Ballet

Clifford Williams began his dance training at F.H. LaGuardia High School of Art and the Performing Arts. He attended The Ailey School and The School of American Ballet, both on scholarship and was a first-level recipient of a National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts award. Williams attended The Juilliard School, where he danced works by many choreographers including Lar Lubovitch, Igal Perry, Hans Van Manen, Jose Limon, and Mauricio Wainrot. 

From Denver, Colorado, Silken Kelly began her training at the Academy of Colorado Ballet. She attended summer intensives at the Harid Conservatory and American Ballet Theatre. As a full-scholarship student, she attended the School of American Ballet, Houston Ballet, and Ballet West. She joined the Houston Ballet’s second company and later the main company, touring nationally and internationally.

A native of northern Michigan, Sarah Simon Wolff studied classical piano and dance growing up before leaving home at the age of 13 to attend Canada’s National Ballet School. Upon graduating in 2006 she guested with Dutch National Ballet and then joined The National Ballet of Canada’s YOUdance apprentice program, the precursor to dancing as a member of NBOC through 2015. Proceeding her tenure with NBOC she spent a year based in NYC doing freelance and commercial work, which led to spending a season with BalletMet.

Luis Villar started dancing in his original home of Caracas, Venezuela under the direction of Laura Prieto Boscan. He joined her company “Arte en Movimiento” and performed for over 5 years.

Additionally, Luis danced for the “Teatro Teresa Carreno” ballet company performing in Don Quixote and Coppelia under the direction of Laura Fiorucci and The Nutcracker, choreographed by renowned Venezuelan choreographer Vicente Nebrada.