Meet the 2025 Dancers
The Terpsicorps Dancers 2025
Handpicked from companies across the US and abroad, our remarkable company dancers never disappoint.
All of our company members have been chosen… several apprentices yet to come!
Check back periodically as we update for the full cast!
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MOrgan Stillman
Sponsored by McIntyre-Skaggs Charitable Fund








Morgan Stillman (Fourth Season) began his formal ballet training with Project Ballet in Fort Wayne, IN and attended Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. In 2014, he joined Nevada Ballet Theatre and performed principal and soloist roles in an eclectic repertoire. Morgan joined Ballet Austin in 2017 and has performed featured roles with choreographers such as Justin Peck, Pam Tanowitz, Jessica Lang, Lar Lubovitch, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, George Balanchine, Christopher Wheeldon, Jennifer Hart, and Amy Seiwert. Morgan has been a lead artist in many of Stephen Mills’ productions, with highlights including Hamlet (Hamlet), Petruccio (The Taming of the Shrew), Poe (Poe / A Tale of Madness), and in Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project. He has also enjoyed performing principal roles in The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Cinderella, Romeo & Juliet, and The Firebird. Morgan also performed with the National Choreographers Initiative in Invine, CA in 2017 and 2018.
Terpsicorps audiences will remember Morgan as the Wind in Salvatore Aiello’s Satto and the shooter in Before the Scream in 2024, Julius Caesar in Cleopatra in 2023 and Lord Ruthven in Vampyre in 2022
Betsy Lucas
Sponsored by Mountaine Jonas









Betsy Lucas (Fourth Season) was born in Hillsboro, Oregon and trained with the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre under the direction of Damara Bennet. In 2010 she joined Nevada Ballet Theatre, where she has remained for 13 seasons. Betsy’s repertoire includes lead roles in several full-length classics: “Clara” in NBT’s production of The Nutcracker, choreographed by James Canfield, “Wendy” in Jorden Morris’ Peter Pan, “Beauty,” in Lew Christensen’s Beauty and the Beast, "Alice" in Septime Webre Alice (In Wonderland), "Svetlana" in Ben Stevenson's Dracula, Serenade (Soloist Russian Girl), and Western Symphony (1st movement Principal.) When not performing, Betsy enjoys teaching in various dance studios, sewing costumes and rehearsal wear for her own dance wear line, Style En Pointe.
Terpsicorps audiences will remember Betsy in Run Ragged and Second Line in 2024, as Calpurnia in Cleopatra in 2023 and as the young Italian Girl in Vampyre in 2022.
Jeff Ewing
Sponsored by Judi Maloy








Jeff Ewing (Eleventh Season) is from Torrance, California where he began his classical ballet training at the age of six. His family moved to Asheville while he was in high school, where he continued his studies locally at Center Stage with Heather Maloy as his ballet instructor. Jeff has danced in Chicago with Lucky Plush Productions and Cocodaco Dance Project and currently dances with Stewart/Owen Dance. He earned a BFA in Dance Performance at the Boston Conservatory, studied at the Juilliard Summer intensive, the apprentice program at The Chautauqua Institution, and assisted Cathy Young at Bates Dance Festival. He spent a year dancing with Charlotte Ballet’s second company where he performed the works of Mark Diamond, Dwight Rhoden, and David Ingram.
Terpsicorps audiences will remember Jeff as the B-Boy in Before the Scream in 2024, Pothinus in Cleopatra, as well as his roles in HUNGER, Second Line, Transform, Together We Soar, Coach Potatoes, Zelda’s Dance and many more.
Lelo Ima Rosado González








Lelo Ima Rosado González (Second Season) was born and raised in Puerto Rico. Lelo began training in gymnastics in their early years and, at the age of 9, started ballet with Bellas Artes de Arecibo (Arts School) under Lisbeth Zeda, Wayne Report, and Carla Curret. During their first year, they were awarded a scholarship to train at Ballet de San Juan. At age 13, Lelo became the only person in Puerto Rico to earn a scholarship, titled Futuro Danzante (Future Dancer), which created an opportunity for them to train under Waldo Gonzalez at the School for the Performing Arts. There Lelo developed their ballet skills and expanded their dance vocabulary in modern, musical theater, and hip-hop. During that time, Lelo began high school and enrolled in “Julian E. Blanco Escuela Especializada en Ballet” (Specialized School in Ballet) where they remained for three years. At 16 Lelo was awarded a two-year scholarship with the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (CPYB) where they gained the opportunity to dance in ballets by George Balanchine and Alan Hineline. Lelo is in their fourth season with Ballet Idaho, having enjoyed featured roles in The Nutcracker, Lar Lubovitch’s Concerto 622, and as “Bird” in Anne Mueller’s Peter and the Wolf. Lelo has also been a semi-soloist at Mauro Ballet in Puerto Rico where they performed lead roles in Mauro’s Experimental, Romeo and Juliet, and Mauro’s Cascanueces y la Venganza del Rey Ratón. Additionally, Lelo has a strong presence on Instagram, where, as one of the few openly transfeminine professional dancers in the U.S., they inspire others daily to embrace their authentic selves.
Terpsicorps audiences will remember Lelo in the solo Stayed on Freedom, as the Sneak in Before the Scream and in Second Line in 2024
Cecily Khuner







Cecily Khuner (Second Season) grew up in Berkeley California and received her dance training at Berkeley Ballet Theater and San Francisco Ballet School. In 2009 she was named a NFAA YoungArts winner in Ballet. In 2010 she joined Ballet Memphis where she is now in her fifteenth season. With Ballet Memphis Cecily has performed the roles of Juliet in Steven McMahon’s Romeo and Juliet, Titania in Mark Godden’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Paquita in Paquita Grand Pas Classique, Sugar Plum and Dew Drop in The Nutcracker and Lucy in Steven McMahon’s Dracula. She has also danced Second Violin in George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco, the lead in Gerald Arpino’s Birthday Variations, and featured roles in works by Trey McIntyre, Matthew Neenan, Gabrielle Lamb, and Mariana Oliveira. In addition to Ballet Memphis Cecily has danced and choreographed for West Edge Opera, and spent several summers performing with Julia Adam Dance in the Bay Area.
Terpsicorps audiences will remember Cecily from the Sneeze in Before the Scream and in Second Line in 2024
Garret McNally








Garret McNally (Second Season) began his classical training in 2008 at the Robert Ivey Ballet in Charleston, SC. In 2014, he attended the UNC School of the Arts. High School Program training under Susan Jaffe, Jared Redick, Misha Tchoupakov, Frank Smith, and others. There his passion for dancing grew, performing many works including August Bournonville’s Napoli Pas de Six, Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering, George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, Donizetti Variations, and Serenade, Helen Pickett’s Petal, Natalia Makarova’s La Bayadere, and Michel Folkine’s Les Sylphides.
Afterwards, he joined the New Orleans Ballet Theatre amid studying History at the University of New Orleans. After graduating in 2021, he joined the Richmond Ballet as a Second Company dancer being promoted into the main company the following season. There he worked and performed in Malcolm Burn’s Romeo & Juliet, Stoner Winslett’s Echoing Past, and The Nutcracker, Ma Cong’s Thrive, Firebird, and Ershter Vals, Jerome Robbins’ In the Night, George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, and Serenade, as well as works by Jennifer Archibald, Val Caniparoli, Yury Yanowsky, Nicolo Fonte, and Katarzyna Skarpetowska. Garret is currently with Ballet Rhode Island where he is featured in principal roles.
Terpsicorps audiences will remember Garret from the Sneeze and Pizza in Before the Scream and in Second Line in 2024
Phoebe Magna
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Photo by Amanda Tipton
Photo by Amanda Tipton
Phoebe Magna (First Season) was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She has been a company dancer with Ballet Memphis since 2022, and was previously with Boulder Ballet, Richmond Ballet as a guest artist, City Ballet of San Diego, and Colorado Ballet Studio Company. She has danced the title role in Giselle and Cinderella, as well as the Black Swan in Swan Lake, Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker and Puck in Mark Godden’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She has additionally been featured in works by Paul Taylor, Christopher Wheeldon, Gerald Arpino, Matthew Neenan, Amy Seiwert and Sidra Bell. She trained at The Hartt School Community Division and The Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts and has performed at Vail Dance Festival and at Jacob’s Pillow as a member of the Contemporary Ballet Ensemble. Besides dancing, Phoebe has taught on faculty at the Boulder Ballet School, The Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts, and Dance Dimensions in Longmont, Colorado.
Alexandra Zakharchenko
photo by Ambre Amari
Alexandra “Sasha” Zakharchenko (First Season) is not a stranger to the Terpsicorps stage. She was a stand out apprentice with the company in 2022 for Vampyre and in 2023 for Cleopatra, and we are thrilled to be bringing her back as a company member. Alexandra is currently a company member with Alabama Ballet, under the direction of former Terpsicorps dancers Christopher Stuart (Artistic Dir) and Jon Upleger (Rehearsal Dir). Some of her favorite repertoire at Alabama Ballet includes Wendy in Christopher Stuart’s Peter Pan, Dew Drop in George Balanchine’s Nutcracker, The Artist in Imitations by Garrett Smith, Winter Fairy in Cinderella, Dawn in Coppelia and Not Fade Away Girl in Christopher Bruce’s Rooster. Prior to Alabama Ballet, she danced with with Mareck Dance (Formerly Missouri Contemporary Ballet). Alexandra began her pre-professional training at New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble. In addition to studying more traditional styles of dance, she also studied character dance with Riverdance Soloist Andrij Cybyk and rhythmic gymnastics under Russian Master of Sport, Natalia Ejova. In 2019 she was awarded the New Jersey Governor’s Award in Arts Education for Artistic Excellence and Leadership in Dance.
the terpsicorps apprentices
Excellent artists in their own right, we are extremely lucky to have these talented young dancers, many already established in their professional careers, join us this summer.
Gretchen Vander Bloomer (First Season) grew up in Libertyville, Illinois and received her training at Dance Academy of Libertyville, Colorado Ballet’s Pre-Professional Training Program, Richmond Ballet’s Trainee Program before moving on to become an apprentice at Alabama Ballet. She joined Ballet Memphis as a company member in 2021 where she has been featured in works by George Balanchine, Steven McMahon, Alia Kache, Garrett Ammon and Trey McIntyre, amongst others. While training with Colorado Ballet she qualified for and performed at the YAGP finals in New York.
Ryland Mettee (First Season) grew up in Asheville, where she began dancing at the age of three. She began her training at The Ballet Conservatory of Asheville and has attended summer programs with companies including Carolina Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Nashville Ballet, and City Ballet of San Diego. She graduated from Point Park University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance with a Concentration in Ballet. She is currently a trainee with Charlottesville Ballet and danced previously with Virginia National Ballet in Manassas, VA as a Trainee.
Stay tuned… More to come!
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