Cast Information

Artistic Staff

Victor Trevino
Artistic Director/Founder
Dance Company Affiliations
Ballet Florida
Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo
Les Balllets Trocadero Gloxinia
Ballet New England
Mr. Trevino, the founding artistic director of Les Ballets Grandiva, has created various works for the company including Romeo and Juliet, Le Petite Nutcracker Suite, Spartacus, Swan Lake Act II, Bolero, Near the Middle Somewhat Below, Love Wrongs, Peridot, Minkus Gala, Pocahontas Pas, Dracula and The Changing Room, and he has staged numerous classical duets and solos. Beyond Les Ballets Grandiva his creations include The Adventures of Little Red Riding Hood, Peter and the Wolf and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Victor's extensive career as a Ballerina include most of the great female leads such as Odette, Odile, Giselle, Kitri, Aurora, Sugar Plum Fairy, Juliet and Carmen. One of the highlights of his dancing career was a performance of the Black Swan Pas de Deux with Julio Bocca in Buenos Aires.

Paul Boos
Ballet Master
Dance Company Affiliations
New York City Ballet
Kirov
Joffrey Ballet
K Ballet Japan
Mr. Boos began his ballet training at the age of nine in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and was offered a scholarship to study in NYC at the tender age of 15. He trained, first at the American Ballet Theater School, and later at the School of American Ballet.
The SAB was Paul's introduction, not only to George Balanchine, but to Jerome Robbins. In his graduation performance at SAB, Paul performed principal roles in ballets that were personally coached and supervised by both Balanchine and Robbins.
At 18, Paul was invited to become a member of NYCB and performed with the company for 13 years, in more than 60 ballets, in corp de ballet, as a soloist, and occasionally in principal featured roles.

Paul has enjoyed an international career teaching and staging ballet. Most notably, Paul has staged Prodigal Son at the Kirov Ballet in St. Petersburg and Apollo for the Joffrey Company in Chicago. Recently mounting Japan's K-Ballet production of The Prodigal Son, Paul portrayed the role of the Father, opposite Tetsuya Kumakawa.

Paul has been Les Ballets Grandiva's ballet master since its founding in 1996 and looks forward to developing its future in Japan and abroad.

Dancers
Emanuel Abruzzo
Dance Company Affiliations
Julio Bocca's sub16 Ballet
Compania Internacional de Teatro Musica
Generacion 2000
Baardar Danseteater (Norway)
Mr. Abruzzo was born in Rosario, Argentina. He started his studies at the young age of four with tap, jazz and ballet. He studied on scholarship at the Rosarito Tomatis Dance School, Cuballet Rosario, Julio Bocca's Ballet and Musical Theatre School, Fondo Nacional de las Artes, and at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. He has
worked with Julio Bocca's Sub 16 Ballet Company, Compañía Internacional de Teatro Musica (C.I.T.M.), Generación 2000, Baardar Danseteater (Norway) and as a dancer of Fundación
Julio Bocca.

Marlon Altoe
Dance Company Affiliations
Houston Ballet
Hartford Ballet
Omaha Theater Company Ballet
Mr. Altoe is a native of Vitoria, Brazil. He got his training at the Houston Ballet Academy where he performed in many Houston Ballet productions. Upon graduating Mr. Altoe danced with the Hartford Ballet for two seasons and later joined Omaha Theater Company Ballet where he danced works by the world's leading choreographers.

Ian Archer-Watters
Dance Company Affiliations
San Francisco Ballet
St. Louis Ballet
Dallas Opera
New York City Ballet
Mr. Archer-Watters trained at the Alexandra School of Ballet in St. Louis and the San Francisco Ballet School before joining Paul Mejia’s Fort Worth Ballet dancing an extensive Balanchine repertory as well as many of Mr. Mejia's works. He performed with Dallas Opera in Aida and danced soloist roles with the Saint Louis Ballet from 1995 to 1997. Ian received a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Saint Louis University before joining the development staff of the Handel & Haydn Society and the Longy School of Music in Boston. In 2001, he accepted a development position at New York City Ballet where he worked in institutional support and major gifts for 3 ½ years.

George Callahan
Dance Company Affiliations
New York City Ballet
Joffrey Ballet
Eglevsky Ballet
Mr. Callahan trained at the School of American Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet, the Andre Eglevsky School of Ballet. and is a graduate of the Julliard School. As a Principal Dancer with The Eglevsky Ballet he danced leading roles in Coppelia, Don Quixote, Midsummer's Night Dream, Nutcracker, Raymonda, Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. Additionally he has performed works of Gerald Arpino, George Balanchine, Eliot Feld, Martha Graham and Sir Kenneth MacMillan. Mr. Callahan also teaches ballet and has worked at the Cultural Arts Center of Long Island, the American Theater Dance Workshop, 92nd Street YMCA and Studio Maestro NYC. He frequently performs as a principal guest artist with several companies internationally and is a volunteer firefighter.

Bart deBlock
Dance Company Affiliations
Berlin Opera Ballet
Royal Ballet De Flanders
Kirov Ballet
Mr. deBlock was a principal dancer with the Berlin Opera Ballet and with The Royal Ballet de Flanders. He has danced many principal roles including many created for him with other companies. He has worked with many major ballet choreographers including Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Maurice Bejart, John Neumeier, Valery Panov, Moses Pendleton, Bill T. Jones, Karol Armitage, Nacho Duato, Christopher Bruce and Peter Schaufuss . His award winning performance of "Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux" at the Prix de Lausanne can be seen on video. He made a guest appearance with the Kirov Ballet, as Albrecht in Giselle. Also, Bart has many awards to his credit including a silver medal at Jackson, 2 gold medals in France and also the Prix Professionale at the Prix De Lausanne. Several pointe ballets were created for him in the traditional ballet world including the lead featured role in a full length ballet at the Royal Ballet de Flanders.

Allen Dennis
Dance Company Affiliations
Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo
The New Boys
Born in Los Angeles, Mr. Dennis' first major public appearance was at age 14 on the television game show "The Joker’s Wild". He studied acting at Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, dance at Marin Ballet and holds a B.A. in dance theater from an insignificant college in California. He has toured the world as Karina for 23 years giving him the dubious distinction of being the "most senior" male ballerina absoluto in the world.

Roberto Forleo
Dance Company Affiliations
Paris Opera
Bejart Ballet Lausanne
Grupo Corpo
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
Mr. Forleo is a native of Bari, Italy. His credits include being a member of Grupo Corpo, Bejart Ballet Lausanne, Rambert Dance Company and Ballet Bairritz. Roberto won first prize at the Taranto Danza Ballet Competition in 1996 and has performed as a guest with the La Parentheses in Marsaeille, Puglia Danza Festival and most recently with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Mr. Forleo has danced many lead roles and has critical acclaim for his performances including one in the Los Angeles Times for his role in Les Petit Reins.

Curtis Foley
Ballet Company Affiliations
Branff Center for the Arts
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Mr. Foley is Canadien and was born in Vancouver,  He trained at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada and has danced professionally for 2 years.  Mr. Foley would like to thank his family for all their support and to Vicky Simon of the Balanchine Trust for her private pointe coaching and encouragement. 

Carlos Garcia
Dance Company Affiliations
Ballet Philippines
Hong Kong Ballet
Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo Born in Quezon City, Philipines, Carlos began his training at Chameleon DanceTheater. He continued his training on scholarship at the Hong Kong Academy forPerforming Arts. Carlos has many years of experience dancing as a male ballerina andhas danced lead female roles that include Le Corsaire, Don Quixote, Paquita, Spring Waters and Odette in Swan Lake.

Richard Isaac
Dance Company Affiliations
Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montreal
Kansas City Ballet
San Francisco Ballet
Tulsa Ballet
Minnesota Dance Theater
Spectrum Dance Theater
Metropolitan Ballet of Wichita
Mr. Isaac Began his training at The San Francisco Ballet School and has trained at the Boston Ballet and Houston Ballet Academies

He has danced all over the United states and Canada doing featured roles in many companies which include Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montreal,  Kansas City Ballet, and Specturm Dance theater.

He has danced featured roles in such varied productions as The Nutcracker, Allegro Brillante, Frankie and Johnny, Peter and the Wolf, Romeo and Juliet, La Fille Mal Garde, Without Words and the Sleeping Beauty just to name a few.  He has also been the recipient of the Kansas Cultural Trust Fund Award for both 1998 and 1999.

Scott Macdonald
Dance Company and Professional Affiliations
Ash Contemporary Dance Company of Montreal
Beauty and the Beast
The Music Man
Also mutiple dance award medalist (Canada, USA and World)
Mr. MacDonald is Canadian born and studied dance at Micki's Dance Connection, The Academy Dance, St. John's College and Vlad's Dance Company in Ontario. Mr. Macdonald's Professional credits include "Beauty and the Beast" with Drayton Entertainment the Ontario Tour, Micki's Dance Connection, Lisa Naves Dance Company, Helix Dance Project, ASH Contemporary in Montreal and the feature film The Music Man. Scott has many awards and scholarships including Amercan Dance Awards 2004 Scholarship winner and Male dancer of the year, World Jazz Congress Gold Medal winner 2003, Dance Masters of America Teen Mister Dance of America 2002, World Show Dance Congress Silver medal and in the Canadian National Dance Champoinships for 2001 Winner of Ballet/Modern Champion, Canadian Jazz Champion and Canadian Acrobatics Champion.

Ari Mayzick
Dance Company Affiliations
Martha Graham Dance Company
Scapino Ballet
Sean Curran Dance Company
Pearl Lang Dance Theater
Pascal Rioutt Dance Theater
A Recipient of the Princess Grace Award of Excellence for 1999/2000, Mr. Mayzick recently danced with Scapino Ballet. He has also danced with the Martha Graham Dance Company, the Sean Curran Dance Company, Pearl Lang Dance Theater, the Pascal Rioutt Dance Theater and with the Metropolitan Opera in their production of Aida. He has appeared in music videos, television series, Off-Broadway shows, movies and has also modeled. Ari thanks his mother for giving him all of her love and support.

Momchil Mladenov
Dance Company Affiliations
Suzanne Farrell Ballet
Bulgarian National Ballet
Configurations Dance Company
Born in Bourgas, Bulgaria, Mr. Mladenov was trained in the Vaganova Method with the National High School of Ballet in Sofia, Bulgaria from 1984 to 1993. In 1997 he earned a Bachelor of Arts in ballet from the National Academy of Music in Sofia. From 1993 to 1999 he was a principal dancer with the Bulgarian National Ballet. His honors and awards include the Laureate of the "Arabesque" competition, the prize for best dancer for his performance of the Sleeping Beauty in 1998, Laureate of Masako Ohya at the World Ballet Competition, Osaka, Japan in 1995, and prize for Best Partner in "Seniors" category at the National Ballet Competition, Dobritsch, Bulgaria. Currently he is a Principal with the Suzanne Farrell Ballet.

Oswaldo Muñiz
Costume Designer
Dance Company Affiliations
Eglevsky Ballet
Garden State Ballet
Pittsburgh Ballet Theater
Ballet Chicago
Ballet Oklahoma
Richmond Ballet
Les Grands Ballets de Loony
Pennsylvania Ballet
New York City Ballet
The Metropolitan Opera Ballet
Trained at the School of American Ballet on full scholarship Mr. Muñiz has performed as a principal dancer with the Eglevsky Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Edward Villella and Dancers, Ballet Oklahoma, Richmond Ballet, Ballet Chicago, The Garden State Ballet, Les Grands Ballets de Loony, The Metropolitan Opera Ballet and has been a guest artist with many other companies. As a costume designer Mr. Muniz has created costumes for soloists from the New York City Ballet, Ballet Chicago, The Garden State Ballet, Les Grands Ballets de Loony and most recently for the Pennsylvania Ballet. He has received excellent notices in magazines and newspapers including the New York Times. His work can be seen in magazine print ads as well as in television commercials. Muniz designed costumes for American figure skater Sarah Hughes and was featured on ABC television creating and executing the costume

Brian Norris
Ballet Company Affiliations
Rochester City Ballet
Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo
Trained at the Jefferson School of Performing Arts in Portland, Oregon, Brian has danced in the male comedy field for 8 years and is featured on film as Odette in a program that aired internationally on the Bravo channel. Currently he is ballet master for Rochester City Ballet and his teaching credits include The Draper Center and Nazareth Academy. Brian has choreographed the musicals "Drood" for the Lamplight Players and "The Secret Garden" for The Young, Open and Honest Players.

Giovanni Ravelo
Dance Company Affiliations
National Ballet of Colombia
Anna Pavlova Ballet Company
National Ballet of Cuba
Northeast Youth Ballet
Roxey Ballet
Ballet Theatre of Scranton
Born in Colombia, Mr. Ravelo has been dancing professionally for ten years. He trained at the Anna Pavlova School in Bogotá for six years, the School of the National Ballet of Cuba for two years, and the Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia, PA. Mr. Ravelo was a principal dancer for the National Ballet of Colombia, (one of the most important folkloric companies in the world) performing in Italy, Brazil, Israel, Chile, Germany, Panama and the United States. Mr. Ravelo has danced as a principal and soloist with Anna Pavlova Ballet Company, Ballet Theatre of Scranton, Northeast Youth Ballet, Contrast Dance Theater and Roxey Ballet Company in productions of Romeo and Juliet, Nutcracker, Don Quixote, The Sleeping Beauty, The Death of Cleopatra, The Rose and The Pearls, Bach's Tribute, Cinderella, Symphony in C, Stars and Stripes, Manon, Dracula, Othello, Swan Lake, and a wide variety of modern and contemporary pieces.

Sebastian Scolari
Ballet Company affiliations
Ballet De Mercosur Argentina
Joffrey Ballet
New York Ballet Theater
Dance Theater of Harlem
Mr. Scolari-Rinaldi hails from La Plata, Argentina. He studied at the Teatro Colon and danced with Ballet del Mercosur. He studied at the School of American Ballet and the Joffrey Ballet School among others. He has performed with the Roxey Ballet, Voorhees Ballet Theater, The NY Ballet Theater and with the Dance Theater of Harlem. His repertoire includes major roles from the Nutcracker, Dracula and La Bayadere.

Tetsushi Segawa
Dance Company Affiliations
Sadamatsu Hamada Ballet
Joffrey Ballet
Mr. Segawa began his dance training in Japan with Motoko Hiragushi and continued at Sadamatsu Hamada Ballet Company in Kobe. He was a scholarship student at Osaka University of Arts where he received his degree in dance in 2001. In the United States he studied at the Joffrey Ballet School as a scholarship student and danced with the Joffrey Ensemble and with the Mobile Ballet in Alabama. He has many prizes to his credit including second prize at the 57th All Japan Ballet Competition in Tokyo. His teachers include Toru Sadamatsu, Yoko Hanada, Shoichiro Sadamatsu, Yoshiko Nagao, Shigeru Yokoi, John Magnus, Francesca Corkle, Eleanor D'Antuono and Elie Lazer.

Juan Carlos Sole
Ballet Company Affiliations
Ballet De Teatres de la Generalitat Valencia
Mr. Sole is a native of Spain. His professional credits include Ballet de Teatres de la Generalitat Valenciana under the direction of Mauro Galindo and the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. Mr. Sole's teachers include Victor Ullate and has worked with and danced roles by Ramon Oller, David Brun, Leonardo Santos, Thomas Nonne, Patrick de Bana, Goyo Montero, Inma Rubio and the legendary Alicia Alonso.

Benjamin Timothy
Dance Company and Professional Affiliations
Royal Ballet
La Scala
Royal Shakespeare Company
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Millennium Dance 2000
Benjamin hails from London and trained two years with the Royal Ballet's Junior Associates and three years with Millennium Dance 2000 Theater School. His credits are varied and include opera (La Scala’s production of La Forza del Destino and Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s production of Giulio Cesare), theater (Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Richard III and two productions of Dick Whittington), dance (The Birmingham Royal Ballet and Millennium Dance 2000), Music videos (Razorlight’s In The Morning) and film (Kenneth Branagh’s Magic Flute).

Jai Williams
Ballet Company Affiliations
Houston Ballet
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Eglevsky Ballet
Dallas Ballet
Nevada Dance Theater
A native of Las Vegas, Mr. Williams began his formal dance training. with Winston DeWitt Hemsley at the age of 16. He went on to win scholarships at Nevada Dance Theater, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center and Houston Ballet Academy where he studied under Clara Cravey and Steve Brule. He has danced with Eglevsky Ballet, Ballet Dallas and has danced as a Male Ballerina for over a decade. He brings with him a wealth of experience and has performed nationally and internationally doing a variety of comedic lead roles. Jai has also become a sought after make-up artist in the fashion industry.

Remi Wörtmeyer - Soloist The Australian Ballet
Born in Glenelg, Adelaide, Remi began dancing at the age of three and trained at the Terry Simpson Studios. He was also a member of the South Australian Children’s Ballet Company and the South Australian Classical Youth Ballet Company. In his final year at The Australian Ballet School, where he graduated dux, Remi won a silver medal at the eighth Asian Pacific International Competition in Japan and performed with The Dancers Company. He joined The Australian Ballet in 2002. In 2003 he was granted the Diana Ramsay Scholarship to gain experience with other international companies. Remi has appeared in many of The Australian Ballet’s productions, including featured roles in Almost Tango, Aesthetic Arrest and Stanton Welch’s Velocity; the role of Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet; and the role of the Earl in Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake. In January 2005 he was promoted to Coryphée and performed in Walter Bourke’s Grande Tarantella as part of the La Sylphide programme, as well as performing the Red pas de deux in Ji¡ri Kilian’s Forgotten Land. After being promoted to the rank of Soloist for the 2006 season, Remi was awarded the inaugural Walter Bourke Award, which saw him dance with the American Ballet Theatre in New York

Production Staff

Choreographers
Peter Anastos
Marcus Galante
Brian Reeder
Victor Trevino
Matt Williams
Music
Philip Carroll
Costume Designers
Jose Coronado
Tom Augustine
Kate Carroll
Steven Epstien
Christina Giannini
Oswaldo Muniz
Laurel Parrish
Christine Pascall
Clara Poteau
David Paulin
Thom J. Peterson
Katherine Shak

Marcus Galante
Choreographer
Mr. Galante has worked extensively as a choreographer and teacher in various countries. He trained at the American Ballet Theater School and the School of American Ballet, and was also a trainee at the Harkness School of Dance.
His career includes dancing with the Chicago Lyric Ballet, Cleveland Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet and he was a soloist with both the National Ballet of South Africa and CAPAB Ballet Company.
His work on Broadway includes singing, dancing, and acting in A Chorus Line, Pippin and Carousel, and he has
created works for Ballet Chicago, Garden State Ballet, Eglevsky Ballet, Houston Grand Opera, The Buffalo Opera and many more.
Mr. Galante has done film and television choreography, and in 1995 he was nominated for a Dance In Film Award by the Dance Film Association. He has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and five grants from the Harkness Foundation for Dance He is also the founder and artistic director of Les Grands Ballets de Loony.

As a teacher, Mr. Galante has been on faculty of some of the most prestigious schools in the country including the Alvin Ailey School, Pennsylvania Ballet School and Company, The Pacific Northwest Ballet, Lines Contemporary Ballet Company, Eglevsky Ballet, Ballet Chicago, Steps in New York, Broadway Dance Center and has also taught in Japan. As a musician he trained at the Manhattan School of Music in piano and has played for every major ballet school in New York.

Jose Coronado
Resident Costume Designer
Mr. Coronado has extensive experience designing and constructing costumes for dance companies and solo artists, and he has also run his own dance company and been a member of Ballet Folklorico of Mexico.
For Les Ballets Grandiva he created costumes for Swan Lake, Coppelia, Pas de Quatre, Don Quixote, Corsaire, Vivandiere Pas de Six, Satanella, Coppelia, Dying Swan, Bayadere, Spectre de la Rose, Afternoon of a Faun,
Happy Birthday Variations, Spartacus, Romeo and Juliet and The Ice Skaters.

Philip Carroll
Musical Direction
Mr. Carroll attended Manhattan School of Music where he majored in voice.
In addition to running his own recording studio he has performed with the Aspen Opera Theater, John Brownley Theater and the Bard Music Festival.
He has done collaborative work with several dance companies including the Amy Pivar Dance Company and with several short films. He is certified in Dalcroze Eurhythmics and teaches music at Greenwich Music House.

Tim Darling

Baris Ehran