Professional Dance Experience
The Joffrey Ballet - Artistic Directors
2003 - 2007 Gerald Arpino
2007 - 2018 Ashley Wheater
Performances
Romeo and Juliet - John Cranko
Romeo and Juliet - Krzysztof Pastor
Tensile Involvement - Alwin Nikolais
Light Rain - Gerald Arpino
Square Dance - George Balanchine
Petrouchka - Naijinsky
The Nutcracker - Robert Joffrey
Le Sacre du Printemps - Naijinsky
NY Export: Opus Jazz - Jerome Robbins
Viva Vivaldi - Gerald Arpino
Tulle - Alexander Ekman
Celebration - Gerald Arpino
The Dream - Sir. Frederick Ashton
Motown Suite* - Donald Byrd
Sometimes it Snows in April - Laura Dean
Cinderella - Sir. Frederick Ashton
Les Presages - Leonide Massine
The Green Table - Kurt Jooss
Lacrymosa - Edward Sterlie
To Know Her* - Donald Byrd
Giselle - Marius Petipa
Lilac Gardan - Antony Tudor
Offenbach in the Underworld - Antony Tudor
Postcards - Robert Joffrey
Cloven Kingdom - Paul Taylor
Waterbaby Bagatelles - Twyla Tharp
Smile with my heart - Lar Lubovitch
Round of Angels - Gerald Arpino
Trinity - Gerald Arpino
Age of Innocence* - Edward Liang
In the Night - Jerome Robbins
Les Noces - Nijinska
Valses Poeticos - Helgi Tomasson
Carousel (A Dance) - Christopher Wheeldon
Aria - Val Caniparoli
Crossed* - Jessica Lang
Pretty BALLET* - James Kudelka
Stravinsky Violin Concerto - George Balanchine
After the Rain - Christopher Wheeldon
The Concert - Jerome Robbins
The Merry Widow - Ronald Hynd
Bells* - Yuri Possokhov
Woven Dreams* - Edward Liang
Don Quixote - Yuri Possokhov
Infra - Wayne McGregor
Incantations* - Val Caniparoli
Othello - Lar Lubovitch
No Other - Val Caniparoli
Forgotten Land - Jiri Kylian
Son of Chamber Symphony* - Stanton Welch
Nine Sinatra Songs - Twyla Tharp
Hobson’s Choice - David Bintley
Serenade - David Justin
La Bayadere - Stanton Welch
Crossing Ashland - Brock Clawson
Raku - Yuri Possokhov
The Nutcrcker* - Christopher Wheeldon
*Creation of Original Choreograph
Awards and Honors
2006: Pointe Magazine VIP List, Shinning Stars of 2006
2003: Jeannot B. Cerrone Award for Excellence in Performance, The Harid Conservatory
2002: Rudolf Nureyev Education Fellowship, The Harid Conservatory
2001: North American Ballet Festival Scholarship Winner, American Dance Awards
2000: America’s Teen Male Dancer of the Year National Title, American Dance Awards
Other Professional Endavors
1999-2000 Central District and All State Choir, State of Massachusetts
2012 - Member of The Joffrey Ballet Marketing Committee
2012 - Present Sole Proprietor of dancingpainter.com
2010 American Repertory Ensemble Guest Artist
Training
2001-2003: The Harid Conservatory, Gordon Wright, director
Ballet, men’s class, pas de deux, repertoire, modern, character, Pilates.
Other courses: dance history, fundamentals of music
Teachers: Olivier Pardina, Svetlana Osiyeva, (ballet); Tara Mitton Catao
(modern); Bertha Valentin (character)
1995-2000: Betty Gundersen Studio of Dance, Betty Gundersen, director
Ballet, jazz, modern, lyrical, tap, hip hop, Acro
Teachers: Betty Gundersen, Sheri Moore-Nikitas, Berni Courtney, Donna Lindgren,
Chammani Moasa, Peter DeHart, Julia Wroble, Mitzie Salem