Company Members
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Emily Barrows began her ballet training at Festival Ballet Providence and Koltun Ballet Boston, and later attended Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. She went on to join the conservatory program at Atlanta Ballet on full scholarship. She was offered a trainee position with Grand Rapids Ballet in 2017 and was promoted to apprentice in 2019. Ms. Barrows also performed with Minnesota Ballet. She joined New Jersey Ballet in 2021 where she has performed in The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, The Sleeping Beauty, Peter Martins’ Hallelujah Junction, George Balanchine’s Who Cares?, Concerto Barocco, Rubies, and Serenade, Harrison Ball’s Purcell Suite, and New Ancient Strings, Lauren Lovette’s Not Our Fate, and Jewel Box, Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs, and Justin Peck’s Murder Ballades.
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Vinícius Freire is a classical and contemporary ballet dancer who began his dance career at the age of twelve before joining the Fernanda D'angelo Ballet in Recife the following year. In 2014, Mr. Freire received a full scholarship for the Bolshoi Theater School in Brazil, placed in the 3rd year of an 8-year program. His performances include Don Quixote's Gypsy Dance (2017), The Talisman Male Variation (2018), Blue Bird Pas de Deux in Sleeping Beauty (2019), Pas de Deux in Flames of Paris (2019) and The Rat King in The Nutcracker (2019). Vinícius participated in the pre-selection of the Prix de Lausanne in Goiânia (Brazil) in 2018. He was hired by the Junior Company at the Bolshoi Theater School in 2021, performing in virtual shows, including Pas d'Esclave in Le Corsaire, Pas de Deux in Diana y Acteón, and choreographies by Swan Lake. In 2021 he was hired for the Philadelphia Ballet II for the 2021/2022 season and became an apprentice soon after for the 2022/2023 season of the Philadelphia Ballet. In July 2023 he was named the best dancer at one of the largest dance festivals in Brazil, the Dance Festival of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil. This will be Mr. Freire’s first season with New Jersey Ballet.
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Julian Goodwin-Ferris, is originally from Houston Texas. He danced for 5 seasons with Miami City Ballet, where he performed in a variety of works including George Balanchine’s Prodigal Son (Friend), Rubies, Square Dance, Martha Graham’s Diversion of Angels, Alexei Ratmansky’s Swan Lake, and Justin Peck’s Rodeo. During the 2016-17 season, Julian danced with Ballet Austin where he toured China for a month, performing in 14 different cities.
Julian graduated with high distinction, from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in 2019, with a degree in ballet and an outside field specializing in music theory and art history.
While growing up, Julian spent more than 10 years at the Houston Ballet Academy, training under Claudio Muñoz, and dancing in numerous productions with the professional company. He spent summers studying with Irina Vakhromeeva, and attended the ballet program at Jacob’s Pillow in 2017 and 2021.
Julian choreographed works for Miami City Ballet’s Pop-up series in 2021, 2022 and 2024. In 2022 and 2023 he choreographed two commissions for New World Symphony, collaborating with composer Matthew Schultheis and Wesley Ducote.
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Aram Hengen was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He began his training at Providence Ballet School. During his senior year of high school he attended Boston Ballet School’s pre-professional program under the direction of Margaret Tracey and Peter Stark where he performed in Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker. In the fall of 2020, Aram took his training to Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where he graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Ballet with an Outside Field in Business Studies. He spent his four years at Indiana University working with Sarah Wroth, Kyra Nichols, Carla Körbes, Michael Vernon, Christian Claessens, and Sasha Janes. While at Indiana University Aram performed lead roles in works by George Balanchine, Justin Peck, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Dwight Rhoden, August Bournonville, and many more. He has attended summer programs at American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, and The Chautauqua Institution where he worked closely with Patricia McBride and Jean Pierre Bonnefoux. He accomplished his first season at New Jersey Ballet dancing in works by George Balanchine, Justin Peck, Lauren Lovette, Peter Martins, Twyla Tharp, Harrison Ball, and more, and is thrilled for his next season with NJB!
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Yuiko Honda began dancing in Tokyo. Throughout her training, she received awards at numerous ballet competitions. Ms. Honda was selected as a candidate for the 2018 Prix de Lausanne and began her professional ballet training at the New Zealand School of Dance on scholarship. She also trained at the Architanz Training Program 2021 in Tokyo. Ms. Honda was first hired by Maria Kowroski as an apprentice in 2021 and became a New Jersey Ballet Company member in 2022. That same year, she performed Grand Pas Classique as a guest dancer for Youth Spirit of Dance in Poland. In 2023, she was chosen by the judges to compete in the USA International Ballet Competition. Since joining New Jersey Ballet Ms. Honda has danced lead roles including Cupid in Don Quixote, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Enchanted Princess in The Sleeping Beauty, Sugarplum Fairy and Dew Drop and Clara in The Nutcracker. Ms. Honda was part of the original cast in Harrison Ball's Purcell Suite, Ancient Strings and had featured roles in Peter Martin's Hallelujah Junction, George Balanchine's Tarantella, Serenade, Who Cares?, and Lauren Lovette's Not Our Fate.
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SeHyun Jin is from South Korea and began her ballet training when she was ten years old and continued her training at the Daejeon Art High School. In 2009, she was accepted into the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. on both artistic and academic scholarships. While in Washington, D.C., Ms. Jin also trained at the Kennedy Center Master Class Series where she was awarded the Certificate of Merit from the National Society of Arts and Letters in recognition for her impeccable technique. After she graduated from Kirov Academy of Ballet, she was a member of the Milwaukee Ballet Company, a principal dancer of the Columbia Classical Ballet for 4 years, and Charleston City Ballet as a Soloist. Ms. Jin is a principal guest artist in Ann Brodie’s Carolina Ballet, Kingsport Ballet, and Charleston Ballet in WV. She received the Silver Medal (Professional Division) at the 2015 World Ballet Competition in Orlando. Past honors include third place at the Korea International Ballet Competition and the Seoul International Dance Competition in 2011. Since joining New Jersey Ballet in 2018, Ms. Jin has performed in George Balanchine’s Who Cares?, Concerto Barocco, Lauren Lovette’s Not Our Fate, Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain, Jerome Robbins’ In the night, Sugarplum Fairy and Snow Queen in the Nutcracker, Lilac Fairy from The Sleeping Beauty, and White Swan from Swan Lake. She has originated roles in Harrison Ball’s world premiere of Purcell Suite and Nine ancient strings and Pedro Ruiz’s Estancia.
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Ilse Kapteyn grew up in western Massachusetts and trained with Irina Vakhromeeva and Ruth and Noble Barker. She spent summers at the School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theater NY, and the Chautauqua Institution. She graduated from Deerfield Academy and also spent a year at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography (Bolshoi Ballet Academy) before joining New Jersey Ballet in 2012.
Since joining New Jersey Ballet Ms. Kapteyn has performed leading roles including Lilac Fairy and Carabosse in The Sleeping Beauty, Sugar Plum Fairy and Snow Queen in Nutcracker, Myrtha in Giselle, and Mercedes in Don Quixote. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Maria Kowroski Ms. Kapteyn has originated roles in Pedro Ruiz's Estancia and Harrison Ball’s Purcell Suite and New Ancient Strings. Ms. Kapteyn has been featured in Christopher Wheeldon's After the Rain, George Balanchine's Who Cares?, Rubies, Concerto Barocco, and Serenade, Jerome Robbins' In the Night, Lauren Lovette's Not Our Fate, and Gustavo Ramirez Sansano's Reencounter pas de deux. She has also guested as Swanhilda in Coppelia and Kitri in Don Quixote.
Ms. Kapteyn is a faculty member at the New Jersey Ballet School and is a certified instructor of BodyCode System, which helps improve body awareness and function.
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Raleigh Ledford began her dance training at Quenedit Ballet School in San Antonio, Texas. She had the unique opportunity to travel to Cuba to train and perform with the Cuban National Ballet School, under Ramona de Saa. Ms. Ledford studied at the Rock School of Dance Education on scholarship for two years where she performed in the International Dance School Festival at the David H. Koch Theatre and as the Sugar Plum in Nutcracker 1776. She studied at the English National Ballet School on scholarship under the direction of Viviana Durante. There she performed Frederick Ashton’s Rhapsody, Rudolph Nureyev’s Raymonda Suite, and Memorias del Dorado by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Ms. Ledford joined New Jersey Ballet in the fall of 2022, performing roles in NJB’s The Sleeping Beauty, Harrison Ball’s Purcell Suite, George Balanchine’s Who Cares?, Lauren Lovette’s Not Our Fate, and NJB’s Nutcracker. This will be Ms. Ledford’s second season with the company.
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David Wilson Michael Lopena, a Chicago native, began his dance studies at The Joffrey Ballet School under the direction of Erica Edwards and Willy Shives. Mr. Lopena holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ballet from The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. While studying he had the honor of performing leading roles in various works, including Gerald Arpino‘s Birthday Variations, Don Quixote, George Balanchine’s Serenade, as well as new choreographic works. Mr. Lopena studied with companies such as Giordano Dance Chicago, Nashville Ballet, Ballet Chicago, and has performed at regional theaters around the country. Since joining New Jersey Ballet in 2021, he has had the honor of performing in numerous ballets including, Hansel and Gretel, George Balanchine’s Who Cares?, and Lauren Lovette’s Not Our Fate.
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Olivia Santos began her dance training at the Vermont Ballet Theater School, and joined the Miami City Ballet Pre Professional Division led by Arantxa Ochoa in 2023. Throughout her time she performed lead roles in Durante Verzola’s Classical Symphony, Ladyfingers, and Los Jovenes. Most notably during her time at Miami City Ballet she had the opportunity to work with the company, leading to her performing in Alexei Ratmansky’s Swan Lake.
In 2024 Olivia began her professional ballet career accepting a position with Boston Ballet II under the direction of Joan Boada. Her repertoire includes: Mikko Nissinen’s Nutcracker (Snow/Flowers), Dianna and Acteon, Gissele Friends, Mikko Nissinen’s Swan Lake (Corp Swans/Mazurka), Symphony in 3 Movements (Corp de Ballet), Mikko Nissinen’s Raymonda (Czardas), and Addrienn Canterna’s Hold Me Tight.
To round out her time with Boston Ballet, Olivia had the opportunity to join their 2025 company tour of Mikko Nissinen’s Swan Lake to Los Angeles, performing at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
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Born in Tokyo, Japan, Risa Mochizuki received her early training at the Kishibe and Kawasaki Ballet Schools before continuing her studies at the Royal Ballet School of Flanders.
In 2007, she won Silver Medals at both the Youth America Grand Prix Semi-Final in Japan and the Final in New York City, where she was also awarded a full scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet School’s Summer Intensive. She later received the Gold Medal at the 2015 World Ballet Competition in Orlando, Florida, and the Bronze Medal at the 2015 Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition in New York City.
Risa began her professional career in Europe, dancing soloist and principal roles with Teatrul de Balet Sibiu, Constanța National Opera Ballet, and Timisoara National Opera Ballet in Romania. Her classical repertoire includes leading roles in Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet, Nutcracker, Chopiniana, La Vivandière, and The Sleeping Beauty.
Her current repertoire also features works by George Balanchine and Peter Martins, including Rubies, Who Cares?, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Nine Sinatra Songs, and Hallelujah Junction.
She joined New Jersey Ballet in 2014.
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Michael Santiago Paradiso (he/him/his), from Cranford, New Jersey, began his ballet training in 2011 with the New Jersey School of Ballet. After four years, he was accepted by Mr. Edward Ellison to the Ellison Ballet Professional Training Program in New York City. Upon graduation in 2018 from Ellison Ballet, Michael joined Tulsa Ballet II, the second company of Tulsa Ballet. Over the span of six years, he was promoted to the rank of Demi-Soloist with the main company and has worked with many choreographers such as Ma Cong, Jennifer Archibald, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Andy Blankenbueler, Garrett Smith, Craig Davidson, Jennifer Webber, and Val Caniparoli. He has performed in notable contemporary pieces such as O Balcao de Amor by Itzik Galili, The Green Table by Kurt Joss, and the main pas de deux of Alexander Ekman’s Cacti. His classical repertoire includes the Peasant Pas and Neapolitan dance of Swan Lake, the Matadors of Don Quixote, the Jester in Cinderella, and various roles of The Nutcracker. Michael is excited to return to New Jersey Ballet for their 2024/2025 season.
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Denise Parungao was born in Manila, Philippines, where she began her professional career with Ballet Philippines. She rose to the rank of principal dancer, performing lead roles in Swan Lake, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, Carmen, and The Nutcracker. During her time with the company, she also completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Dance.
In 2022, Parungao joined New Jersey Ballet under the direction of Maria Kowroski. Since then, she has expanded her repertoire to include works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins (Fancy Free, In the Night), Christopher Wheeldon (After the Rain, This Bitter Earth), as well as original works by Harrison Ball and Lauren Lovette.
Parungao participated in the 2018 USA International Ballet Competition and has performed in galas across Australia, Asia, and the United States. In addition to performing, she is a faculty member at New Jersey Ballet School and is part of the cast of the Amazon Prime series Étoile.
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Alexander Boyd-Smith started his dance training when he was eight years old, taking private lessons with his two brothers. He then trained with the Johanna Hilchie Ballet School and Stepanova Ballet Academy – where he danced the role of ‘Fritz’ in The Nutcracker for four years. Alex won some small local competitions and also placed second in YAGP Toronto’s senior men’s division in 2018. The following year he joined the Kirov Academy in Washington DC, and danced with them for grades 11 and 12, winning the Contemporary competition and placing third in Classical at YAGP Philadelphia in 2019. He then went on to attend the Ellison Ballet Professional Training program full-time in New York City from 2020 to 2022, after having attended their summer intensive for the previous three years. Alex went to the YAGP Finals in Tampa during his final year with Ellison. He then went on to join the Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida for their 2022/23 Season and got to dance roles such as ‘Prince Ivan’ in Firebird as well as the Swan pas de deux in Doble Corchea by Vincente Nebrada. For the 2023/24 Season, Alex returned home and danced in many amazing productions such as the Neural Ballet Provoking Ideas Festival, the Toronto International Ballet Theatre’s Nutcracker and Cinderella, and Innovative Ballet Theatre’s Greatest Love of Dance Gala. For the 2024/25 season he joined the Milwaukee Ballet Second Company and danced many roles with the main company including ‘Inquisitor’ in Kenneth Tindall’s Casanova, dancer in ‘Sarabande’ in Michael Pink’s Sleeping beauty, as well as ‘Solor’ in the second company’s production of La Bayadere for “Momentum”. Alex is excited to join New Jersey Ballet for the 2025/26 season!
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Brian Sevilla trained at the Ballet Manila School in the Philippines. Mr. Sevilla joined Ballet Manila in 2017, where he performed roles in Rudy De Dios’ Carmina Burana, Marcelino Libao’s Paloma Muerta, Gerardo Francisco’s Ibong Adarna, Martin Lawrence’s Romeo and Juliet, Lisa Macuja-Elizalde’s Snow White, La Traviata and The Sleeping Beauty.
In the same year in 2017, Mr. Sevilla was a silver medalist at the Asian Grand Prix and received scholarships from Houston Ballet Academy and Elmhurst Ballet School.
In 2018, he joined the same competition at the Asian Grand Prix and was awarded a gold medal and a Scholarship from Queensland Ballet Academy. He then joined CCP National Ballet competition and was awarded a gold medal the same year.
In 2022, Mr. Sevilla joined Ballet Philippines as a guest Artist where he performed Mikhail Martinyuk’s Tarantella and Rizal.
He Joined New Jersey Ballet in 2023, and has been performing roles such as Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free, George Balanchine's Tarantella and Rubies, Peter Martin’s Hallelujah junction, Cavalier from The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty’s Blue bird, and World Premieres from renowned Choreographers.
This is Mr. Sevilla’s Third season with New Jersey Ballet.
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Eunice Suba enrolled at New Jersey School of Ballet at age eleven and later joined the Intensive Program. Ms. Suba received scholarships to attend summer intensive programs at Miami City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre NYC, and French Academie Ballet. As a student, she was chosen to dance the coveted role of Clara in NJ Ballet’s Nutcracker and later joined New Jersey Ballet Company in 2017. In 2018, she competed at the USA International Ballet Competition and the Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition NYC, receiving a Gold Medal. Since joining New Jersey Ballet Ms. Suba has performed leading roles including Sugar Plum, Dew Drop, and Snow Queen in NJ Ballet's Nutcracker and Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty. She also has done featured roles in George Balanchine's Who Cares?, Concerto Barrocco, and Serenade, Margo Sappington’s This Thing Called Love, Peter Martin’s Hallelujah Junction, Justin Peck's Murder Ballades, Lauren Lovette's Not Our Fate, Twyla Tharp's Nine Sinatra Songs, and Jerome Robbins' Fancy Free. Ms. Suba was also part of the original cast of Harrison Ball’s Purcell Suite and New Ancient Strings.
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Felipe Valentini began his classical ballet training at the Classical Dance School of La Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He furthered his studies with Professor Victor Filmonov and Raúl Gato at Teatro Argentino, and later at the Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón and the Maximiliano Guerra Foundation. His talent earned him a full scholarship to the Cary Ballet Conservatory’s Professional Training Program in North Carolina, USA.
He has performed leading roles in Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadère, Le Corsaire, Coppélia, The Nutcracker, and traditional Argentine dances, on stages such as Teatro Colón, Teatro Argentino de La Plata, and more.
Felipe has danced with Ballet Teatro Argentino de La Plata, Teatro Dardo Rocha, Houston Conservatory Ballet, Cary Ballet Company, Straz Center in Tampa, and the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. He competed at the Youth America Grand Prix, winning 3rd place in ballet and 2nd in contemporary at the semifinals, earning an invitation to the YAGP Finals in Tampa.
He was a member of Philadelphia Ballet II (2021–2022) and is now in his fourth season with New Jersey Ballet, continuing to grow as a committed and passionate artist.
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Peter De Carlo started dancing at age 5 on Nantucket, MA. He started his training at the Nantucket Dance Space owned and started by Michelle Birmingham whom is apart of ACK Dance Festival. After middle school on Nantucket he moved away from home to further his training at Boston Ballets Professional Division at Walnut Hill School for the Arts for one year. Shortly after he attended SAB’s summer intensive in 2022 and was welcomed to the Winter Term. He attended the school for 3 years and worked with multiple household names in the dance world like Noah Gelber, Alexi Ratmanksy, Justin Peck, and an abundance of artistic directors around the world. Peter preformed works by George Balenchine, Christopher Wheeldon, Kali Quan, Emily Kikta etc. He had the opportunity to preform Serenade by George Balenchine on New York City Ballets Koch Theatre stage in the fall of 2024. Peter was also invited by Lauren Lovette and Lauren king to preform an original piece by Lauren Lovette in the ACK Dance Festival on Nantucket this recent summer. He attended multiple summer intensives including, Boston Ballet, School of American Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and Royal Danish Ballet. Peter got offered an apprenticeship with the New Jersey Ballet in early spring 2025. He danced with them for their spring season and was offered a full company contract for the upcoming season. Now Peter plans to return to the New Jersey Ballet this fall!
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Originally from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. At the age of eleven, he received a scholarship to continue his training with Western Ballet Theater, Ballet Escenario, and EMBAE until 2018, when he joined the Ballet de Camara de Madrid, dancing in many principal and soloist roles. In 2020, he was a top award winner for his Classical Variation, Contemporary Solo, and “Best” Pas de Deux at Dance Open America’s International Competition. Mr. Vázquez joined the New Jersey Ballet Company and became a graduate of Classical Dance Pedagogy (Cuban Technique) at the Alicia Alonso Dance Institute, Rey Juan Carlos II University (URJC) in Madrid. In addition, he has performed at festivals such as Festival de la Danza 2019 (San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain), Festival Del Movimiento 2020 & 2021 (San Juan, Puerto Rico), and Asbury Park Dance Festival 2023 (Asbury Park, New Jersey).
As a teacher, Mr. Vázquez, in the last few years, has joined the faculty of New Jersey Ballet School, Denville Dance Arts Center and Studio L Dance Company in New Jersey. He is part of the movie Kiss Of Spider-Woman and the Amazon Prime series Étoile.
As a guest artist and company dancer, he has danced with Ballet Etudes of Florida, Mauro Ballet Company, Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico, Ballet Arts Dance Company, Charlotte Youth Ballet, Midland Ballet Festival, Tabula Rasa Dance Theater, Ballet Collective and Chamber Dance Project.
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CATHERINE WHITING trained at the New Jersey School of Ballet and also attended programs at the School of American Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. She was part of the New Jersey School of Ballet’s ensemble that took first place twice in the Youth Dance Festival of New Jersey, where Ms. Whiting also won first place performing a pas de deux. Her repertory includes Fairy Doll, Le Corsaire, Nutcracker and Don Quixote. She joined New Jersey Ballet in 2011.
Company Apprentices
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Katelyn Konawalik began her training at an early age at The Academy of Dance Arts in Red Bank, NJ. In 2017, she began training in the professional training division at The Washington School of Ballet, under the direction of Xiomara Reyes. She was promoted to trainee by Artistic Director, Julie Kent, the following year. While at The Washington Ballet, Ms Konawalik performed in Julie Kent’s company productions of The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Balanchine’s Theme and Variations, Concerto Barocco and Serenade. She also performed in The Washington Ballet’s productions of The Nutcracker and Giselle at the Warner Theater in Washington DC.
In 2023, Ms Konawalik joined The New Jersey Ballet as a trainee, under the direction of Artistic Director, Maria Kowroski, and was promoted to Company Apprentice in 2024. She has performed numerous roles in NJB productions of The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, “Once Upon a Time”, Swan Lake Act ll ; Balanchine’s Serenade and Concerto Barocco; and was apart of the original cast of Harrison Ball’s “New Ancient Strings”.
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Maggie Sorge, originally from upstate NY, received her ballet training at the New Paltz School of Ballet under the direction of former New York City Ballet dancers Lisa Chalmers-Naumann and Peter Naumann, where she trained until graduating high school in 2020. After high school, Maggie continued her training at the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase College, where she graduated with her BFA summa cum laude. During her time in the conservatory, she had the opportunity to perform lead roles in works by George Balanchine, Kara Wilkes, Christopher Rudd, Ja’ Malik, and Michelle Thompson-Ulrich. Maggie has also attended summer programs at Pacific Northwest Ballet, Kaatsbaan, Charlotte Ballet, and the Chautauqua Institution, where she worked alongside Patricia McBride, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Sasha Janes. In the Fall of 2023, Maggie joined New Jersey Ballet as a trainee, where she remained through the 24/25 season. She has performed in the NJB productions of Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, as well as Harrison Ball's Purcell Suite and George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco and Serenade. She was promoted to company apprentice in 2025.
Guest Artists
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Raynor Rubel: AEA / SAG trained at New Jersey School of Ballet. Raynor’s TV/Film credits include HBO TV Series The Gilded Age. His Regional Theatre credits include: The Music Man (Tommy Djilas) at Goodspeed Opera House and at Asolo Rep; West Side Story (Big Deal/ Snow Boy/Fight Captain) at Asolo Rep and at Barrington Stage Company; Saturday Night Fever (Gus) at Walnut Street Theatre, Riverside Theatre, and at Westchester Broadway Theatre. His New York Theatre credits include: American Dance Machine’s re-staging of Jerome Robbins’ Broadway and Agnes de Mille’s Forty Minutes For Lunch. Raynor has performed as a guest artist with New Jersey Ballet in Rodeo, Cinderella, Esmeralda, and The Nutcracker. He is the founder/owner of Carousel of Progress Academy: a performing arts school for students with special needs. Author of children’s book “TILL YOUR FEET BLEED” www.raynorrubel.com
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