Pamela Alviar is a Colombian native residing in Queens, New York.  Her early training began with Elliot Feld’s School and Company Ballet Tech, where she studied Classical Ballet.  She graduated with a BFA in Dance at S.U.N.Y. Purchase College, where she is studied in Ballet, Modern, and Composition.  Ms. Alviar has performed in works by George Balanchine, Elliot Feld, Bill T. Jones, and Kenneth MacMillian.  She has also worked with choreographers such as Francesca Harper, Betti-Jane Sills, Troy Powell, and Kevin Wynn.  Her repertoire includes Nutcracker, Meshugana, Apple Pie, Patootie, Endsong, Half Time, Mandance choreographed by Elliot Feld.  Four Temperaments choreographed by Kenneth MacMillian.  Ms. Alviar has been a guest artist in Mexico City, Mexico for the Competition Interdanza and for Sawnee Ballet’s Nutcracker in Cumming, Georgia.  She has also appeared in Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher Magazine and the book First Lessons by Lise Friedman.

Megan Coleman is from Michigan, where she trained with Samantha Shelton, Sherry Jerome, Christina Kammuller, and Toledo Ballet. She spent seven summers training with American Ballet Theatre Detroit Summer Intensive, as well as summers with Joffrey Midwest and on scholarship with Ballet Met. While attending Eastern Michigan University on a dance scholarship, under the guidance of Sherry Jerome, Megan won the Mid-Michigan National Society of Arts and Letters Career Award and went on to represent Michigan at the national level. At EMU she performed lead roles such as Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Aurora in the Sleeping Beauty, Firebird in The Firebird and many contemporary works.  After dancing with The Detroit Opera House Civic Ensemble, under the direction of Samantha Shelton and Michael Anderson, she began her professional career with Ballet Theatre of Ohio. While with BTO she danced the roles of Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen, and Arabian Princess in The Nutcracker, Wicked Witch of the West in BTO’s premiere of The Wizard of Oz, and Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty.  Megan would like to thank her parents for their never-ending love and support and is very excited to be starting her first season with Lexington Ballet.

Shauna Cook is originally from Adrian, MI. She studied under the direction of Nigel Burgoine at the Ballet Theatre of Toledo. At the age of sixteen she continued her training in the Pre-Professional Division at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. Shauna has attended summer intensives at BalletMet, Ballet Magnificat!, American Ballet Theatre, and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. She has danced in productions such as Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Giselle, and Nigel Burgoine's new ballet Aladdin. Shauna is very excited to start her professional career at the Lexington Ballet. She would like to thank the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's staff for helping her grow as a dancer and her parents for there ongoing support.

Jayson Douglas is from Paterson, New Jersey, and comes to us most recently from touring internationally as an arialist/dancer for RCCL productions and David Taylor Dance Theatre.  He  trained on full talent scholarships at Boston Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Orlando Ballet, Steps NYC, Burklyn Ballet Theatre and Point Park University. He has prevouisly danced with Ballet Memphis, Ballet Nouveau Colorado, Ballet Quad Cities, Illinois Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre,Oxford Ballet, and Ballet Theater of Maryland.  Featured roles include Prince in Cinderella, Jester in Swan Lake, and Snow King in Nutcracker.  In addition to his performing career, Mr. Douglas is an aspiring choreographer, and has set ballets on Burklyn Ballet Theatre and Illinois Ballet.

Ayako Hasebe, originally from Saitama, Japan, began her training at Van Metre School of Dance in Tennessee and continued at Koshizuka Natsuko Ballet School in Japan. She recently graduated from Butler University where she attained her Bachelors of Fine Arts with honors. During her time at Butler, she had an opportunity to attend the Vaganova Seminar in St. Petersburg, Russia where she studied with Nikita Dolgushin and other renowned professors from Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. Most recently in 2009, she performed in Serenade by George Balanchine and in Cinderella as a summer fairy soloist. Ayako is thrilled to dance with the company for its second season and would like to thank her teachers, colleagues, friends, and her family for their guidance and continuous support.

Alexandra Ignatius received her ballet training from the Washington School of Ballet in Washington, DC where she studied under the direction of Victoria Leigh, Rebecca Wright, and Roudolf Kharatian. She performed with the company in the Nutcracker and Serenade while a member of the Washington Ballet’s pre-professional Early Release Time program in high school.  She also attended summer intensive programs at the Boston Ballet and Interlochen School of the Arts and studied in Paris, France under the direction of Jennifer Goubé and Bernard Boucher.  Alexandra graduated Cum Laude in 2010 from Columbia University with a B.A. in Psychology.  While at Columbia, she trained with Robert LaFosse and Cynthia Anderson and performed with the Columbia Ballet Collaborative.

Evan Pitts is originally from Jacksonville, Florida. He began his training under the direction of Christina McDonald, of Fascinatin' Rhythm Studio of Dance, at age eight. He developed a love for the stage at a young age when he was given the opportunity to perform with the Moving Company Dance Troupe, also based out of Jacksonville. After winning multiple awards and Best Senior Soloist awards for jazz and hip hop performances, Evan discovered his true passion, ballet. He shared his talents with the community by performing for nine years in the community Nutcracker, which benefits local charities. He continued his training with ballet mistress Rhonda Stampalia and Dr. Phyllis Penney at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts for three years. In 2009, after given the opportunity to work with Adam Sage and Robert Philander from Missouri Ballet Theatre, he moved to St. Louis as a full time member of the company. Evan is very excited to become a company member of Lexington Ballet this year. A special thank you goes out to his parents, sister, and especially his niece “Doodle Bugs” for their continuing love and support.

Adam Sonnenberg, from Vergas, MN, is a recent graduate from the Ellison Ballet Professional Training Program in NYC. He received his BA in Dance from the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point.  He also attended high school with an emphasis in dance at Perpich Center for Arts Education in Minneapolis, MN.  Adam has studied in the pre-professional summer programs of American Ballet Theatre, Alonzo Kings LINES Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, and Ellison Ballet.  He most recently was a member and soloist of Kelley Donovan and Dancers NYC.
 

APPRENTICES

Anna Craig comes to Lexington from her hometown, Warner Robins, Georgia. At the age of 16, she began her ballet training at the International City School of Ballet with director Georne Aucon.  She has also had the opportunity to work with such renowned teachers as Laura Alonso, Alexandra Keltun, Barbara Pontecorvo, Chris Fairbanks, Martha Goodman, Julie Ricketts, and Barbara Long.  At 18, Anna accepted a position with the Charleston Ballet Theatre where she remained for two seasons. Her stage repertoire includes Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, Seven Deadly Sins, The Great Gatsby, Rocky Horror Picture Show, and many more. She is excited for this newest opportunity with the Lexington Ballet, with many thanks to Georne Aucom and her family for their never-ending support.

Tina Poe, originally from the Washington, DC area, received her training at the National Ballet under the direction of Pamela and Helen Moore and at the America Dance Institute, under Michael and Pamela Bjerknes.  She has attended summer programs at Atlanta Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Alberta Ballet, as well as the Cecchetti International Summer Program.  Cristina continued her dance training at Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA, graduating Cum Laude in 2008 with a B.A. in Dance and Business with a concentration in Marketing.  Cristina has danced professionally with the National Ballet, Bowen McCauley Dance and The Lake Erie Ballet.