Colorado Company Dancers
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Stephanie McGill
Stephanie McGill is a native of Colorado and received her early training from the Academy of Colorado Ballet and Dance Arts Studio, where she studied ballet, tap, modern, and jazz. She attended Denver School of the Arts with a major in Dance and went on to earn a B.F.A. in Dance, graduating with honors from the University of Arizona. She also received training through summer intensives with Milwaukee Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Columbia City Ballet, and Long Beach Ballet. Stephanie has danced professionally and toured with many Colorado dance companies, including Boulder Ballet, David Taylor Dance Theatre, and 7 Dancers, performing in soloist and ensemble roles. Stephanie is currently a company member with Chadash Contemporary Dance Movement where she also serves as Associate Artistic Director for both the company as well as their supplemental training program Colorado Dance Initiative.
Stephanie began her teaching career at Dance Arts Studio, the studio she grew up at, and has over 24 years of instructing expertise with dancers of all ages and abilities. She is an accomplished teacher of ballet, pointe, creative movement, tap, contemporary, and jazz. She has taught at many studios around Colorado, including masterclasses at Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop, and has co-run the performing group companies and served as the director of the Pre-Professional program at DAS. She is also a certified Pilates instructor and owner of Fluid Movement Pilates LLC, where she believes that movement is an essential healer for the mind and body.
Stephanie will be opening her own dance studio Artistry Dance Movement, in the summer of 2025, with the mission to share with the community and her students her passion for dance and her belief that dance is a true form of expression that helps to shape and mold who we become, and can create a beauty that can help to change the world!
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Diana Drummond
A native of Houston, Texas, Diana received her BFA from the University of Oklahoma. While at OU she had the opportunity to perform in works by Austin Hartel, Derrick Minter, and Mary Margret Holt. She has spent summers training at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, River North Dance Chicago, and the American Dance Festival. After graduation, she had the pleasure of working with Esoteric Dance Project in Chicago, IL and The Big Muddy Dance Company in Saint Louis, MO. Since relocating to Denver she has had the opportunity to work with DAMAGEDANCE, Maureen Breeze Dance Theater, and Nosilla Dance Project. She is excited to have the opportunity to be a part of Chadash.
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Angela Stansbury
Angela Stansbury is thankful to be pursuing dance as it is her greatest passion! After beginning her dance training in Longmont, Colorado, Angela moved to Los Angeles and attended Loyola Marymount University, where she double majored in Dance and Communications, graduating at the top of her class. Angela cherishes a variety of dance and acting experiences and has danced professionally in films, commercials, on television, in dance companies, and for several live events. She has danced for both Disney and Nickelodeon, appearing in the High School Musical movies and on TeenNick. Some of her favorite credits include playing the role of Jenna on “The Fosters” on ABC Family, dancing at the MLB All Star Gala with CeeLo Green and Jordin Sparks, performing at the Disney Channel Showcase with Mattea Conforti, as well as appearing in Parker Harris’ short film, “Howling in Silence.” Other credits include “Angie Tribeca,” “Rock The Dots” commercial, and music videos for The Lawrence Brothers and Dustin Tavella. In 2018, Angela returned from Tokyo, Japan, where she was performing as an aerialist for Tokyo Disney Sea, an experience that remains close to her heart. Angela is a versatile, thoughtful, and passionate performer who greatly enjoys assisting, teaching, and mentoring young students. Angela is excited to be back in Colorado and thrilled to be part of the Chadash Family! She looks forward to developing, deepening, and furthering her relationships and dance skills in the context of this nurturing community.
Out of State Company Dancers
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Hannah Croft
Hannah Croft was first introduced to dance at an early age and has greatly enjoyed being able to share her passion for dance with others through both performing and teaching. After dancing competitively at a local dance studio in Arizona for many years, she attended Grand Canyon University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Dance. Hannah danced in several professional dance companies in Arizona, Utah, and Colorado and is very grateful to be a part of Chadash this season!
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Abigail Hardy
Dallas. Texas
Abigail trained at a young age in ballet technique at The Conservatory of Dance and Performing Arts in California. Hardy holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Belhaven University’s renowned dance department, combined with dance honors, awards for outstanding service and artistic achievement, and a membership in the National Honors Society for Dance. In her training and career, Hardy worked with teachers and choreographers from Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Houston Ballet, José Limón, Milwaukee Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, Dance Company Mooe, and The Royal Ballet. Hardy toured to South Korea with Bal Mahada Dance company in 2013-2014. She also served internationally as a guest artist and teacher in Paris, France and Barbados. After planting in Dallas, Texas, Hardy performed through Dance Revolution, and served as the Ballet Director and Studio Manager for Epicenter for the Arts 2016-2021. Dancing as a guest artist and teacher, Hardy has worked with Chadash Contemporary Dance Movement since 2016 performing in “A Life’s Song”, “ Made for Another World”, and “Beacon”. In 2018 and 2020, Hardy returned to Belhaven University choreographing works for Belhaven’s dance ensemble. Currently, Hardy is the Artistic Co-Director of Zion Dance Project, a platform for artists to present faith-filled art. Along with husband Vincent, the Hardy’s founded Zion Dance Project in 2017. From its conception, Hardy has served as choreographer, rehearsal director, company ballet master, and dance artist. As a distinguished choreographer she has created many works for ZDP such as: “innocence Lost” and “Perichoresis”. Hardy looks forward to creating and performing for more National and International tours with the company.
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Simon Zinabu Costello
Los Angeles, California
Simon Zinabu Costello trained at the Southhold Dance Theatre in Indiana, where he danced Hillarion in Giselle, Franz in Coppelia, Cavalier in Nutcracker and Prince Desire in Sleeping Beauty. He received a full-ride summer scholarship that allowed him to study with several companies, including American Ballet Theatre, School of American Ballet and the Colorado Ballet. In 2015-16, Simon studied at Palucca in Dresden, Germany, which is connected to the Sempreopera Company. He has worked with Erica Fiscbach, Mathew West, Jock Soto and Carlos Acosta to name a few. Simon has been with Colorado Ballet for 5 seasons and currently dances with Los Angeles Ballet.
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Jason Poullard
Los Angeles, California
California native, began developing his love for the theater and dance at an early age on the stages of his home church, The Fountain Church International in Pomona, and schools through the years. At eighteen, Jason began his formal dance training and
continued his theater arts training at the University of California, Irvine, culminating his performance and choreographic work with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance and Bachelor of Arts in Drama. He has worked with esteemed choreographers, Tracy Bonner, Patrick Corbin, and Pavel Zustiak, performed with Lawrence and Sarma Rosenburg’s Anaheim Ballet, Dr. S. Ama Wray’s JazzXchange, and played the lead in The Brown Bomber Project for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad Festival in London, England. Jason has danced for Deborah Brockus’s Brockus:RED, Grete Gryzwana’s Ephiphany Dance West, and in Artistic Director, Pat Taylor’s, signature Afro modern jazz style and technique as a Principal Dancer and Residency Assistant with JazzAntiqua Dance & Music Ensemble in Los Angeles for nine seasons. He currently performs and teaches in Kelly Archer ‘s contemporary dance theater technique as a Principal Dancer and Master Class Teacher with Chadash Contemporary Dance Movement, his fifth season, and as faculty for Dance Revolution’s annual teaching convention, his third season. Jason has a passion for bringing the legitimacy and vibrancy of classic jazz and contemporary techniques to audiences, classrooms, and students everywhere. -
Liselle Yap
San Diego, California
Liselle Yap received her early training at Northern California Dance Conservatory under the direction of Jen Bradford, Kelly Archer and Theodore Constant. While there she was invited to perform at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and the Young! Tanzsommer festival in Austria. In 2012, she left to train at London Contemporary Dance School. A year later, she returned to Northern California and continued her training at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance with Summer Lee Rhatigan, Alex Ketley, and Christian Burns. Since then she has been worked in both the Bay Area and Sacramento for companies such as LEVYdance, Nhan Ho Project, CORE Contemporary Dance and Kristin Damrow & Company. Recently, she has performed with Kristin Damrow & Company in SF, and Chadash Contemporary Dance in Denver and she currently resides in New York City.
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Cory Betts
New York City, New York
Born & raised in Sacramento, California. Cory received his dance training from the Sacramento Ballet & Northern California Dance Conservatory. Cory has performed all over the world, including the Jacobs Pillow Summer Festival, and touring throughout Austria, Italy, & Germany with the Young! Tanzsommer performance group. Cory was a dancer with Eugene Ballet from 2013-2020, where he was featured in productions including “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Puck) & “The Great Gatsby” (Nick Carraway) He is now based in New York City. Recent credits include “An American in Paris” 2nd National Tour, “A Chorus Line” Japan Tour directed by Baayork Lee, and CATS with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line.
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Megan Moss
Austin, Texas
Megan Moss currently holds two degrees, a B.F.A in dance from Texas State and a B.S. in exercise science from BYU. A few highlights of her training include extensive ballet training with Mountain West Ballet Company in SLC performing for 9 years in company productions including “La Fille Mal Gardee” and the “Nutcracker”. Other highlights include; performing professionally as “Eliza” in Hale Center Theater’s musical theater production of “The King and I”, and studying modern at IALS studios in Rome, Italy. Megan is currently based out of Austin, Texas where she works as adjunct faculty for Tx State University dance department.
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Haily Foster
Sacramento, California
Haily Foster has been dancing competitively in all styles, including ballet, modern, contemporary, jazz, and hip hop since she was 8 years old. She trained at Elite Studio of Dance in Elk Grove, CA and Northern California Dance Conservatory. In 2016, she placed with her contemporary solo at the Denver Regional competition at Youth America Grand Prix. In the same year, Haily attended the San Francisco Ballet summer intensive. Haily has been awarded many scholarships and awards from conventions such as Adrenaline and 24 Seven Dance Conventions, West Coast Dance Explosion, Hollywood Vibe, New York City Dance Alliance, and more throughout the years. In 2017, Haily attended the Pacific Northwest Ballet summer course where she trained in Balanchine repertoire. Currently Haily is attending USC where she is training at the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance as a dance BFA major. She has recently trained with Jodie Gates, Patrick Corbin, Barak Marshall, and William Forsythe.
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Lindsay Lykins
Los Angeles, California
Lindsay Lykins was born and raised in Northern California, where she began her dance training at the age of 3 and discovered her fiery passion for movement. She received her training from Northern California Dance Conservatory, under the direction of Michael Levine and Jen Bradford. She recently moved to Los Angeles CA to pursue her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance at the University of the Southern California Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. Lindsay first performed with Chadash as an Apprentice in 2018 in Sacramento, CA and has been a part of their yearly productions ever since. She could not be more excited to perform as a full company member with Chadash in Denver, CO!
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Madison Myers
New York City, New York
Madison Myers grew up in the Colorado dance community. She has been dancing for 16+ years and has trained in all styles of dance. She focused on conservatory styles through her high school Denver School of the Arts and trained competitively at Mpact Dance Project. After graduating in 2021 she then moved to New York City to pursue a B.F.A. in Commercial Dance from Pace University as well as a minor in Arts and Entertainment Management, from which she is set to graduate in 2025. Madison has worked with amazing choreographers such as Al Blackstone, Chelsea Thedinga, Jillian Meyers, Ida Saki, and many more. She has a love for teaching and choreography. She recently set a competition piece for Dance Arts Studio in Broomfield, Colorado, and has taught in Arizona, Colorado, and New York. Madison has also completed a Sales and Marketing Internship with Dance Media Productions where she worked hand-in-hand with Dance Magazine. She has been a part of the Chadash Contemporary Dance Movement for 3 years where she started as an apprentice for her first year and then became a company member. She has been a rehearsal assistant for the August show for the past 2 years and hopes to continue this role for upcoming shows. She is currently working towards being represented by a talent agency and is continuing to chase her dreams of being on Broadway, in national commercials, television series, even on set for movies, or on tour with an artist as a backup dancer. She loves her Chadash family and looks forward to working with them every year.
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Holly Welpott
Hartford, Connecticut
Holly Welpott is a California native where she began developing her love for ballet and dance at an early age. Welpott holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance: Performance and Choreography from Saint Marys College of California where she graduated with Honors in the major, Phi Kappa Phi, and Summa Cum Laude. During her time at Saint Marys, Welpott’s choreographic work “She Remembers” was selected and awarded at the American College Dance Association’s National Gala. During this time, Welpott also worked as Assistant Director with Applegate Dance Studio during their 2020 season and choreographed many works throughout her time there.
Upon graduating, Welpott joined Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theater as a Principal Artist during their 2021-2022 Season and Davalos Dance Company in Moraga, California for their 2021 Season.
Welpott is continuing her career as a Company Artist with Chadash Contemporary Dance Movement from 2022-current, as well as concluding her first season with Ballet Hartford in Hartford, Connecticut.
Apprentices
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Ella Bush
Moraga, California
Ella Bush is a Colorado native who has been dancing for 15 years. Ella will be graduating as a seven year dance senior from Denver School of the Arts this spring in 2024. She is planning to attend college to get her BA in dance, and marketing. She has received training from Dance Arts Studio, Denver Dance Starz, Davis Contemporary Dance, Colorado Dance Initiative, and Rocky Mountain Rhythm. She has worked with choreographers such as: Terrell Davis, Rachel Oliver Young, Aubrey Klinger Fearns, Jennifer Howard, Kelly Archer, Kaitlyn McMoran, Stephanie McGill, Rachael Harding, and Jarrett Rashad. Ella is so excited to be dancing with Chadash and as an apprentice with Chadash this year.
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Layla Gallegos
Pittsburgh
Layla Gallegos grew up in Broomfield, Colorado. She began dancing at the age of two and trained at Dance Arts Studio since she was three. Layla joined Colorado Dance Initiative under the direction of Kelly Archer during its first season in 2019. She has also received training from summer intensives such as Zion Dance Project and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Layla currently attends the Conservatory of Performing Arts at Point Park University pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in modern dance. Layla has performed with Chadash as an apprentice since 2021. She is so grateful to be a part of the company this season and to continue telling stories with Chadash.
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Fiona Smith
Los Angeles, California
Fiona received the majority of her formative dance training at Dance Arts Studio in Broomfield, Colorado where she took part in the youth performing companies and pre-professional program. She has trained extensively in ballet, jazz, contemporary, and modern dance and participated in numerous community-based performances throughout her time as a company member. In addition, she danced with Chadash as an apprentice for several summers during high school. Fiona is currently a student at the University of California, Irvine, pursuing a double major in Dance and Mathematics.