Natalie Allenton is from Olympia, WA
ARC Dance Company Member: 2025
Professional: Spectrum Dance Theater
Education: Bachelor of Science, Business Management, WGU (In Progress)
Training: Pacific Northwest Ballet Professional Division, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Johansen Olympia Dance Center
Bina Anvari is from Olympia, WA
ARC Dance Company member: 2025
Training: Ken and Josie Johnson at Olympia Dance Center, Eugene Ballet
Ethan Arrington is from California
ARC Dance Company Member: 2026
Professional: Pacific Northwest Ballet, Dances Patrelle
Education: Princton University B.S. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, minor in Dance
Training: San Francisco Ballet School, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, School of American Ballet
Mario Manansala is from Washington
ARC Dance Company member: 2025
Professional: Olympic Ballet Theatre
Training: Joffrey Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Evergreen City Ballet, International Ballet Theater
Aia K. McInnes is from Portland, OR
ARC Dance Company member: 2025
Professional: Pegasus Contemporary Ballet
Education: BFA Dance and minor in Business Management, Point Park University
Training: BalletX, School at Jacob’s Pillow, Ballet Jazz Montreal
Diego McKenna Borrero is from Texas
ARC Dance Company Member: 2026
Professional: Uptown Dance Company, Syracuse City Ballet
Education: Butler University B.A. (Dance and Pedagogy)
Training: Ballet Hispánico ChoreoLaB Intensive, Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Ballet Austin,
Colleen McKibben is from Walla Walla, WA
ARC Dance Company Member: 2026
Professional: Spectrum Dance Theater
Education: University of Washington B.A. Dance, B.S. Biochemistry and minor in physics
Training: The Dance Center of Walla Walla, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Sacramento Ballet
Marlyna Orebaugh is from Ohio
ARC Dance Company Member: 2026
Professional: De La Dance Company, Dayton Ballet
Education: Wright State University B.F.A. Dance
Training: Ballet Tech
Sarah Phillips is from Norfolk, VA
ARC Dance Company member: 2025
Professional: Dissonance Dance Theater
Education: University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Training: Charlotte Ballet, Joffrey Academy of Dance in Chicago, IL
Ethan Schweitzer-Gaslin is from Western Massachusetts
ARC Dance Company member: 2015
Professional: Oregon Ballet Theatre, Ballet Idaho
Training: Amherst Ballet, Joffrey Ballet School, American Academy of Ballet, Kirov Academy of Ballet, Miami City Ballet School, Kaatsbaan Extreme Ballet, American Ballet Theatre (NYC), Houston Ballet Academy, Boston Ballet School
Hunter Solomon is from Brunswick, GA
ARC Dance Company Member: 2026
Professional: Milwaukee Ballet, Boulder Ballet, Ballet Spartanburg, Ballet Tucson
Training: Atlanta Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet
Erina Tanaka West is from Westchester County, NY
ARC Dance Company Member: 2019
Professional: Eugene Ballet, Canada’s Ballet Jorgen, Boulder Ballet, Zikr Dance Ensemble, Oklahoma City Ballet
Training: Logrea Dance Academy and SLK Ballet
Stephanie Rae Williams is from Salt Lake City, UT
ARC Dance Company member: 2017
Professional: Dance Theatre of Harlem, The Francesca Harper Project, Complexions Contemporary Dance Company, Ballet Black, Texas Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble
Special Awards: August 2013 Dance Magazine “On the Rise”, 2006 National Foundation for the Arts Award, 2006 Youth America Grand Prix finalist, 2004 Texas Commission on the Arts Young Master
Training: Dallas Dance Academy, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Springboard Danse Montreal, The Juilliard School, Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Houston Ballet Academy
Ainsley Waguespack is from Houston, TX
ARC Dance Company Member: 2026
Professional: Houston Grand Opera, Zikr Dance Ensemble, The London Ballet Co., Brecon Festival Ballet, Ballet Cymru Newport, Wales
Education: Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in performing arts
Training: Vitacca Dance, Central School of Ballet London, UK, English National Ballet School, Matthew Bourne’s Swan School
Alayna Wong is from Southern California
ARC Dance Company Member 2026
Professional: Ballet North Texas, Central Oklahoma Ballet Theatre, New Narratives Contemporary Ballet
Education: University of Oklahoma B.F.A. Dance (ballet pedagogy)
Training: Huntington Academy of Dance, International Ballet Academy, Oklahoma City Ballet
Serene Wong is from Newport Beach, CA
ARC Dance Company Member: 2026
Professional: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Chamber Dance Company, Shana Simmons Dance, Spectrum Dance Theater
Education: University of Washington B.A. Linguistics
Training: International Ballet Academy, Pittsburgh Ballet School