Ballet

Jim Nowakowski began his formal ballet training at the Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education Rochester, New York. He performed as a Rochester City Ballet company member in 2002 in productions of the Nutcracker, Cinderella, and Firebird.

Erica Ratkovicz (she/her) is an alumna company member of The Rochester City Ballet. She began her principal training at an early age with The Timothy Draper Center for Dance Education. As a young dancer, Erica attended several intensive programs including CPYB and The Joffrey Ballet New York. She has performed numerous soloist and corps de ballet roles along with Joffrey Ensemble, Boston Ballet, Hartford Ballet, and Pittsburgh Ballet.

Josh Kolberg (he/him) received professional training from the director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet, renowned Patricia Barker. While at Royal Danish Ballet School in København he studied under Nikolaj Hübbe and Henning Albrechtsen. Most recently Joshua performed for two seasons with the Connecticut Ballet Company where he danced demi soloist and corps de ballet roles. In 2015, Josh traveled the country in the U.S. National tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.