Contemporary

Doug Baum began his dance training in Maryland at Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts before graduating from the Baltimore School for the Arts in 2006.

In 2010, Doug received his BFA from Fordham University in collaboration with The Ailey School, where he apprenticed with Ailey II for two years. Since graduating, he has toured internationally with Rasta Thomas Bad Boys of Dance, Compagnie Flak, and Les Ballets Jazz.

Kyle Robinson began dancing when he was 11 years old at The Gold School in Brockton, MA. By the time he was 18, he received the Gold Award in Modern Dance from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA). It was also during this time that he met legendary dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov who began to mentor Kyle from that point on. He went on to fine-tune his abilities by training at the Julliard School, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Eoghan Dillon was born in County Tyrone, Ireland. At the age of four he moved to Canada, where he began dancing at the age of 12.

Christopher “Cree” Grant & Lauren Yalango-Grant met in 2007 while auditioning for Pilobolus Dance Theater. Shortly after joining Pilobolus, they began touring the world and soon fell in love. They were members of the company from 2007-2015. Lauren and Christopher realized that though they were strong performers individually, they were at their best when performing and working together. Today, they choreograph, teach, and perform as partners.

Dionna JOI PridGeon is from the Chicago west suburbs, she started her dance training after high school. She's a Point Park University graduate with 18 years of experience in Dance Education/Choreography. Dionna began her teaching journey in Education, at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, then later faculty at The Lou Conte Dance Studio | HSDC for many years. She’s served on faculty at 10 other prestigious facilities including, The Ailey Extension, The Joffrey Ballet School/Academy, Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio, plus more.

Ashley King (she/her) is originally from Bloomington, Indiana, and received a Bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance and a minor in Psychology from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Ashley’s passion for music and dance has brought her to the stage in many capacities throughout the Midwest, Northeast, Colorado, Canada, and Europe. She is trained in many genres of dance and has performed works by Sheila Barker, Mike Esperanza, Cat Cogliandro, Stacie Webster, J9, Ryan Daniel Beck, and Ashlé Dawson to name a few.

Carlos Garland is trained in and versatile with Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Breaking, Lyrical, Contemporary, Improvisation, various world ethnic dances as well as acrobatics and martial arts.

Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Melanie Benz begin dancing at the age of 4 and trained technically in all forms of dance. The acting bug hit her at age 9 and she landed 20 national commercials.

Michaela McGowan, a Virginia native, received her early dance training at The Loudoun School of Ballet, and went on to receive her BFA with honors from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, class of 2012.