Ballet

Kate Loh (she/her) grew up training in New York City, working closely with Nancy Bielski, Elena Kunikova, Francois Perron, and Deborah Wingert. Professionally she has performed a wide range of classical and contemporary roles with Charleston Ballet Theater, Connecticut Ballet, Staten Island Ballet, Neglia Ballet Artists and with numerous New York City-based companies.

Lowell Smith, longtime teacher at Broadway Dance Center and principal dancer for the Dance Theater of Harlem died on Oct. 22, 2007 in Los Angeles. He was 56. Mr. Smith used precise mastery of classical ballet and exquisite expressiveness of body and face to convey emotions from tranquility to charged passion. 
Mr. Smith began at the Dance Theater of Harlem in 1976, seven years after it was founded to give black dancers an entry into the white world of classical ballet.

David Howard, Revered Teacher of Dancers, NYTimes Article

Ricardo Torres was born in San Juan, PR in 1980. He started his ballet studies at the age of 9, under one of Joseph Pilates' students, Lolita San Miguel, and Alicia Alonso's teacher Jose Pares .

At the age of 13 Ricardo received a scholarship for the School of American Ballet Summer Intensive, at the age of 14 he received a scholarship for the San Francisco Ballet School Summer Intensive, then joining as a full student at the age of 16.