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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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.