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Company Bios
Nicole Fedorov
Nicole Fedorov, born in Brooklyn, studied at the Brighton Ballet Theater and Studio Maestro in Manhattan. Upon graduation, she was invited to train at the Gelsey Kirkland Academy, where she danced as a founding studio company member for four years. Nicole performed with the Ballet Theater of Sibiu, Armenian National Ballet, Moscow Classical Ballet, St. Petersburg Ballet Theater and Imperial Russian Ballet. As a guest artist, she appeared with Cork City Ballet, Ballet Projected, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and CityDanceNY. Nicole dances with CityDanceNY since January, 2022.
Annikah Dalbratt
Annika Dalbratt is a professional ballet dancer, guest artist, and teacher based in NYC. She trained at the Kirov Academy of Ballet and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School before beginning her professional career with Ballet Idaho, where she danced for five seasons. She later joined Vitacca Ballet, performing works by Garrett Smith and Sean Aaron Carmon. Annika has performed leading roles, including Aurora in SleepingBeauty, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Swanhilda in Coppélia, and principal pas de deux from Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, Sugar Plum Fairy, and Harlequinade. She was also a finalist and scholarship recipient at Japan Grand Prix. In addition to her dance career, Annika holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Sport Psychology.
Bret Coppa
Bret Coppa began his dance/ballet training in San Pedro, CA. He has participated in numerous US and international summer intensives and competitions around the US. He attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and performed many leading roles: Principal man in Donizetti Variations, Waltz Boy in Serenade, Solor in La Bayadère , the poet in Les Sylphides and numerous roles in Nutcracker. After graduating from UNSCA he attended Baket Heritage in St.Petersburg, Russia receiving teching certification in Vaganova Method. His professional career began as a member of Atlanta Ballet, where Bruce Wells created the role of Gaston in Beauty and the Beast on him, later also performing the title role of the Beast. He also danced in the works of Ricardo Amarante, Yuri Possokov, Mark Morris, Alexander Ekman, Johan Kobborg, Claudia Schreier, Lar Lubovitch, Liam Scarlett and Dwight Rhoden.
Jafet Reinoso
Jafet Reinoso, born in Santa Domingo, was part of the first promotion of male ballet dancers graduating from the National Dance School of the Dominican Republic, where he studied for over 10 ywears under the direction of Ivan Monreal Alonzo (grandson of Alicia Alonso) and Stephanie Bauger. Jafet joined the Dominican National Ballet at 18, where he worked as corps de ballet, performed as a soloist nd had the pleasure of dancing in the choreography of Anabelle Lopez Ochoa and Patricia Ortega. At 20, he left his country to join Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s studio company. Moving to NYC in 2022, Jafet performed with American Liberty Ballet and independent choreographers before joining Connecticut Ballet as a soloist. Jafet continues to dedicate his life to dance and the free expression of the arts, while being an active advocate for diversity in the world of classical ballet.
Kat Newcomb
Kat Newcomb is a classically trained ballet dancer with over 20 years of experience, specializing in the Vaganova technique. She graduated from the Akhmedova Ballet Academyin Maryland, where she completed an intensive pre-professional program. Kat has competed nationally and internationally, earning a first-place award at Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) and reaching the finals in both solo and ensemble categories across several prestigious competitions. She has also performed professionally in The Nutcracker and other classical and contemporary works, bringing a strong stage presence and refined technique to every role.
Jeason Mejia-Taylor
Jeason Mejia Taylor is a professional ballet and contemporary dancer from Colombia. He has worked with Thomas Gold Dance, CityDanceNY, the National Ballet Company of Cuba, the Gelsey Kirkland Ballet Company , the Municipal Theater of Santiago, and the Nescafé de las Artes Theater . He began his professional ballet training in Chile at the Municipal Ballet School of Santiago (2012-2013), and a year later entered the National Ballet School of Cuba, where he worked under the tutelage of Alicia Alonso and Ramona De Saa. In April 2017, he moved to the United States to attend the Gelsey Kirkland Ballet Company, directed by Gelsey Kirkland.In September of the same year, at the age of 23, he entered the Ellison Ballet Professional Training Program, an exception at the school. Jeason began his professional career in 2014, performing the roles of Le Corsaire and La Bayadère (Cuba); Flames of Paris (Cuba, 2015); Swan Lake and Nutcracker (Chile, 2015); Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote, Nutcracker, Pinocchio, and Nutcracker (Chile, 2016); Cavalry Halt, Harlequinade, Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Disquiet, Storm, and Diana and Actaeon (United States, 2017).
Ethan Schweitzer-Gaslin
Ethan Schweitzer-Gaslin is a NYC based freelance dance artist and educator. Originally from Western MA, he began ballet at age 5 at Amherst Ballet, then trained on scholarship at the Univeristy of North Carolina / School of the Arts, as well as summer programs around the country. After graduating from the UNCSA high school program, he apprenticed with Oregon Ballet Theatre and became a Company Artist at Ballet Idaho for 8 years as well as with Arc Dance Company (Seattle) since 2015, Project Flus Dance (Boise) since 2018 and in NY as a Guest Artist with EglevskyBallet, MorDance, Staten IslandBallet, Neville Dance Theatre, Chevalier Ballet, Long Island Ballet Theatre, Catskill Ballet Theatre and Swan’s Ballet Center. A semi-final Silver and Bronze medalist and a two-time finalist at Youth America Grand Prix, he has also performed and presented choreography at the Men in Dance Festival and Treefort Music Festival. He has choreographed for Boston Ballet School, Houston Ballet II, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Northwest Dance Theatere and Ballet Idaho. An instructor for the Misty Copeland BE BOLD program, and taught for Ballet Idaho’s LearningThrough Dance outreach program, Project Flux Dance community class program, and at Ballet Idaho Academy, Boise State University, TRIO, Upward Bound, Idaho Fine Arts Academy, Northwest Dance Theatre and Amherst Ballet.
Lilit Hogtanian
Lilit Hogtanian, a Log Angels native, started her training with Yuri Grigoriev. At 15, she was feature in LA Times Faces to Watch following her performances as Clara for Los Angeles Ballet’s prodcution of Nutcracker. A semi-finalist in the Prix de Lausanne, she won first place in the contemporary and classical categories at Youth America Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA. Lilit graduated from Academie Princesse Grace on full scholarship and went on to work as a professional dancer with the Slovak National Theatre, Ballet Memphis, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and State Street Ballet. She has performed soloist and principal roles in various classical and contemporary ballets including Nikiya in La Bayadère, the Sylph in La Sylphide, Alice in Alice in Wonderland, Cupid and Kitri’s Friend in Don Quixote, as well as repertory such as Nacho Duato’s ComingTogether and George Balanchine’s Square Dance.
