Tyler Angle was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and began his dance training at the age of nine with Deborah Anthony at the Allegheny Ballet Company.

He entered the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, full-time in the fall of 2001.

In the fall of 2003, Mr. Angle became an apprentice with New York City Ballet.

As an apprentice, he danced a featured role in Michel Fokine’s Chopiniana, performed by SAB as part of New York City Ballet’s winter 2004 season. Mr. Angle joined New York City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in June 2004.

He was promoted to the rank of soloist in December 2007 and in October 2009 was promoted to principal dancer.

Aaron hails from Fredericksburg, Virginia where he began his ballet training at age 11. He completed his training with renowned ballet teachers such as Violette Verdy, Suzanne Farrell, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, and Jacques Cesbron and simultaneously earned Bachelor’s degrees in Biology and Ballet at Indiana University.

Aaron was invited to join Philadelphia Ballet in 2015 and quickly began performing leading roles including Basilio in Angel Corella’s Don Quixote, Tybalt in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo & Juliet, and Waltz boy in George Balanchine’s Serenade. The formative years of Aaron’s career were dominated by opportunities to perform diverse icons of ballet including work by Jerome Robbins, Alexander Ekman, Ben Stevenson, Liam Scarlett, and Christopher Wheeldon.

Aaron joined Alberta Ballet as a Soloist in 2021 and is thrilled to be entertaining audiences in his new home in Canada. He is particularly proud of his work as the title role in Artistic Director Emeritus Jean Grand-Maître’s PHI, the reimagined title role in Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Botero, and revisiting Basilio in Francesco Ventriglia’s new production of Don Quixote which debuted in May 2025. Aaron was promoted to Principal Dancer in March 2024 and is humbled by the range of dance work he has been able to perform for audiences across Canada.

Denise brings her life’s experience to Northeast Youth Ballet. Born in Melrose, Massachusetts, Cecere began her dance training under the direction of her mother, Sandra McNaught, at the Northeast School of Ballet. Later she became a scholarship student at the Boston Repertory Ballet, under the direction of Samuel Kurkjian, Boston Ballet, under the direction of E. Virginia Williams and Violette Verdy, and the School of American Ballet, under the direction of George Balanchine. She performed with Boston Ballet, Ballet Theater of Boston, and North Star Ballet in Fairbanks, Alaska. Her principal roles include The Nutcracker, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Flower Festival, many neo-classical and contemporary works. Her guest appearances have taken her internationally. In 1991 Cecere was a participant in Japan’s 1st International Choreographer’s Competition. In 1996 Cecere founded Northeast Youth Ballet. As Artistic Director, she is committed to the cultural development of future generations. It is her mission to educate, inspire, and create opportunities for young aspiring dancers. Cecere has endeavored to provide programs and performances designed specifically for children. NYB has a repertoire of classical, neoclassical, contemporary and modern works. Cecere has choreographed over 35 ballets for the young company and has invited award-winning choreographers to share their work with the school and company. Her collaboration with Boston Musica Viva, under the direction of Richard Pittman, has produced many full-length ballets including “A Boston Cinderella”, “Three Little Pigs”, “Ma Goose”, “The Wrong Child”, “Druddigon” and “Paul Revere’s Ride” by contemporary composers. For the past 25 years, Cecere has continued to display the young company’s diversity both at home and abroad. Cecere is currently director of the Northeast School of Ballet, the official training school of the Northeast Youth Ballet, where she has been teaching ballet technique for over 30 years. Her students have gone on to perform, teach, and choreograph for world-class dance organizations.

Michael Deeb Weaver is an accomplished dancer, actor, instructor, and choreographer based in Buffalo, NY. His experience as a performer ranges from concert dance to musical theatre to commercial work – and (almost) everything in between. He holds a BFA in Dance from the University at Buffalo, and is a faculty member at both UB and at Nazareth College, teaching jazz, tap, and musical theatre dance styles. Michael’s performance credits have taken him all over the world, including National Tours of A Chorus Line (Mike), and Young Frankenstein the Musical (Swing). As a member of the Actors’ Equity Association, he has served as Dance Captain, Assistant Choreographer, and/or Assistant Director for productions of Kinky Boots, Thoroughly Modern Millie, My Fair Lady, Gypsy, Mame, and Young Frankenstein the Musical (West Coast regional premiere). Additional regional theatre credits include West Side Story, Hello, Dolly!, Saturday Night Fever, Singin’ in the Rain, The Wizard of Oz, A Chorus Line, Joseph…, and Beauty and the Beast. In addition to numerous industrials, Michael has performed for Celebrity Cruises and Six Flags. In 2017, he was part of the pre-Broadway choreography lab of Beetlejuice the Musical. These experiences have allowed him to work with notable directors and choreographers like Baz Luhrmann, Connor Gallagher, Baayork Lee, Jeff Whiting, Jeffry Denman, Marc Robin, and Susan Stroman. Michael’s choreography has most recently been featured on the famous Las Vegas Strip as a part of Picturesque, a new burlesque tap revue. In 2021 he co-directed and choreographed for The Center in Motion, a filmed dance concert at the University at Buffalo’s Center for the Arts. He has also set choreography on UB’s Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble, and was a guest instructor at Montclair State University. Nationally, Michael has served as an instructor and adjudicator for dance conventions including Platinum National Dance Competition and Turn it Up Dance Challenge. Additionally, he has held positions as a faculty member and choreographer for award-winning dance studios across the country.

Anna Gerberich started her ballet training at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet under the direction of Marcia Dale Weary and was fortunate to have a gratifying professional career spanning 17 years. She danced with Charlotte Ballet, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, The Bad Boys of Dance, and The Joffrey Ballet. During the course of Anna’s training and profession, she was privileged to experience the knowledge and guidance of Martine Van Hamel, Patricia McBride, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Tom Mossbrucker, and Ashley Wheater. Anna also got to work with various talented choreographers that shaped her as a dancer. She won awards and competitions, helped charities, and guested at many exciting venues worldwide, including Convent Gardens in London and The Kennedy Center Honors. Anna has taught various dance forms at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, the University of Chicago, the Joffrey Ballet School, and Chautauqua Institution. She makes sure a strong technique is addressed, but her main focus is the development of artistry to elevate the artist’s performance.

Kati Hanlon Mayo trained at The Boston School of Ballet under the direction of E. Virginia Williams & Violette Verdy. At the age of 15, she became a member of Boston Ballet 2 and performed regularly with The Boston Ballet. In 1992, Kati was invited by Salvatore Aiello to join North Carolina Dance Theatre (now Charlotte Ballet) as a principal dancer. That same summer, she also became a member of The Chautauqua Ballet Company under the direction of Jean Pierre Bonnefoux. Throughout her 17-year career at Charlotte Ballet Kati performed principal roles in ballets choreographed by George Balanchine, Alonzo King, Alvin Ailey, William Forsythe, Dwight Rhoden, Agnes DeMille, Jacqueline Buglisi, Jean Pierre Bonnefoux and Nacho Duato. In 2000 and 2004, Kati was named Best Performing Artist by Charlotte Magazine. The New York Times reviewed that she “ruled the stage with benign classical authority” and Dance Magazine heralded her as a “performer of stunning versatility and dramatic power.” Kati began teaching at the Charlotte Ballet Academy upon its inception in 1993. She is currently an instructor for the main company along with the Advanced and Pre-Professional Division. Many of her students have gone on to professional careers with companies throughout the world, including: New York City Ballet, Nederland Dans Theater, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet and Houston Ballet. Kati has been a guest teacher for The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The Chautauqua Institution, Regional Dance America and she is a repetiteur for the Salvatore Aiello Trust. She is a certified instructor of Dance for Parkinson’s Disease through The Mark Morris Dance Group and she also completed her instructor certification with Progressing Ballet Technique.

Joseph Jefferies is Assistant Director to NSB’s Conservatory Program. He has served as director of Portland Ballet Summer Dance Program and has taught master classes and workshops at ballet schools across the country. Mr Jefferies is an award-winning choreographer creating over 30 works for companies including Ballet Memphis, Miami City Ballet, Peoria Ballet, Ballet Trockadero, Harid Conservatory, Ballet Yuma, Walnut Hill School for the Arts and Northeast Youth Ballet. He has won the RDA Emerging Choreographer scholarship twice and had his work selected and performed for New York City’s Ballet Builders Showcase and for the RDA National Convention in Montreal, Canada. As a professional dancer Joseph was a member of Ballet Memphis dancing the lead roles in Swan Lake, Giselle, Coppelia and Cinderella. As a member of Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo he toured the world performing in over 25 different countries. Mr Jefferies currently is on faculty at Northeast School of Ballet and Guest Faculty for Chautautqua Dance Institute.

SeHyun Jin is from South Korea and began her ballet training when she was ten years old and continued her training at the Daejeon Art High School. In 2009, she was accepted into the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. on both artistic and academic scholarships. While in Washington, D.C., Ms. Jin also trained at the Kennedy Center Master Class Series where she was awarded the Certificate of Merit from the National Society of Arts and Letters in recognition for her impeccable technique. After she graduated from Kirov Academy of Ballet, she was a member of the Milwaukee Ballet Company, a principal dancer of the Columbia Classical Ballet for 4 years, and Charleston City Ballet as a Soloist. Ms. Jin is a principal guest artist in Ann Brodie’s Carolina Ballet, Kingsport Ballet, and Charleston Ballet in WV. She received the Silver Medal (Professional Division) at the 2015 World Ballet Competition in Orlando. Past honors include third place at the Korea International Ballet Competition and the Seoul International Dance Competition in 2011. Since joining New Jersey Ballet in 2018, Ms. Jin has performed in George Balanchine’s Who Cares?, Concerto Barocco, Lauren Lovette’s Not Our Fate, Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain, Jerome Robbins’ In the night, Sugarplum Fairy and Snow Queen in the Nutcracker, Lilac Fairy from The Sleeping Beauty, and White Swan from Swan Lake. She has originated roles in Harrison Ball’s world premiere of Purcell Suite and Nine ancient strings and Pedro Ruiz’s Estancia.

A native of Armenia, Sarkis Kaltakhtchian began his ballet training at the Armenian Choreography Academy in Yerevan, where he studied the Vaganova method under Seda Yegorovna, Tatevik Gharibyan, Samuel Abramian, and Maxim Martirosyan. After graduating with honors, he joined the Armenian National Ballet Theater. In 1989, Mr.Kaltakhtchian was invited to join Ballet Classique De Montreal. As a Dancer he performed, with Banff Festival of the Arts, Classical Ballet of Costa Rica, Ottowa Ballet, Hartford Ballet, (NCDT) Charlotte Ballet, and Tulsa Ballet Theatre. During his tenure as a soloist and principal dancer, he had the opportunity to work with world-renowned teachers and choreographers Roudolf Kharatian, Alla Yevgenyevan Osipenko, Patricia McBride, Franco De Vita, Raymond Lukens, and many more. His repertory included the works of George Balanchine, Marius Petipa, Choo-San Goh, Alonzo King, Val Caniparoli, William Forsythe, Paul Taylor, Nacho Duato, and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. In July 1998, Kaltakhtchian performed for First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton at the White House Millennium Council. Mr. Kaltakhtchian started his teaching and choreographing career at Ballet Divertimento De Montreal, where he mastered his Vaganova method pedagogy under the guidance of Maxim Martirosian, former Artistic Director of Bolshoi Ballet Academy. In 2005, Mr. Kaltakhtchian became the Head Instructor for the Centre for Dance Education at Tulsa Ballet, and Director of Tulsa Ballet II, where he continued to further his teaching knowledge with Maestor Jacques Beltrame. He joined Charlotte Ballet Academy in 2010, was promoted to Artistic Vice Principal in 2014 where he created a curriculum for Charlotte Ballet Academy under the guidance of Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. In 2017, he joined the Hartt Community Division at the University of Hartford as a faculty, and in 2019 was promoted to Artistic and Education Director. He has been a guest teacher, and choreographer with the Chautauqua Institution in New York since 2008, and adjunct faculty member for Hartt’s BFA Dance Division since 2017. Some of the Mr.Kaltakhtchian’s former students has been accepted into prestigious universities, and companies like IU, OU, School of the Arts, The National Ballet of Canada, Hohg Kong Ballet, BalletMet, Charlotte Ballet, and more.

Carla Körbes was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and began her ballet training at age 5 with local teachers. At 11, she began studying at Ballet Vera Bublitz. In 1996, Peter Boal, former New York City Ballet (NYCB) principal dancer, danced with her as a guest artist of the school and encouraged her to come to New York to study at the School of American Ballet (SAB). For the 1997–98 academic year, her tuition was paid for by Alexandra Danilova so she could continue at SAB. In 1999, Körbes won the Mae. L. Wien Award and was made an apprentice with NYCB. She joined the company as a member of the corps de ballet in 2000 and was the Janice Levin Dancer Honoree for 2001–02. In 2005, she was promoted to soloist in and joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a soloist, being promoted to principal dancer there a year later. Körbes’ repertory included numerous ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon, William Forsythe, Alexei Ratmansky, and Twyla Tharp, among others. She also performed in most of ballet’s classical works, including Swan Lake, Giselle, and Don Quixote. Körbes last performed with Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2015. That same year, she joined the L.A. Dance Project as associate director and started teaching at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. She was a professor of music in ballet at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music from 2017-2022 and now serves as the Ballet Chair at Juilliard.

Isabella LaFreniere was born in Lambertville, Michigan, and began her dance training at the age of seven at the Northeast Academy of Dance under Giuseppe Canale and Scott Heinrich. At 11, she began studying with Anna Reznik and Alexei Kremnev, first at the Southold Dance Theatre in South Bend, Indiana, and then at the Joffrey Academy of Dance in Chicago, Illinois. She began studying at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, during the 2008 summer course, and enrolled as a full-time student during the 2010 winter term. She received additional training at the Chautauqua Institution and Pacific Northwest Ballet summer programs. Ms. LaFreniere became an apprentice with NYCB in August 2013 and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in June 2014. Ms. LaFreniere was promoted to the rank of soloist dancer in January 2022 and principal dancer in February 2023.

Jordan Leeper, a native of Jamestown, New York, began dancing at age 12 with the Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet and later studied at San Francisco Ballet. Leeper danced with Charlotte Ballet under the direction of Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride, performing at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts during Ballet Across America in 2013. He has performed works by Jiří Kylián, William Forsythe, Twyla Tharp, Jiří Bubeníček, Sasha Janes, Mark Diamond and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, among others. He has been a guest artist with Metropolitan Ballet Theatre and City Ballet of Wilmington. He also danced with Complexions Contemporary Ballet under Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson during the company’s 20th-anniversary season at the Joyce Theater in New York City.

Brooklyn Mack, of Elgin, South Carolina, is a world-renowned International Principal Guest Artist. He began his training at the age of twelve with Radenko Pavlovich and Milena Leben at Pavlovich Ballet School, and finished his training at the Kirov Academy of Ballet primarily under the tutelage of teachers Anatoli Kucheruk and Vladimir Djouloukhadze.

Mr. Mack has won numerous awards in recognition of his dancing prowess, such as The Senior Men’s Silver Medal at the 2006 Jackson, USA, IBC, The 2007 Princess Grace Fellowship Award, The Senior Men’s Silver Medal at the Helsinki IBC, The Grand Prix at the 2012 Istanbul IBC, The Gold Medal at the Boston IBC, and The Gold Medal at the 2012 Varna IBC, to name just a few.

Mr. Mack has also been featured on ABC, NBC, NPR, Ebony Magazine, listed in theGrio’s Top 100 (2014),and was named as a top “25 [dancers] to watch” by Dance Magazine (2012), and has received numerous glowing reviews from prominent publications around the world like The Washington, and The New York Times.

Mr. Mack has performed as a principal dancer all over the globe on the world’s greatest stages, with some of the world’s foremost preeminent ballet companies, including National Ballet of Ukraine, American Ballet Theatre, English National Ballet, and many more.

René Olivier’s professional career started in 1990 with the Natal Performing Arts Council, in South Africa. From there, she joined Alberta Ballet, in Canada for their 1998-1999 season. She joined Tulsa Ballet Theater in 1999. While a Soloist, she got the opportunity to teach for Tulsa Ballet Theater Center for Dance Education’s Preparatory Level. In 2010 she became a faculty member at Charlotte Ballet Academy. Ms. Olivier taught and choreographed for all Levels year round, as well as for their Summer Intensives. She acted as assistant repetiteur for visiting artist Valentina Kozlova, who set Corsaire, La Bayadere, Raymonda and Paquita, for Charlotte Ballet’s Summer Intensives. She got the opportunity to set Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux’s, Danses Brillantes on Charlotte Ballet Company, alongside Sarkis Kaltakhtchian. In addition, she became an adjunct faculty member at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 2012. Currently, she is a faculty member at Hartt Community Division Dance Department and Hartt School’s BFA Dance Program at the University of Hartford. In 2017, she choreographed Carnival of the Animals for Level A, B & C, Division I. From 2021 to present, she is also a guest faculty member at Ballet Hartford, in CT. This past summer, she was invited as a guest faculty member at the Chautauqua Institution’s Dance Summer Intensive. Dancing offered Ms. Olivier the opportunity to perform in countries like China, Taiwan, India, Italy, and Canada. Some of her favorite roles performed included, the lead in George Balanchine’s Rubies and Serenade. Lady Capulet in Michael Smuin’s Romeo and Juliet. Titania in Mark Hawkins a Midsummer Night’s Dream. Featured roles in Jerome Robbin’s in the Night. Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra songs. Paul Taylor’s Black Tuesday. Featured role in Val Caniparoli’s Going for Baroque. Principal role in Ma Cong’s Carmina Burana. In 1988 she received her Solo Seal award by the Royal Academy of Dancing. In 1990 she was awarded “The Most Promising Dancer” award by Natal Performing Arts Council. She is the recipient of the 1997 FNB Vita Award, for her performances with The Playhouse Dance Company.

Professor Michael Vernon started dancing at the Nesta Brooking School of Ballet in London before studying at the Royal Ballet School in London with such legendary teachers as Dame Ninette de Valois and Leonide Massine. He performed with the Royal Ballet, the Royal Opera Ballet, and the London Festival Ballet before moving to New York in 1976 to join the Eglevsky Ballet as ballet master and resident choreographer. He kept those positions under the directorship of the famed Edward Villella and became artistic director of the Long Island-based company in 1989. He remained in that position until 1996. Vernon choreographed numerous ballets for the Eglevsky Ballet, in addition to ballets for many professional companies in the United States and worldwide, such as BalletMet of Columbus, Ohio, and North Carolina Dance Theatre. Mikhail Baryshnikov commissioned him to choreograph the highly successful pas de deux In a Country Garden for American Ballet Theatre (ABT). His solo S’Wonderful was danced by ABT principal Cynthia Harvey in the presence of President and Mrs. Reagan and shown nationwide on CBS television. He also served as assistant choreographer on Ken Russell’s movie Valentino, starring Rudolph Nureyev and Leslie Caron. Vernon has taught at Steps on Broadway (New York City) since 1980, working with dancers from New York City Ballet, ABT, and many other high-profile companies. He is an integral part of the Manhattan Dance Project, which brings New York-style master classes to all regions of the United States. He has been involved with the Ballet Program of the Chautauqua Institute since 1996 and is Artistic Director for the Ballet School of Stamford (Conn). In addition, he is permanent guest teacher at the Manhattan Youth Ballet and has had a long association with Ballet Hawaii. He taught for the Alvin Ailey American Dance theatre and its school for 18 years. Vernon has been company teacher for American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He has guest taught in companies all over the world, including the West Australian Ballet, the National Ballet of China, the Hong Kong Ballet, the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Berlin Ballet, the Royal Swedish Ballet, and the Norwegian Ballet. He has been a guest teacher for The Juilliard School and The Joffrey School, and recently joined the panel of judges for the Youth America Grand Prix regional semi-finals. Vernon was Chair of the Ballet Department at the Jacobs School of Music and has choreographed many ballets including Cathedral (2006), Endless Night (2009), Jeux (2010) and the ever-popular seasonal ballet The Nutcracker. He has staged and provided additional choreography for the full-length classics Swan Lake (with American ballerina Cynthia Gregory) and The Sleeping Beauty. He re-choreographed Spectre de la Rose (the ballet that made Nijinsky famous) for New York City Ballet Principal Daniel Ulbricht. He has choreographed for many IU Opera Theater productions, including Faust, Cendrillon, Rigoletto, and most recently supplied the movement for the world premiere of Vincent.

Sarah Wroth is professor of music in ballet and chair of the Ballet Department at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

She began her ballet training at the Frederick School of Classical Ballet in Frederick, Maryland. After graduating from high school, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Ballet Performance with an Outside Field in Education from the Jacobs School of Music in 2003 and became a member of the corps de ballet of Boston Ballet Company under the artistic direction of Mikko Nissinen.

Wroth began working part time for Boston Ballet School in 2004, further studying her craft through the teaching of other dancers. She began teaching for the Boston Ballet Adaptive Dance Program for Children with Downs Syndrome in 2005, and in 2009, she was awarded the E. Virginia Williams Inspiration Award for her unwavering dedication to ballet and the Boston Ballet Company.

In 2013, Wroth began her experience with ballet company management by working on a panel to create a Boston Ballet partnership with Northeastern University. The partnership offered undergraduate education opportunities along with a scholarship to any Boston Ballet dancer willing to weave a formal education into their complex ballet schedule. The partnership also allowed Wroth to earn a master’s degree in nonprofit management.

Wroth performed numerous roles in a variety of styles while dancing with Boston Ballet. She has performed principal roles in works by William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins, Helen Pickett, and Mikko Nissinen, as well as soloist roles in ballets by Sir Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, and August Bournonville. She has performed with Boston Ballet internationally in Spain, England, South Korea, and Finland, also performing with great acclaim at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City.