pam Tanowitz, Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine and many others. He is currently a freelance artist and was most recently seen as a guest artist with PARA.MAR Dance Theatre in Chicago, where he performed works by Stephanie Martinez and Bryan Arias.

For over thirty years, critically-acclaimed, international award-winning theatrical lighting and scenery designer Jack Mehler has been creating unique performance environments for theatre, dance, and related events. Jack develops specific designs which support the intentions, needs and aspirations of each project which create environments that transport an audience. His work has been recognized by The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, New York Magazine and many others. In 2012 and 2013, he received the Korean Musical Theatre Award for Lighting Designer of the Year (The Korean version of the Tony).

Daede Ott is a NYC based dancer and choreographer. He graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts in Contemporary Dance and Emphasis in Choreography from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Daede was cast in Aszure Barton’s world premiere of ‘Ellipsis’ as well as an excerpt from ‘LIFT’, Victor Quijada’s ‘Enter Woven’, Loni Landon’s ‘Collide’, and Jennifer Archibald’s choreographic debut for KCON LA. He also worked with Jimmy Viera, Kurt Douglas, Brian McGinnis, Ruka Hatua-Saar White, Anthony Burrell, Thang Dao, and Heather Stewart of little house dance. Daede will perform at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston with little house dance as a guest artist in early November.

ISABELLA PAGANO is a NYC based dancer and recent alumnas of Purchase College, graduating summa cum laude with a B.F.A in dance. Her passion and love for movement was first cultivated by the teachers of National Dance Institute from grades 4-8. From there, she began her first years of pre-professional training at LaGuardia High School, during which she also studied in the Teens Program at the Graham School. She has performed works by Bob Fosse, Martha Graham, Bill T. Jones, MICHIYAYA, Blakeley White-McGuire, Caterina Rago, Darshan Bhuller, and Joseph Hernandez. This is her second season with Buglisi Dance Theater.

Luciana Paris is a Soloist Dancer with American Ballet Theater. She has been dancing with ABT since 2001, and has been performing as a guest artist throughout the world.
Alysa Bulin pls add this hovering text:Alyssa Bulin (she/her) is a New York City based dancer from Chicago, Illinois. She received her BFA in 2022 from Marymount Manhattan College with a concentration in Ballet and a minor in Business Management. She continued her training by attending BJM360 (Ballet Jazz Montreal) summer intensive in 2023 led by Alexandra Damiani. Alyssa has performed works by Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Peter Chu, Jessica Lang and Gregory Dolbashian. In 2023, she performed at the Ohio Dance Festival as well as the New York City Art Bath Salon Series, directed by Mara Driscoll and Elizabeth Yilmaz of the Metropolitan Opera and is currently a freelance artist in New York City.

David Quinn, Costume Designer for Second Salt, is a fashion and costume designer working in a variety of mediums from theatre, dance, and film to burlesque and red carpets. Quinn's theatre work has appeared in numerous traditional and non-traditional venues across America and internationally. In 2017 his work on Jack was described as “jaw-dropping” (Travelance) and “glorious“ (Time Out NY). In 2022 his costumes for Dick Rivington were hailed as “brilliantly inventive“ by the NY Times. Quinn has designed dance costumes in collaboration with NYC-based choreographers and soloists including The Martha Graham Company, Merce Cunningham, and Stanley Love. Dance View Times said, ”Quinn is cutting and draping and coloring the most beautiful dance costumes to be found in New York.”

Amar Ramasar is an American ballet dancer and former principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. Ramasar joined the NYCB as an apprentice in 2000 and joined the corps de ballet in 2001. As of 2010, Ramasar remained the only person of color who was a principal in NYCB.

Gianna Reisen is a choreographer and movement director based in New York City. She began her journey as a student at the School of American Ballet where she studied the Balanchine technique for seven years. Gianna’s passion for dance-making developed during the creation process of her very first piece for SAB’s Student Choreographic Workshop. Soon after showcasing her work at the school, she was asked to participate in the Fall Session of the New York Choreographic Institute where she presented her first ensemble ballet, Hexapoda.

Jacob Rodriguez - Jacob Rodriguez currently a Junior studying dance at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City. Jacob is a multifaceted dancer studying Ballet, Modern, Contemporary, Jazz, Tap and Hip Hop. Jacob also studies at The Ailey School in the Junior Division Program as well as the Pre-Professional Program at Move NYC. Jacob started dancing at the age of five and developed a his passion for dance at TKO Dance Academy. He has attended Summer Intensives at American Ballet Theatre and Ballet Hispanico.

Gabi Roller is a dancer, singer & actor and a recent graduate from the Steps Conservatory. Her foundation in the performing arts began in the theatre, performing professionally with regional theatres such as Casa Manana and Lyric Stage. Gabi most recently worked on “The Prom” at Sharon Playhouse as Associate Choreographer and Dance Captain. Gabi has had the pleasure of performing the work of many wonderful artists, including Al Blackstone, Billy Griffin, Katie Drablos, and Krystyna Resavy.

Valentina Rudkevich is a ballet student from Greenwich, CT. Her love of ballet stemmed her love for music; she was always moving perfectly to the beat! Valentina studies dance at Greenwich Ballet Academy and has completed summer programs at Miami City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and most recently, The Ellison Ballet. She has performed for many years inThe Nutcracker, and will be portraying the Soldier Doll in Greenwich Ballet Academy’s Nutcracker production this November. Valentina’s credits also include: Sleeping Beauty, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

GRACE SAUTTER, born and raised in New York City, began her dance training at Steps on Broadway before attending Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Fordham University with a Double Major in English and Dance from Alvin Ailey. She has spent her summers training at LINES, The Verdon Fosse Legacy Professional Training Program, Hubbard Street, and most recently the Jacob's Pillow Musical Theater Program. She is currently dancing with Graham 2 and joined BDT in 2022.

Vinícius Silva is a Brazilian dancer and artist. He began professionally training at The Harid Conservatory in Florida and The Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington, D.C. In 2014 he became a Prix de Lausanne laureate and received an invitation to study in Stuttgart, Germany at the John Cranko Schule. Vinícius danced with the Stuttgart Ballet in works by Marcia Haydée, and John Cranko. With degrees in both classical and contemporary dance, Vinícius graduated as a state-approved dancer. After graduation, he became a member of Tulsa Ballet Theater, where he performed in classical productions of Swan Lake, Don Quixote,The Nutcracker, and he was also featured in Alexander Ekman’s “Cacti”. Later, Vinícius joined L.A. Dance Project under the direction of Benjamin Millepied. There, performing as Tybalt in Millepied’s “Romeo and Juliet,” Vinícius received mentions in The New York Times, Elle France and Flaunt Magazine. He is featured in Doug Aitken’s video installation “Flag and Debris” that was screened at La Biennale di Venezia in 2021. Additionally, Vinicius Silva had the honor to perform at Palais d’Elysées, in Paris, as a guest of Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron, for “Mardis de l’elysée”. Vinicius is currently a freelance artist based in New York City.

Eriko Sugimura was born in Japan and moved to Hong Kong at the age of 4. She began her dance training at a local studio under the direction of Akiko Takahashi (RCBA) and learned Contemporary/Modern dance from Tomoko Imanaka. At 19, she moved to New York City with a full scholarship to train at the Peridance Capezio Center. Eriko joined Peridance Contemporary Dance Company in 2016 under the direction of Igal Perry. In 2017, Eriko joined Complexions Contemporary Ballet under the direction of Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson. As a lead dancer for Complexions Contemporary Ballet from 2017 to 2022, Eriko performed on some of the world’s most famous stages. Eriko is an ABT® Certified Teacher. She has been teaching ballet, contemporary dance, improvisation, partnering, directing, and choreographing internationally for 10 years. Currently, she works for American Youth Dance Theater and Sunnyside Ballet and she is a guest teacher at Connecticut Dance School.

Simran Vilain began dancing at the age of 7 in a private school in southern France. Initially trained in ballet, her interest quickly expanded to modern dance and jazz.

After completing her Baccalauréat, Simran made a pivotal move to New York to attend the Ailey School, where she pursued the Certificate Program. During this time, she had the opportunity to perform pieces created by renowned choreographers such as Norbert De LaCruz, Ronald K. Brown, Avree Walker, and Ray Mercer. Today, Simran is both a dancer and choreographer, performing on prestigious stages such as Brooklyn Paramount and Madison Square Garden.

Sydney Williams began her dance journey at a young age, training in various styles at her home studio in Atlanta, Georgia. During high school, she ventured into commercial dance appearing in TV and film productions including Tyler Perry’s “A Jazzman’s Blues” and Showtime's “The Resident”. Sydney has also graced prestigious stages such as The Apollo Theater and Radio City Music Hall. To further her concert dance training, she moved to New York City upon receiving a scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet School’s trainee program. She is currently in her third year as part of the Jazz & Contemporary Trainee Program and her second year with the Joffrey Concert Group, both under the direction of Bradley Shelver. Sydney's recent endeavors include JCG’s annual “In My Art” performance with choreographers Vernard Gilmore, Eryn Renee Young, and Bradley Shelver. As well as performing in the Bryant Park Summer Stage with JCG.

Eric Winterling directs a talented team of master drapers, dressmakers and stitchers who construct each costume by hand, with an unwavering attention to detail and quality. In addition to custom dressmaking, our in-house team are experts in beading and embroidery, fabric dyeing, costume aging, tailoring and sourcing.