Colby Damon R. Colby Damon was born and raised in Richmond, VA, and received his early training at the Richmond Ballet. At age 15 he left home to attend the Virginia School of the Arts under David Keener, Martha Faesi, and Petrus Bosman, and spent summers training at the Boston Ballet. Upon graduation, he joined the Sacramento Ballet, where for five years he danced soloist and principal roles in numerous classical and contemporary works, including pieces by George Balanchine,Dwight Rhoden, Trey McIntyre, Helen Pickett, and Ron Cunningham. In 2007, Colby relocated to Brooklyn, NY to persue a career as a freelance artist, and has since worked with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet,the Mark Morris Dance Group, and Thang Dao Dance Company amongst others, in addition to projects with Luca Veggetti and John Selya. Colby currently pursuing his B.A. in Dance through the New York LEAP program. He has danced with Ballet X since 2008.

Tobin Del Cuore Tobin Del Cuore was born and raised in Norway, Maine.  He studied dance at the Walnut Hill School and received his B.F.A. from the Juilliard School under the directorship of Benjamin Harkarvy.  He danced with Hubbard Street 2 and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as well as the Lyric Opera of Chicago and most recently with Norwegian Cruise Lines and Mark Morris Dance Group.

Laura Feig A New York native, Laura Feig trained at the Seiskaya Ballet Academy and later studied with Maggie Black.  Laura began her career with the Atlanta Ballet under the direction of John McFall, where she spent ten years, becoming a principal dancer with the company. She has also performed as a member of Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, The National Ballet of Canada, Ballet X, Chautauqua Ballet, and Ballet NY. Laura has toured the US, Canada, and Japan starring in Twyla Tharp's "Movin' Out" in the role of Judy. She has danced principal roles in classics including Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Coppelia, and Don Quixote. She has performed leading roles in works by Julia Adam, George Balanchine, Matthew Neenan, Michael Pink, Ben Stevenson, and Lila York. Ms. Feig has had many roles created for her by choreographers including Christine Cox, Christopher Hampson, Edwaard Liang, Alexei Ratmansky, Margo Sappington and Stanton Welch.

Jennifer Goodman Jennifer Goodman was born in Romeo, Michigan and received her training in the Detroit area under the direction of Mary Kashinsky, Mary Geiger, and Cornelia Sampson. After graduating from high school she attended the Joffrey summer program on scholarship in NYC and was then asked to join The Joffrey II dancers under the direction of Jeremy Blanton and Gage Bush. After a year with Joffrey II she was asked to join The Joffrey Ballet with former director Gerald Arpino. Jennifer moved to Chicago with the company and continued her career there for 16 years. With The Joffrey, Jennifer has toured internationally with the world renowned rock-ballet Billboards and appeared in Robert Altman's The Company. Jennifer has performed an extensive repertoire including ballets by Gerald Arpino, Robert Joffrey, George Balanchine, Anthony Tudor, Leonard Massine, Agnes de Mille, Nijinsky, Vicente Nebrada, Frederick Ashton, Jerome Robbins, John Cranko, Twyla Tharp, Paul Taylor, Pilobolus, and had a role created for her by Donald Byrd. She has performed numerous roles in Robert Joffrey's Nutcracker including Clara and The Sugar Plum Fairy and has danced soloist roles in Giselle, Cinderella, The Dream, and Romeo and Juliet. Jennifer is currently dancing at The Metropolitan Opera and with Avi Scher & Dancers in NY, and is very happy to be dancing her second season with BalletX.

Chloe Horne Chloe received her primary training from Allyson Deane and Barbara Crockett at Deane Dance Center in Sacramento and The San Francisco Conservatory of Dance directed by Summer Lee Rhatigan. Through SFCD, she performed works by William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian and many San Francisco Bay Areachoreographers. Chloe spent three years dancing for the San Francisco based company The Foundry directed by Alex Ketley where she was integral to the creation of works involving processes such as improvising outdoors, collaborating with poets and going to residency programs around the country. This Fall she will be returning to Sacramento Ballet for her third season with the company. There she has had the opportunity to dance Sugar Plum and Snow Queen in theNutcracker as well as often being featured in works by George Balanchine, Ron Cunningham, Trey McIntyre, Matthew Neenan, Brian Reeder, Twyla Tharp, Viktor Kabaniaev, Amy Seiwert, Stefan Calka and others. Chloe is thrilled to be dancing with BalletX.

Ian Hussey Ian Hussey was born in Westmont, New Jersey and began his ballet training at the age of 9 at The Rock School of the Pennsylvania Ballet.  In 2001, Mr. Hussey continued his training at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet under the direction of Marcia Dale Weary.  Mr. Hussey also attended summer intensives with scholarship at the School of American Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and Exploring Ballet with Suzanne Farrell, among others. Mr. Hussey joined Pennsylvania Ballet as an apprentice in 2006 and the Corps de Ballet in 2007. Since joining the Company, Mr. Hussey has danced featured roles in ballets such as Matthew Neenan’s As It’s Going, The Crossed Line, and Carmina Burana; John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet; Val Caniparoli’s Lambarena; Twyla Tharp’s Push Comes to Shove and Nine Sinatra Songs; Paul Taylor’s Company B; Mauro Bigonzetti’s Kazimir’s Colours; Hans van Manen’s Five Tango’s; William Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated: and George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments. Mr. Hussey has also created principal roles in ballets such as Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Requiem for a Rose and Matthew Neenan’s Pampeana #2, Penumbra, Keep, and At the Border. This will be Mr. Hussey’s first season dancing with BalletX.

Tara Keating Tara Keating began her training at the age of seven at the Pioneer Valley Ballet in Northampton, Massachusetts. She then attended the Juilliard School, under the direction of Benjamin Harkarvy, from which she received a BFA in dance. While there, she was awarded the Jerome L. Greene Fellowship and the Most Outstanding Dance Major award from the National Dance Association. She began her professional career with the American Repertory Ballet and then joined Twyla Tharp's company, "THARP!", where she performed both internationally and at City Center in New York. Ms. Keating joined the Pennsylvania Ballet in 1998, and was promoted to soloist in 2003. During her ten year career there, she danced leading roles in numerous classical and contemporary works such as "Emilia" in Jose Limon's The Moor's Pavane, "Hippolyta"," Hermia", and "Helena" in George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream, principal roles in Jerome Robbins' Fancy Free and The Concert, Paul Taylor's Company B and Arden Court , and in several premieres by Matthew Neenan. In addition, throughout her career she has originated roles in world premieres by such renowned choreographers as Val Caniparoli, Jorma Elo, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Trey McIntyre, Helen Pickett, Septime Webre, and Christopher Wheeldon. In 2005, she became an original member of BalletX, and has danced in virtually every performance since their inception. She has traveled to Korea, St. Louis, and Laguna, CA with the company. Ms. Keating was the Producing Director in 2006 and 2007 for Shut Up and Dance, an annual benefit for MANNA, created by the Dancers of Pennsylvania Ballet. She was also the recipient of a 2002 City Paper Choice Award. She is on faculty at various schools in the region, and has taught master classes at Broadway Dance Center in NYC and at NADAA dance conventions throughout the country. This past February, Ms. Keating had a residency at Bucknell University where she set an excerpt from Neenan’s  Frequencies. In Fall 2009, she assisted him in the setting of his new ballet At the Border for the Pennsylvania Ballet, as well as his Carmina Burana and The Crossed Line this past March.

Anitra N. Keegan Anitra N. Keegan began her training at the Academy of Dance Arts in New Jersey, where she received honors in both the Dance Education Syllabus and the Royal Academy of Dance examinations. She continued her training at the Royal Academy of Dance in England, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet in Carlisle, and Pennsylvania Ballet School in Philadelphia. After graduating from highschool, she began her professional career with Pennsylvania Ballet Company, Ohio Ballet Company, and American Repertory Ballet Company. Ms. Keegan then moved to New York and continued her dancing career with DancesPatrelle, Chamber Dance Project, BalletNY, where she was featured as “Desdemona” in John Butler’s Othello. During this time in her career, she was featured in roles choreographed by Alonzo King, Donald Byrd, Laura Dean, Heinz Poll, George Balanchine, Thaddeus Davis, William Soleau, and Stanton Welch. Upon joining BalletX in Philadelphia, she has had the privilege to have worked with choreographers such as Christine Cox, Matthew Neenan, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Jodie Gates, Edwaard Liang, Alex Ketley, and Meredith Rainey. Ms. Keegan is also a graduate of Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University.

Matthew Prescott Matthew Prescott, born and raised in Idaho, graduated high school from Interlochen Arts Academy and attended the inaugural year of the Joffrey/New School University in New York City. In 2000, he was invited to join the Joffrey Ballet. Mr. Prescott has also worked with Donald Byrd's Spectrum Dance Theater, Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, Ballet NY, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Amanda Miller, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, The Alabama Ballet, Armitage Gone! Dance, BalletX, and is Morphoses the Wheeldon Company. Matthew was also featured in Robert Altman's film The Company. Matthew has choreographed works performed by Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Chamber Dance Project and soon to be BalletX.

Kevin Yee-Chan Kevin Yee-Chan was born and raised in New York.  He began dancing at the age of 16 and has trained at Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory and more extensively at San Francisco Ballet School.  Early in his career, Kevin was strongly influenced by working with Parrish Maynard, Alonzo King, Wilhelm Burmann, and Michael Smuin.  He has been featured in ballets by August Bournonville, George Balanchine, Amy Seiwert, Kirk Peterson, Michael Smuin, Yuri Zhukov and Sergei Vanaev.  More recently with Ballet X, he has had the pleasure of working with Christine Cox and Matthew Neenan, as well as guest choreographers Edwaard Liang and Jodie Gates.  Previous companies include Smuin Ballet, Amy Seiwert / im’ij-re, Zhukov Dance Theatre, and Ballet NY.  Kevin currently lives in Germany where he is a soloist with Stadttheater Bremerhaven, but he is thrilled to be returning to BalletX during his free time.