Amari Frazier - Felisberto Robles, a teenager from Queens

Amari Frazier (he/him) is from Chicago, Illinois and graduated from the Chicago Academy for the Arts in 2019. He went on to study at The Juilliard School to obtain a BFA in dance. He has attended summer programs at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Springboard Danse Montreal, and Nederlands Dance Theatre. He also worked with BalletCollective during the summer of 2021 and has done many projects with the company since. At Juilliard, Amari performed the works of Sonya Tayeh, Ohad Naharin, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Spenser Theberge and Jermaine Spivey, amongst others. Amari has choreographed for many performances at Juilliard and will premiere a new work in April for Juilliard’s Senior Production. He is now a 4th year and looking forward to a career as a performing artist and choreographer.

Dabria Aguilar - Angela, the athlete

Dabria Aguilar is a native of Charleston, South Carolina where she danced competitively before attending the Dance Conservatory of Charleston. There, she was able to perform works under the direction of Lindy Mandrajieff Fabyanic and Darrell Grand Moultrie. She had the opportunity to attend many prestigious summer intensive programs such as Boston Ballet, Juilliard, Complexions, and Nashville Ballet. Once graduated from Hanahan High School in 2021, Dabria chose to pursue her career at CLI Conservatory in Easthampton, Massachusetts directed by Teddy Forance. This 9-month training program consisted of training under world renowned artists and choreographers which ultimately led to her being represented by Clear Talent Group. She now resides in New York City pursuing dance professionally while obtaining a business degree online.  She has enjoyed the excitement of working in both commercial and concert worlds, and is especially eager to perform with BalletCollective. 

John Selya - George, the musician

Native New Yorker John Selya trained at the School of American Ballet. Upon completion of his training, John received the Mae L. Wien award for outstanding promise. Mr. Selya was then invited by Mikhail Baryshnikov to join American Ballet Theatre, where he performed internationally as well as created choreography for the company. Mr. Selya went on to join Twyla Tharp Dance, where he originated and interpreted dances by the legendary choreographer. John went on to perform the leading role of Eddie in Twyla Tharp’s Tony-winning Broadway show, Movin’ Out. His performances earned him a Tony nomination for best actor in a musical, an Astaire award for outstanding dancing on a Broadway stage and a Theater World Award for outstanding Broadway debut. Since then Mr. Selya has appeared as the Mambo dancer in Damn Yankees, Scranton Slim in Guys and Dolls and Sid in Come Fly Away. Mr. Selya has also performed as a break dancer at The Sands Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. In addition to appearing on stage, John has appeared in movies, Everyone Says I Love You, Across the Universe and Romance and Cigarettes. Mr. Selya is a choreographic associate for Twyla Tharp, staging and directing productions of Come Fly Away, Nine Sinatra Songs, Sinatra Suite and In the Upper Room. Additionally, John regularly teaches throughout the world to educate and encourage future performing artists. 

Laurie Kanyok - Nadia, the mother

Laurie Kanyok’s performance career spans across Broadway to television and film, having performed lead roles in Twyla Tharp’s Movin’ Out and Come Fly Away. Other Broadway credits include FOSSE directed by the late Ann Reinking, In Your Arms, and Saturday Night Fever. Kanyok has performed on all major awards shows including The TONY Awards opening number with Billy Joel, The Grammy Awards with the Smashing Pumpkins and the Academy Awards with Brian Adams and has danced back up with recording artists and musical icons Elton John, Michael Jackson, and Ricky Martin. Off stage, Laurie has worked globally as a choreographer with Cirque Du Soleil and for Olympic champion Brian Boitano, and as a casting consultant for Broadway’s An American in Paris. With a passion and commitment to cultivate the next generation of performers, in 2018 Kanyok founded Kanyok Arts Initiative; an intimate New York City training program that bridges aspiring artists from the studio to the stage with an elevated training curriculum and a world-class faculty. Ms Kanyok is a sought-after dance educator, mentor and coach and is looking forward to her return to the stage.

Brendon Chan - Allan, the python hunter

Brendon Chan is a professional dancer and singer, born and raised in San Francisco. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara he started his career traveling the world performing on cruise ships until moving to New York City to pursue musical theater. His first show out of the city was The Bodyguard national tour, followed by West Side Story at the Guthrie Theater and the SF cast of Hamilton at the Orpheum theater, performing in his hometown for the first time. Upon returning to NYC Brendon has begun working his dance into the TV/Film world, appearing in shows like WestWorld, Mrs. Masiel, Up Here, and SNL.

Reed Tankersley - Jarvis, the acrobat

Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Reed began his training at the age of 5. After graduating from The Juilliard School in 2014, Reed joined Twyla Tharp’s 50th Anniversary Tour and continues to perform her works. Most recently he starred in Tharp’s In The Upper Room at New York City Center. As a freelance performer he has performed works by many New York based choreographers including: Jonah Bokaer, Jessica Lang for Seattle Opera’s Aida, and Broadway’s Chase Brock. In 2019, Reed ran away to the circus and toured the country as the lead performer in Cirque Du Soleil’s, Volta. Reed is a NFAA Youngarts award winner and one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch.”

Kellie Drobnick - Sirenette/Sufferer

Kellie Drobnick, a 2016 graduate of The Juilliard School, is a native of Columbus Ohio. This past Christmas season, Kellie was a Rockette in the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. TV and film credits include being a Jet Girl in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story choreographed by Justin Peck as well as a principal dancer in Prodigal Son, The Kitchen and Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret choreographed by Mandy Moore. Kellie also performed in the National Tour of Dirty Dancing, Twyla Tharp’s company, as well as MOMIX. Kellie is a 2019 Clive Barnes Award Finalist and is excited to be back working with BalletCollective on The Night Falls.

Tatiana Nuñez - Sirenette/Sufferer 

Tatiana (Tati) Nuñez - is a multi-disciplinary artist originally from South Florida. She received her B.F.A. in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Tati has performed as a guest artist with Deeply Rooted Dance Theater and a principal dancer with Calpulli Mexican Dance Company. She has been a part of the developing stages of various projects including Pre-Production for Funny Girl (Broadway) and DLNY Tap Dance Project. Her prior appearances also include works by choreographers Camille A. Brown, Kevin Iega Jeff, Ray Mercer, Joshua Bergasse, Stephen Petronio, Molissa Fenley, and many more. As a choreographer, her work has been featured at Battery Dance Festival, Steps Beyond Foundation, Queens Theatre Film Festival, and Garet&Co Film Festival. tatiananunez.com / @tatinunez143 

Katarina Smith - Sirenette/Sufferer

Raised in Tampa, Florida, Katarina began her dance training at the age of ten and immediately fell in love with dance. She trained at Next Generation Ballet, Blake High School and graduated from Fordham University (BFA) and The Ailey School specializing in ballet, modern, contemporary and jazz. She has performed works by Nijawwon Matthews, Bradley Shelver, Chuck Wilt, Janice Rosario, Wendy Powell, and Carlos Dos Santos. Katarina choreographed for and performed in the film, Left with only Rain (2022). She has taught workshops in Guatemala, Columbia, Mexico and the United States for JUNTOS Collective, for which she finished her capstone project, creating a curriculum and later working with vulnerable communities in Guatemala. Katarina is currently dancing with Visions Contemporary Ballet as well as being a freelance dancer and instructor, teaching both Pilates and dance classes in New York City.

Nicole Ashely Morris - Sufferer

Nicole Morris is a movement artist from Sarasota, FL. Starting at a young age, Nicole has always had a passion for the arts. She trained heavily with Cheryl Copeland and Sarasota Ballet all throughout her adolescence and then attended Florida State University where she received a BFA in Dance. After graduation, Nicole moved to New York City where she started to work with Kristin Sudeikis Dance and Jackie Nowicki’s NOW Dance Project. As a concert dancer, Nicole has also performed works by artists like Al Blackstone, Reed Luplau, Lauren Lovette, Gierre Godley, Hope Boykin, Melissa Hough, Josh Prince and Cherice Barton. Aside from live performance, Nicole has been seen on the Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen NYE special on CNN with Forward Space and can be seen featured in a Superbowl LV commercial for Paramount +. Additional dance credits include music videos for Ben Harper, “Uneven Days” and “Disappear”, and Alison Sudol, “The Runner”, both choreographed by Kristin Sudeikis. Nicole loves being part of any creation and offers a sincere artistic voice to any work she participates in.

Joshuan Vázquez - Sufferer 

Originally from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. He has trained and formed as a dancer with Western Ballet Theater, Ballet Escenario and EMBAE in Puerto Rico, where he had the opportunity to receive the resources to continue and complete his training in Classical Dance, Modern Dance, Jazz and Urban Dance among others. He danced as a guest artist and company dancer with Ballet Etudes of Florida, Mauro Ballet Company, Ballet Arts Dance Company, Charlotte Ballet Company, Ballet de Camara de Madrid and Tabula Rasa Dance Theater. Joshuan is currently a company dancer with New Jersey Ballet and has a degree in Classical Dance Pedagogy (Cuban Technique) at the Alicia Alonso Dance Institute, Rey Juan Carlos II University (URJC) in Madrid.

In 2018, joined the Ballet de Cámara de Madrid where he has been featured in many principal and soloist roles as part of the classical and contemporary repertoire with this company. In 2020, he was a top award winner for his Classical Variation, Contemporary Solo, and “Best” Pas de Deux at Dance Open America’s International Competition.  Within his professional development and training are teachers such as Nana and Mumy Badrena, Iván Monreal Alonso, Lázaro Carreño, Leydi Villalobos, Kelvin Santiago, Wilmaliz Mendret, Elmer Pérez, Armando Seda, Marena Pérez, Victor Gili Mendéz, Galina Alvárez, Deborah Marquéz, Laura Alonso, Martha Bosch, Orlando Salgado, Óscar Torrado, Luba Gulyaeva and Maria Kowroski, among others.

David Merino - Felisberto Robles, a teenager from Queens (Singer)

Broadway: Moulin Rouge the Musical National Tour: Rent. Off-Broadway: Oscar @ the Crown. Regional: Lempicka (La Jolla Playhouse); Rent, Into the Woods (Signature Theatre); In the Heights (Broadway at Music Circus); Girlfriend (TheaterWorks Hartford). B.F.A. from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. @DavidLMerino

Olivia Puckett - Angela, the athlete 

Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Motown the Musical (Ensemble). National tours: Motown the Musical(Ensemble, first national), American Idiot (Whatsername).

Alexander Dobson - George, the musician (Singer)

Recognized for his "ringing, present sound" and "rich, flexible, baritone", British-Canadian Alexander Dobson has been praised for his musicality and dramatic awareness on both opera and concert stages.  Some roles include the title roles in Wozzeck and Don Giovanni, as well as Guglielmo (Così Fan Tutte), Belcoré (L’elisir d’amore), Ned Keene (Peter Grimes), The Count (The Marriage of Figaro),  and Marcello (La Bohème), Alexander has appeared with conductors such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Trevor Pinnock, Nic McGegan and Paul Goodwin; on the stages of L'Opéra du Montréal, Opera Ontario, Milwaukee’s Florentine Opera, Calgary Opera, Opera Lafayette, Royal Opera House Covent Garden and with the Toronto Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Tafelmusik and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Recent engagements include Handel's Messiah in New York, Jacksonville and Halifax, Escamillo in Carmen with the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony and Pulcinella with Artis Naples, Florida, Raimbaud in Edmonton Opera's production of Rossini's Le Comte Ory, Against Nature with Citadel and Compagnie and Il Conte in Le Nozze di Figaro with Florentine Opera. Upcoming engagements include Das Lied von der Erde Ontario Philharmonic, Winterreise Société d'art vocal, St. Matthew Passion St. Louis Bach Society, Angel's Bone with Loose Tea Opera and Mozart Requiem with Arion Baroque Orchestra. More information can be found about Alexander at: schwalbeandpartners.com/project/alexander-dobson-baritone/

Ilene Pabon - Nadia, the mother (Singer)

Ilene Pabon, is an “extremely talented” (Papercut Magazine) Puerto-Rican mezzo-soprano whose roles of note include Frugola in Il Tabarro, Estella in Miss Havisham's Fire, Foreign Singer in Postcard from Morocco, La Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Third Lady in The Magic Flute, and Nickausse in Les Contes d’Hoffmann. A champion of new music, she has had the honor of performing for the late Dominick Argento during the Art of Argento Celebration in which his operas were performed. In the Fall of 2022 she sang the role of Andromache in the new opera The Trojan Women by Sarah Taylor Ellis. She has also toured nationally with Cirque Dreams in the role of Angel, collaborated with producer Brad Walsh on the Christian Siriano’s F/W runway music inspired by Russian opera, and originated the role of Lourdes in Gershwin’s Real Magic. She is an alum of the emerging artist programs at Charlottesville Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, and the Maryland Opera Studio under Leon Major.

Allen Tate - Alan, the python hunter (Singer)

Allen Tate is a vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Brooklyn, NY. As a performer, he is best known as the lead singer and main collaborator for the indie rock band San Fermin. Over the last decade they have toured internationally, playing with acts such as St. Vincent, The National and alt-j as well as releasing 4 studio albums with Downtown Records (2), Interscope, and Sony Masterworks respectively.

Angela Yam - Siren 

Praised for her “huge, clear voice,” Angela Yam has sung with the New York City Ballet, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Saratoga, and Fargo-Moorhead Opera, where her work was praised as “wickedly funny and talented,” and “a powerful soprano that really gets your attention.” This spring, she premieres three world premieres (Siren in The Night Falls, the Bird in ICELAND, soloist in Fractured Voices), performs as Giannetta (L’elisir d’amore, Boston Opera Collaborative), and returns as Johanna (Sweeney Todd, Chautauqua Opera). Yam’s self-directed 2021 Visual Recital won 3rd place in the American Prize Competition: Virtual Performance, and she will direct and compose for Nightingale Vocal Ensemble’s ADRIFT in March 2023. Find out more at angelayamsoprano.com!

Eliza Bagg - Siren 

Eliza Bagg is a Los Angeles based experimental musician, working primarily as a vocalist in the field of contemporary classical music along with producing her own work. She has collaborated across genres with prominent experimental artists ranging from performing in Meredith Monk’s opera Atlas with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (dir. Yuval Sharon, Walt Disney Hall 2019) to touring regularly as a member of Roomful of Teeth, singing the music of Julius Eastman with the LA Phil (The Ford Theater 2021), playing the role of Ape in Michael Gordon’s Acquanetta (dir. Daniel Fish, Prototype Festival 2018, Bard Summerscape 2019), or singing chamber motets by John Zorn. She recently premiered a new piece by Ellen Reid as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic (David Geffen Hall 2020), and worked collaboratively with Ted Hearne on his theatrical song cycle “Dorothea” (CAP-UCLA 2021). Her singing has been called “ethereal” by The New York Times and “gossamer” by The New Yorker.

Claire Wellin - Siren 

Claire is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, teacher, actor, and advocate originally from North Dakota based in Queens, NY. She leads the surrealist folk band Youth in a Roman Field, and is a member of the Brooklyn-based indie rock powerhouse San Fermin. She is on the Coordinating Committee of SURJ NYC, and is a theomusicologist with the Poor People’s Campaign. She wrote and performed the score for the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway play Accidentally Brave and has composed for dance and immersive visual art projects, including 'Simone,' choreographed by Katie Spelman (in celebration of Agnes deMille at the SDC's George Abbott Awards Ceremony). She has worked as an arranger, writer, and performer on many records over the last decade. In addition to touring with her own project, she has logged extensive time on the road with San Fermin, Delta Rae, and Once The Musical, in which she also performed on Broadway. She sits in with a handful of bands in the NYC area, frequently performing with Behaviorist and Hallie Spoor. Broadway: Once; National Tour: Once; Regional: Eastland (Lookingglass Theatre Company) To Kill A Mockingbird and Man In Love (Steppenwolf Theatre Company).