Meet our amazing 2024 guest performers!

Long’s career launched at the Dutch National Ballet, where she was a coryphée. She then joined the Royal Swedish Ballet, where she was promoted to Soloist. During her time in Europe, her repertoire included leading roles in The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Giselle, and The Sleeping Beauty and in contemporary works by choreographers including Maurice Béjart, Alexander Ekman, and Sharon Eyal. Long has been awarded the Gold Medal at the World Ballet Competition, been a finalist at the Shanghai International Ballet Competition, and was awarded the Louis Gallodier Prize at the Royal Swedish Ballet.

In 2014, Long joined Miami City Ballet as a Soloist. She has performed principal roles in ballets such as George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Jewels, among many others. She was promoted to Principal Soloist in 2023.

ARABIAN and NUTCRACKER

Barrington Hinds is from West Palm Beach, Florida and began his training at the School of Ballet Florida under the direction of Marie Hale. Hinds holds a BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase College and has worked professionally with VERB Ballets, Northwest Professional Dance Project, and the national tour of Twyla Tharp’s Broadway show, Movin’ Out. In 2011 Hinds was honored as a finalist for the Clive Barnes Award for young talent in dance. In 2022 he was awarded a Bessie for outstanding choreography with the Bill T. Jones Company, alongside Bill T. Jones and Janet Wong. He has worked with leading choreographers including Laurie Stallings, Edgar Zendejas, Sarah Slipper, Helen Pickett, Thaddeus Davis, and Cherylyn Lavagnino, to name a few. Hinds has also danced with the Stephen Petronio Company and has freelanced in commercial, TV, and print work. In addition, Hinds is a choreographer and teacher.

His work has been shown at Purchase College, Dixon Place, Warwick Summer Festival, Arts On Site, and The Tank. Hinds currently performs with the Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Company in NYC.

ARABIAN

Ramona Kelley is from Berkeley, CA where she began her training at Berkeley Ballet Theater. She earned a BFA in dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Kelly danced the principal role of Betsy in the touring production of Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away, and went on to dance with the Tharp company, creating new roles in addition to performing repertory works. She was a Principal with Oakland Ballet and has also performed with Smuin Ballet, Minnesota Dance Theatre, Claudia Schreier and Co, Post:Ballet, Sidra Bell, Christopher Wheeldon’s An American in Paris and Phantom of the Opera (25th Anniversary Tour), among others.

CAVALIER and SOLDIER DOLL

Chase Swatosh grew up in Westlake Village, California, where he honed his physical talents with achievements in swimming, diving, gymnastics, and soccer, as well as classical piano. He began his dance training with tap dance at age 8, eventually finding a passion for classical ballet. After receiving scholarships to summer programs at American Ballet Theater, the Joffrey Ballet School (JBS) in NYC, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and School of American Ballet (SAB), he attended the year-round programs at JBS and then SAB. In 2010, he joined Miami City Ballet as a Company Apprentice, and rose through the ranks to Principal in 2023.

Swatosh has performed a diverse repertoire featuring works by renowned choreographers such as George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Alexei Ratmansky, William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon, Justin Peck, Martha Graham, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, and more. He has performed in festivals and galas internationally, including in the US, Canada, France, Germany, and Australia.

SNOW KING and RUSSIAN

Micah Bullard trained at The Dance Center of Baytown, Texas before attending The University of Oklahoma School of Dance, where he received his bachelor’s degree in Ballet Performance, performing Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake and works by Merce Cunningham, Alejandro Cerrudo, Trey McIntyre, Amy Hall Garner, Nilas Martins, and Mary Margaret Holt. Following graduation, Bullard joined Oklahoma City Ballet as an apprentice, where he danced in Michael Pink’s Dracula, and classical works by Artistic Director Robert Mills.

Bullard is currently in his fourth season with Dance Theatre of Harlem, where he has danced works by George Balanchine, Geoffrey Holder, William Forsythe, Nacho Duato, Helen Pickett, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Robert Garland, Stanton Welch and Claudia Schreier.

SNOW QUEEN AND DEWDROP

Alexandra Rene’ Jones was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and attended Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she was trained by Kyra Nichols, Carla Körbes, Sarah Wroth, Michael Vernon, Sasha Janes and Christian Claessens. While at IU, Jones earned her BS in Ballet, an Outside Field in Kinesiology, a Minor in Psychology and became a nationally registered and certified EMT. Upon graduating in 2021, Jones joined Ballet Rhode Island, formerly known as Festival Ballet Providence, under the direction of Kathleen Breen Combes and Yury Yanowsky. She performed with the company for two seasons. In 2023, Jones moved to New York City to join Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH).

She is currently in her second season with DTH, and has had the privilege of dancing ballets by Artistic Director Robert Garland, as well as works by William Forsythe and George Balanchine.