Contemporary

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.

Martha Nichols is an artist who believes dance is an experience. Physical, emotional, energetic and spiritual; It should be felt on all planes.

Born in Brooklyn, NY, Martha began dancing at the age of three, and studied there until she and her mother moved to Raleigh, NC in 1996. Under the direction of Christy Curtis, she began to train in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Hip-Hop, and Modern. At 18, she was Top Ten on So You Think You Can Dance (Season 2), and from there she hit the ground running. ​