Ballet

At 19 years old, J Ryan Carroll apprenticed with Laura Alonso's Clasico de la Havana (Havana, Cuba). He went on to dane with Wes Chapman's Alabama Ballet as a company member, American Repertory Ballet dancing soloist and principal roles, Ballet Cocierto de Puerto Rico as a Principal Soloist and Les Ballet Grandiva as a company member (male roles). Some guest artist credits include North West Florida Ballet, Portland Ballet, MObile Ballet, Western Ballet Theater of PR, CoDa21 (San Juan), and Ajkun Ballet Theater (NYC).

Laura Kaufman grew up in Overland Park, Kansas and received a BFA in Dance from the University of Arizona.  She recently returned to the city after a year on the road with the Broadway tour of CATS following a year with the first national tour of An American in Paris. Prior to her time on tour, Laura danced with City Ballet of San Diego followed by Odyssey Dance Theatre in SLC where she performed many principal roles and did two international tours.