The Dancers

Natalie Allenton

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

Bina Anvari is from Olympia, WA

ARC Dance Company member: 2025

Training: Ken and Josie Johnson at Olympia Dance Center, Eugene Ballet

Mario Manansala

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

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

Julia Meister

Julia Meister is from Lake Elmo, MN

ARC Dance Company member: 2025

Professional: Diablo Ballet, Ballet Tucson, Boulder Ballet

Training: St Croix Ballet, Next Generation Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet School

 

Sarah Phillips

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

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

Stephanie Rae Williams

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