Born on Long Island, New York, Cory Stearns began his classical training at the age of five with Seiskaya Ballet. At age 15, he participated in the Youth America Grand Prix and was offered a full scholarship to The Royal Ballet School in London. Upon graduating with honors, he received the Dame Ruth Railton Award for excellence in dance.

Stearns joined American Ballet Theatre Studio Company in September 2004, the main Company as an apprentice in January 2005, and became a member of the corps de ballet the following year. He was appointed a Soloist in January 2009 and a Principal Dancer in January 2011.

Stearns performs leading roles in the Company’s full-length ballets, including Albrecht in Giselle, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, and Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, as well as leading roles in repertory works including The Brahms-Haydn Variations, Études, The Leaves Are Fading, Mozartiana, Symphony in C, and Thirteen Diversions. He created the role of Mithridates in Of Love and Rage and leading roles in AFTERITE, A Time There Was, Her Notes, I Feel The Earth Move, and Piano Concerto #1.

Stearns won the 2009 Erik Bruhn Prize for best male dancer.

Born in Pennsylvania, Devon Teuscher began her dance training at the age of nine under Deanna Doty at Champaign Urbana Ballet Academy in Champaign, Illinois. She continued her training in Essex, Vermont at the Vermont Ballet Theatre School under Alex and Kirsten Nagiba. She attended summer intensives at The Kirov Ballet Academy and at Pacific Northwest Ballet on full scholarship.

From 2002–2006, Teuscher attended American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive and was a National Training Scholar from 2003–2006. In January 2005, she began training at the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School on full scholarship.

After joining ABT Studio Company in 2006, Teuscher became an apprentice with the main Company in December 2007. She joined the corps de ballet in June 2008, was named a Soloist in August 2014, and became a Principal Dancer in September 2017.

Her roles with the Company include the title role in Jane Eyre, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, as well as leading roles in repertory works including Symphonie Concertante and Symphonic Variations. She created the Fairy Candide (Sincerity) in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Sleeping Beauty and roles in After You, Her Notes, New American Romance, and Serenade after Plato’s Symposium.

Born in New York City, Catherine Hurlin began her dance training at Scarsdale Ballet Studio and Westchester Dance Academy. At the 2007 Youth America Grand Prix New York City Finals, she received the Hope Award. The following year she received a full scholarship to the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School under the direction of Franco De Vita. She received the first Angelina Ballerina Stars of Tomorrow Scholarship in 2010 and was a Northern Trust Scholar in 2011.

Hurlin attended ABT’s Summer Intensive as a National Training Scholar from 2010–2012. As a student, she created the role of Young Clara in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker and performed the role of “Clara” in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall for three years.

Hurlin joined ABT as an apprentice in December 2013 and the corps de ballet in June 2014. She was promoted to Soloist in September 2018.

Her repertoire with the Company includes Myrta in Giselle, Lescaut’s Mistress in Manon, and Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty and leading roles in AFTERITE, Garden Blue, and Her Notes. She created Callirhoe in Of Love and Rage, Hail in The Seasons, and a featured role in Bernstein in a Bubble.

Born in Red Bank, New Jersey, Lauren Bonfiglio started her training at the Academy of Dance Arts at age three under the direction of Jennifer James Church and Shayne and Nick Mishoe.

Bonfiglio attended American Ballet Theatre’s Young Dancer Workshop in New York City for two consecutive summers, 2007 and 2008. After participating in ABT’s New York Summer Intensive in 2009, she was accepted as a student at the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School under the direction of Franco De Vita. She was the recipient of Merit Scholarships in 2010 and 2011 and the Northern Trust Scholarship for 2012-2013. She attended ABT’s New York Summer Intensive from 2009-2013, and was an ABT National Training Scholar in 2011 and 2012.

Bonfiglio performed in Raymond Luken’s Jerusalem Divertissement at the 2012 Prix Rome. She performed the role of Clara in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker in 2010.

Bonfiglio became a member of ABT Studio Company in September 2013. She joined American Ballet Theatre as an apprentice in 2014 and the corps de ballet in January 2015. Her repertoire includes the Lead Gypsy in Don Quixote, the Spanish Dance in Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker, and Red Riding Hood in Ratmansky’s The Sleeping Beauty.

A native of Natick, Massachusetts, Jacob Clerico began his dance training at three years old at the Dancing Arts Center in Holliston, Massachusetts. In 2013, Clerico began training under Patrick Notaro and Gregg Saulnier, the current co-directors of Dancing Arts Center.

Clerico has attended summer programs at Ballet West, Boston Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre in New York City. He trained at the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School from 2015-2017 under the direction of both Franco De Vita and Cynthia Harvey. While a student at the ABT JKO School, he performed the pas de deux from George Balanchine’s La Source at the 2017 Gala Internazionale at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.

Clerico joined ABT Studio Company in September 2017, became an apprentice with the main Company in December 2018, and joined the corps de ballet in June 2019. His repertoire includes a featured role in Deuce Coupe and roles in all of the Company’s full-length ballets. He created a featured role in Indestructible Light.

Michael de la Nuez was born in Lexington, Kentucky and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He began his dance training at age 14 at de la Dance Center, studying with his parents, former professional ballet dancers Mario de la Nuez and Meridith Benson. In 2016, he attended the Boston Ballet Summer Dance Program.

In 2016, de la Nuez joined de la Dance Company, a small professional company in Cincinnati, as a trainee, and he performed as a full company member from 2017-2018. His repertoire included the Cavalier, Snow King, Nutcracker, and Russian in The Nutcracker, Paquita, Le Corsaire pas de deux, Don Quixote pas de deux, and the peasant pas de deux from Giselle, as well as modern and contemporary repertory.

In 2017, de la Nuez was a finalist at the Youth America Grand Prix in New York City, and in 2018 he won the Grand Prix at the YAGP Regional Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

He joined ABT Studio Company in February 2018, joined the main Company as an apprentice in December 2018, and became a member of the corps de ballet in June 2019.

Born in Madrid, Spain, Carlos Gonzalez began studying classical dance in 2005 at El Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Fortea. In 2012, he continued his training at the El Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma in Madrid. His repertoire included the peasant pas de deux from Giselle, Basilio in Don Quixote, Solor in La Bayadère, the Nutcracker Prince in The Nutcracker, Franz in Coppélia and roles in Le Corsaire, Paquita, Swan Lake, Majísimo, Jose Tirado’s A Bigas, Goyo Montero’s Alrededor no hay nada, Juan Carlos Santamaría’s Sounds, and Jean-Philippe Dury’s Four Seasons. In 2013, Gonzalez placed third in the Junior Classical Dance category in the XVII International Dance Competition in Ribarroja del Turia, Spain.

Gonzalez joined American Ballet Theatre Studio Company in September 2015, became an apprentice with the main Company in December 2016, and joined the corps de ballet in June 2017. His repertoire with ABT includes Harlequin in Harlequinade, the Spanish Dance in Swan Lake, a leading role in AFTERITE, and featured roles in Deuce Coupe and In the Upper Room. He created featured roles in A Time There Was and Convivium.

Kiely Groenewegen is originally from Melbourne, Australia and began dancing with Christine Bowman at Westpointe Ballet Academy at age three. At age 15, she began training at the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet under Christine Walsh and Valmai Roberts.

In 2013, Groenewegen won the second scholarship prize at the McDonald’s Sydney Eisteddfod arts festival and was selected as a candidate for the Prix de Lausanne, where she received a full scholarship to The Royal Ballet School in London. While at The Royal Ballet School, Groenewegen received sponsorship from the Esprit de Corps and a bursary from the Ballet Association awarded to outstanding students. In 2015, she performed with The Royal Ballet as a Snowflake in The Nutcracker.

Groenewegen then joined ABT Studio Company in September 2016, became an apprentice with the main Company in November 2017, and joined the corps de ballet in December 2017. She dances roles in all the Company’s full-length ballets.

Sung Woo Han was born in Seoul, South Korea. He began his ballet training at the Sun-hwa Arts Middle School in his hometown and entered Korea National University of Arts at the age of 17. Han has won numerous awards including Beijing International Ballet Invitational Competition (at which he received the Grand First Prize), International Ballet Competition-Varna, and Youth America Grand Prix. In 2011, Han placed the second prize from Prix de Lausanne and received a full scholarship to the Royal Ballet School.

Han joined American Ballet Theatre as a member of the corps de ballet in December 2013. His repertoire includes a Cavalier in Cinderella, Persian Man in The Golden Cockerel, the Spanish Dance in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker, Puss-in-Boots in Ratmansky’s The Sleeping Beauty, the Neapolitan Dance and the Spanish Dance in Swan Lake, a leading role in Monotones II, and a featured role in Raymonda Divertissements. He created a Fairy Cavalier in Ratmansky’s The Sleeping Beauty.

Han has created three works for ABT Incubator, the Company’s choreographic workshop: Beneath the Conscious (2018), perspective of glory (2019), and Death and Life (2021).

Anabel Katsnelson was born in New City, New York and began dancing at the age of three. She began training at the Petrov Ballet Academy in 2010 and was accepted into the Houston Ballet Academy in 2014. She performed at Youth America Grand Prix Finals from 2012-2014 and received a Young Arts Foundation merit scholarship in 2014. She attended the Houston Ballet Summer Intensive in 2014 and 2015 and the American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive in 2016.

In 2014, Katsnelson performed in Swan Lake with the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center. She joined Houston Ballet II in 2015, where she toured nationally and internationally and danced corps de ballet roles with Houston Ballet.

Katsnelson joined American Ballet Theatre Studio Company in September 2016, became an apprentice with the main Company in December 2016, and became a member of the corps de ballet in June 2017. Her repertoire includes a Shade in La Bayadère, Amour in Don Quixote, Callirhoe’s Maid in Of Love and Rage, a little swan in Swan Lake, and featured roles in In the Upper Room and A Time There Was. She created roles in Dream within a Dream (deferred) and Indestructible Light.

Kanon Kimura was born in Tokyo, Japan and began her ballet training there at age four. She studied at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. for one year. Kimura was a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne in 2016 and received a full scholarship to train at San Francisco Ballet School. She joined American Ballet Theatre Studio Company in September 2018 and became an apprentice with American Ballet Theatre in 2019.

Born in Toulouse, France, Melvin Lawovi began dancing in a small studio in his hometown. At age 10, he joined VM Ballet School under the direction of Vinciane Ghyssens and Matthew Madsen. In 2015, he appeared on Season 2 of the French television show Prodiges and won the Golden Award.

Lawovi has participated in many international competitions including in Grasse, Cannes, Biarritz, and Toulouse, winning gold medals and special prizes in each. He participated in the IBStage International Summer Program and Gala and spent summers training at The Royal Ballet School and Varna International Ballet Competition. In 2018, Lawovi finished first place at the Youth America Grand Prix semi-finals in Barcelona.

He joined American Ballet Theatre Studio Company in January 2018 and became an apprentice with the main Company in 2019. He created a role in Indestructible Light.

Born in Wyckoff, New Jersey, Tyler Maloney started his training at a young age in different styles of dance including jazz, modern, contemporary, hip-hop, and later ballet at the local YMCA. At the age of 11, Maloney attended American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive and was accepted into the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, where he trained for the next four years.

In 2010, Maloney performed the role of the Nutcracker Boy in the premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Maloney joined ABT Studio Company in 2013, joined the main Company as an apprentice in December 2015, and became a member of the corps de ballet in April 2016.

His repertory includes the peasant pas de deux in Giselle, Harlequin in Harlequinade, The Boy in Whipped Cream, leading roles in AFTERITE, Serenade after Plato’s Symposium, and Souvenir d’un lieu cher, and featured roles in The Brahms-Haydn Variations and Songs of Bukovina. He created Polycharmus in Of Love and Rage, a Satyr in The Seasons, and featured roles in A Time There Was, Bernstein in a Bubble, and Praedicere.

Joseph Markey, originally from Jacksonville, Florida, started his training at Debbie’s Dance Company under the direction of Debra Ford. There, he worked with artists such as jazz musician Donald Byrd, choreographer Francesca Harper, tap dancer Anthony Morigerato, and choreographer Dwight Rhoden. In 2017, Markey moved to Orlando, Florida and became a trainee with Orlando Ballet School.

Markey joined American Ballet Theatre Studio Company the following year. He attended summer programs at Ballet West, Orlando Ballet, Next Generation Ballet, Art of Movement, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. He won a silver medal as a YoungArts finalist in 2017, a bronze medal at the USA International Ballet Competition Jackson in 2018, and first place at Youth America Grand Prix Tampa semi-finals in 2018.

Markey became an apprentice with American Ballet Theatre in 2019. He created a featured role in What Becomes of Love?

Born in Markham, Ontario, Canada, Abbey Marrison began studying jazz, tap, lyrical, and contemporary dance at the age of four. She began her ballet training at Karpov Ballet Academy in 2012 under the instruction of Anna and Vladimir Karpov. Her repertoire included leading roles in La Bayadère, Cinderella, The Fairy Doll, Giselle, and The Nutcracker.

Marrison attended summer programs at Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Ballet West, and IBStage. In 2014, she received first place (contemporary) and second place (classical) at the World Ballet Art Competition Grand Prix in Vaughan, Ontario. She was a finalist at the 2016 Youth America Grand Prix.

Marrison began training at the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School in September 2016 and joined ABT Studio Company in September 2017. She became an apprentice with the main Company in December 2018 and joined the corps de ballet in June 2019.

Hannah Marshall was born in New York City and grew up in Rockland County, New York. She received her training at Ballet Academy East with Darla Hoover, Cheryl Yeager, Peter Frame, Jenna Lavin, Stacy Caddell, Olga Dvorovenko, Francis Patrelle, and Joseph Malbrough. She attended Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet’s summer program for five years. Hannah was a featured dancer in the Dance Media series Dance 212.

Marshall attended American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive on full scholarship in 2011. She was named a National Training Scholar and was awarded the Carmen D. Barth Scholarship to study at the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School. Marshall joined ABT Studio Company in 2012 and was a recipient of the Mae L. Wein Scholarship. Marshall performed with American Ballet Theatre in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker in 2012.

Marshall joined ABT as an apprentice in 2013 and the corps de ballet in June 2014. She performs roles in all the Company’s full-length ballets.

Betsy McBride, originally from Coppell, Texas, began her training at the Ballet Academy of Texas. At age 14, she continued her training at Texas Ballet Theater’s School. McBride was an American Ballet Theatre National Training Scholar and performed in George Balanchine’s Mozartiana at age 11 during ABT’s tour to Texas. She was awarded the Grand Prix at the 2007 Youth America Grand Prix Regional Competition and was a finalist at the 2012 Helsinki International Ballet Competition.

McBride danced for Texas Ballet Theater from 2007–2015, rising through the ranks to principal dancer. She danced principal roles in repertory works and full-length ballets including Ben Stevenson’s Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and The Nutcracker.

McBride joined American Ballet Theatre as a member of the corps de ballet in June 2015. Her repertoire with the Company includes the peasant pas de deux in Giselle, Rosaline in Romeo and Juliet, Snow in The Seasons, the pas de trois in Swan Lake, a leading role in Symphonic Variations, and featured roles in The Brahms-Haydn Variations, Deuce Coupe, Dream within a Dream (deferred) and A Time There Was. She created a featured role in Indestructible Light.

Duncan McIlwaine was born and raised in a family of dancers in Worcester, Vermont. He began studying ballet at age eight at Vermont Ballet Theater School, under the direction of Alexander Nagiba. McIlwaine attended the Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensive in Connecticut and American Ballet Theatre’s Young Dancer Summer Workshop. At age 13, he joined the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School on full scholarship. As a student at the ABT JKO School, he performed the role of The Nutcracker Boy in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker at Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. In January 2018, McIlwaine joined American Ballet Theatre Studio Company and became an apprentice with the main Company in 2019. He created a featured role in Indestructible Light.

João Menegussi was born and raised in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, where he began his dance studies at the Monica Tenore Ballet School at the age of five. At the 2012 Youth America Grand Prix, he received a scholarship from the Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation to begin his professional studies at Tanz Akademie Zurich under the direction of Oliver Matz and Steff Scherzer. Menegussi won first place at the 2012 Joinville Dance Festival, the silver medal in the 2015 Tanzolymp, and was a finalist at the 2016 Prix de Lausanne. In 2015, he performed with Ballet Zurich in Giselle, reconstructed by Patrice Bart, and took part in the Tanz Prize Gala.

Menegussi joined American Ballet Theatre Studio Company in September 2016, became an apprentice with the main Company in December 2017, and joined the corps de ballet in June 2018. His repertoire with ABT includes the Spanish Dance in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker and a featured role in Deuce Coupe, as well as roles in all the Company’s full-length ballets. He created a leading role in Touché.

Chloe Misseldine began her classical training at Orlando Ballet School. She attended ABT Summer Intensives in Orange County, California and New York City as a National Training Scholar from 2016-2018. In 2016, she performed a traditional Chinese fan dance called Mo Li Hua in the CCTV New Year’s Gala known as the Beijing Spring Festival Gala (Chunwan), broadcast to over 700 million viewers. At age 15, Misseldine earned second place in the 2017 Youth America Grand Prix New York City Finals and performed at the YAGP “Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow” Gala. In 2018, she was named a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne and joined American Ballet Theatre Studio Company. Misseldine became an apprentice with American Ballet Theatre in 2019.