AD BILLY BLANKEN
Billy grew up performing in Dayton, Ohio with the Muse Machine under the direction of Nat Horne and David Duising and dancing at the Gary Geiss School of Dance. He graduated with honors from Ball State University with majors in Acting and Dance Performance. While at Ball State, Billy danced with Anderson Young Ballet Theatre and Project in Motion. After graduation, he was invited to attend the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City . During that time he performed with the Joffrey Ensemble and produced the Joffrey School's first Student Choreographic Workshop.
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Billy started his professional career with the Amy Marshall Dance Company before joining Les Ballets Grandiva. Some of Billy's freelance credits include; principal guest artist with Brooklyn Ballet, Dances Patrelle, CoDa21 of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Catherine Gallant Dance, Atlantic City Ballet, York Dance Works, Mobile Ballet, Flexicurve, Northwest Florida Ballet, Lane & Co Arts, Eidolon Ballet, Sun Valley Ballet, the East Village Dance Project, Yuka Kawazu/Danse En L'air, Northeastern Ballet Theatre, Neville Dance Theatre, isadoraNOW, Ballet Mink Colbert, Ajkun Ballet Theatre, Safe Haven Ballet. and performing Michael Foley's work in the Howl on the Road Festival at Lincoln Center. He is a frequent collaborator with Project In Motion and has been commissioned to stage several of his works on their company.
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Billy is original collaborator, writer, producer, choreographer and performer of "the intimacies project" with dancer Jordan Marinov, filmmaker Bill Hayward and late Musician/ Playwright Anna Elman. ‘the intimacies project’ was featured at Port Authority by Times Square Alliance and several site specific venues in New York.
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Billy has taught at the SUNY Purchase College, Jakarta Intercultural School, the National School of Ballet in Tirana, Albania, the Logrea Dance Academy, the Fashion Institute of Technology, East Village Dance Project, Joffrey Ballet School, Ball State University, Flash Pointe Dance, Wright State University, the Gary Geiss Dance School, Northwest Florida Ballet, Northeastern Ballet Theatre, New York Dance Experience, and others. He currently teaches adult ballet classes in New York at Peridance and is adjunct faculty at SUNY Purchase.
MARCIEL GREENE
Originally from Indiana, Marciel's career began in NYC Theater. She quickly realized that she had a passion for all other types of production. She worked on everything from Fashion Week to the New York Photographer's Guild Gala.
Her credits include- Broadway: RACE, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Oleanna, Superior Donuts (Assistant). Other Theater Work; The Timing of a Day (Mind the Art Productions), My Fair Lady (Maine State Music Theater), Picnic (Ball State University), The Nutcracker (Ball State University), Surflight Theater's 2011 Summer season including RENT, Grease, Love Letters, ART directed by and starring Judd Hirsch, The Odd Couple, I Do! I Do!, and Same Time Next Year. Dance: Mariana Bekerman Dance Company, NY2Dance: Nejla Yatkin, Treeline Dance Company, Eidolon Ballet. Marciel was the 2009 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Award for Lighting Design Excellence Recipient and the recipient of the 2009 Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Lighting Design Fellowship. Marciel was the Technical Manager for Eyesight Fashion and Luxury and managed New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week productions from 2010-2013. Marciel has a degree in Theater Design and Technology from Ball State University.
JONATHAN PARKE
JP came to the business from the Rock ‘n Roll side of life. From regional one-nighters to Bus & Truck touring, he has experienced working for bands on their way up, at their height, and on their way to oblivion. Rock, country, jazz, classical, alternative, Rap, you name it, it was in the cards. The first non-equity tour of Crazy For You ’95 was his initiation to Broadway Theater Bus & Truck touring. Since then he has become a Sound Designer, Board Operator, Crew Chief, and Production Supervisor. Sound Design: Cirque Ingenieux (NETworks ’97-’99), Annie (NETworks ’99-’01), Notre Dame de Paris (Paris Hotel Theater-Las Vegas 2000) and Jekyl & Hyde (NETworks 2000). JP was the resident sound designer for The North Carolina Theater in Raleigh for 11 years, and Casa Manana Theater in Fort Worth, TX for 5 years. He finished off his touring career as head audio with the Tony Award®-winning show FELA! that ended back on Broadway in the summer of 2012. Hobbies include photography, model railroading,
sailing, and a love for the unexpected. JP & Marciel welcomed Nixon Ann Parke into their family 4/11/15 and she has become the inspiration of all their work.
LAUREN WOODS
Born in Mobile, Alabama, Lauren received her MFA in painting from the New York Academy of Art after completing her BA in studio art at Spring Hill College. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Art in the Department of Art & Art History at Auburn University, where she teaches figure drawing and painting. She has shown work regionally at the Huntsville Museum of Art, the Mobile Museum of Art, the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art, and the Gadsden Museum of Art and exhibited nationally in galleries across the US. Her most recent projects are focused on combining her experience as a former ballet dancer with her current painting practice. She is presently collaborating with choreographers and musicians to develop immersive art experiences.
ALEXANDRA SKIBINSKI
Originally from Charleston, SC, Alexandra trained at the S.C. Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities in Greenville, SC. She furthered her education and attended New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. She has performed works created by Paul Taylor, Mark Morris, Merce Cunningham, Peter London, Pascal Rioult, Gerard Ebitz, and Mary Carpenter. She has performed in ballets such as Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadere, Swan Lake, Coppelia, Giselle, The Nutcracker, and La Sylphide.
SABRINA PRETTO
Sabrina Pretto was born in Vicenza, Italy. After initial training, she was admitted to the prestigious “Acadèmie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace”in Monaco Monte Carlo. After graduation, she won third prize at the International Dance competition in Spoleto, Italy. Credits include , the English National Ballet, Stadttheater Koblenz in Germany and Les Ballets Grandiva. In 2011 she joined Les Ballets Trockadero de Montecarlo.
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Since 2018 Sabrina is an active member of the International society of classical dance Marika Besobrasova, which intent is to preserve and pass on the pedagogy and methods of teaching of the famous teacher.
TANYA TROMBLY
Originally from Michigan, Tanya holds a B.A. in Dance from Mercyhurst University in Erie, PA. She danced with several professional companies across the country before settling in New York City to work as a freelance artist. Currently dancing with 5 companies, she has performed principal roles in Swan Lake, Beauty & the Beast, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, The Nutcracker and many more classical ballets along with original contemporary works. She is also the founder and owner of Anti-Bunhead Fitness. Through her patented Bulletproof Ballerina cross-training system and nutrition & lifestyle coaching, she works with dancers to help them reach their true potential as artists by nurturing the strength, confidence, and self-worth needed for peak performance. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University – Peabody Institute teaching a body conditioning course for the BFA Dance program.
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