Ashley Baker
Ashley Baker is from Olympia, WA
ARC Dance Company member: 2022
Professional: Ballet Idaho
Commissioned Choreography: Ballet Idaho
Training: Johansen Olympia Dance Center, Pacific Northwest Ballet School
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Madeline Bay
Madeline Bay is from Iowa
ARC Dance Company member: 2015
Professional: Utah Ballet, Ballet Idaho, Salt Lake City Ballet
Education: BFA Performance and Teaching, University of Utah
Training: Illinois Ballet Theater, Bolshoi Ballet, Ballet West, Pittsburgh Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Los Angeles Ballet, Salt Lake City Ballet, The Jillana School, and Texas Ballet.
Samantha Bell
Samantha Bell is from Orange County, CA
ARC Dance Company member: 2018
Professional: Anaheim Ballet, State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara (SSB), Menlowe Ballet, Western Ballet, and Oakland Ballet
Industry: Commercials, films, MTV Video Music Awards, CW
Education: BA in History, University of California – Santa Barbara
Training: Anaheim Ballet, Boston Ballet, Ballet Austin, Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theater
Kouadio Davis
Kouadio Davis is from Oneonta, NY
ARC Dance Company member: 2020
Professional: Dance Theatre of Harlem
Awards: Youth America Grand Prix in 2017 and 2018, where he and his partner won second and then first place in the Contemporary Pas de Deux category.
Alice Cao
Alice Cao is from Seattle, WA
ARC Dance Company member: 2013
Professional: Singapore Dance Theatre, American Repertory Ballet, Ballet Memphis, San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, Convergence Ballet Company, Company C Contemporary Ballet, Oakland Ballet Company.
Education: BS in Computing and Software Systems, University of Washington
Training: Pacific Northwest Ballet School, American Ballet Theatre, The National Ballet School of Canada, Ballet Austin, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and Alonzo King Lines Ballet.
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
Graham Gobeille
Graham Gobeille is from Colorado
ARC Dance Company member: 2013
Professional: Ballet West, Ballet Idaho
Training: Canyon Concert Dance Center, Boston Ballet, and Tulsa Ballet
Victoria Jahn
Victoria Jahn is from Freehold, NJ
ARC Dance Company member: 2013
Professional: North Carolina Dance Theatre, Lustig Dance Theatre, Oakland Ballet
Training: Princeton Ballet School
Melissa Meng
Melissa Meng is from Vestal, NY
ARC Dance Company member: 2022
Professional: Colorado Ballet, Zikr Dance Ensemble, Avant Chamber Ballet
Education: Degree in Ballet Performance and a minor in Psychology, Indiana University
Training: Rafael Grigorian School of Ballet
Hamilton Nieh
Hamilton Nieh is from Redmond, WA
ARC Dance Company member: 2008
Professional: Sacramento Ballet, Luna Negra Dance Theater, Alberta Ballet, Ballet de L’Opéra National du Rhin, Les Grands Ballets
Training: Víctor Ullate Centro de Danza, San Francisco Ballet School
Daniel Ojeda
Daniel Ojeda is from New York City
ARC Dance Company member: 2017
Professional: Ballet Idaho
Commissioned Choreography: Ballet Idaho, ARC Dance
Training: School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet School
Erina Tanaka
Erina Tanaka is from New York
ARC Dance Company member: 2022
Professional: Boulder Ballet, Zikr Dance Ensemble, Westchester Ballet Company, Canada’s Ballet Jorgen, Eugene Ballet
Training: SLK Ballet, English National Ballet School – London, UK, Logrea Dance Academy
Kate Huntington
Kate Huntington is from Seattle, WA
Apprentice ARC Dance Company: 2022
Training: ARC Ballet School
Lina Skalbania
Lina Skalbania is from Seattle, WA
Apprentice ARC Dance Company: 2022
Training: Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Boston Ballet School, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Ballet Academy East
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