Racheal Nye joined Oklahoma City Ballet as the Director of the Yvonne Chouteau School and Studio Company in 2020. Racheal was previously Principal of Kansas City Ballet School where she created and oversaw their Pre-Professional Day Program. She also worked as a Children’s Ballet Coach and staged children’s roles in the company’s productions, including Devon Carney’s The Nutcracker which toured to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. She is a graduate of the Kirov Academy in Washington, D.C., where she attended on scholarship and studied with Nikolai Morozov, Alla Sizova, and Elena Vinogradova. She then joined Ballet Internationale in Indianapolis and continued training with Irina Kolpakova and Vladien Semenov. In 2000, Racheal joined Nevada Ballet Theatre and was promoted to principal in 2006. Racheal has danced leading roles in Giselle, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Cinderella, Balanchine’s Serenade and Who Cares?, as well as works by Twyla Tharp, Choo San Goh, Val Caniparoli, and many others. She has performed internationally in Luxembourg, Korea, and Portugal.

She is a Master Teacher and Judge for Youth America Grand Prix and her students have been awarded scholarships to international ballet schools. She has been teaching, coaching, and staging ballet professionally for 20 years and is Pilates and PBT certified. Racheal is married to Artistic Director Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye.

Barry Kerollis is an award-winning choreographer, educator, coach, and journalist based in New York City.

After a 14 year career performing leading roles at Pacific Northwest Ballet, Houston Ballet, and as a Principal Guest Artist, Barry transitioned full-time to directing, choreography, and teaching. Over the past decade, he has defined himself as a choreographer and educator bridging the gap between classical ballet and contemporary dance.

Currently, Barry works as a juror, choreographer, and master teacher with Youth America Grand Prix. He has choreographed numerous award-winning works, and dancers under his tutelage have earned honors including 1st Place Senior Female, 3rd Place Pas de Deux, and The Natalia Makarova Award, among other top placements, at the final round of competition.

As a master teacher, Barry has taught and choreographed for prestigious programs including Colorado Ballet Academy, Oklahoma City Ballet School, Philadelphia Ballet School, The Rock School, Ellison Ballet, Bayer Ballet, Draper Center for Dance Education, NYU, and DuCon. Dancers under Barry’s tutelage have gone on to enjoy diverse international careers at renowned ballet companies, on Broadway, in national tours, and throughout the commercial dance scene.

Outside the studio, Barry authors the Teacher Tools column for DanceTeacher+ and is a regular contributor with Dance Magazine and Pointe. Additional credits include faculty positions at Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway, Founder and Artistic Director of Movement Headquarters, National Choreographers Initiative, Interim Artistic Director of Alaska Dance Theatre, Finalist at Palm Desert Choreography Festival, and Rehearsal Director at Brooklyn Ballet.

Allison DeBona was appointed Principal of the Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy Peggy Bergmann Park City Campus in 2021. She is a former First Soloist with Ballet West and danced with the company from 2007-2022.

Allison is also the Owner of artÉmotion, a company she founded in 2015. She is listed as an Associate Instructor for the University of Utah’s School of Dance, co-founder of “Dancers and Motherhood,” an initiative to support mothers within the dance community, and was a featured cast member on seasons 1 & 2 of the CW docu-series, ‘Breaking Pointe.’

She has been featured in issues of Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit Magazine, Pointe Magazine, and Dance Track Magazine. She shared the cover of Dance Teacher Magazine, February 2018, with Rex Tilton. She was also the model for the Fall/Winter 2013 and August 2015 Grishko Pointe shoe ad featured in Pointe Magazine. In August 2016 was featured in an eight page editorial for Vogue Italia. Additional accolades include producing the ‘I Am Your Friend’ Benefit Dance Performance alongside Rex Tilton, June 2015, to benefit the non-profit organization Fahodie for Friends. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Ballet from Indiana University, Bloomington, where she trained under former New York City ballet acclaimed Principal Ballerina, Violette Verdy. In 2020 she was named a Nikolay Brand Ambassador and Zarely Role Model.

Additional training includes American Ballet Theatre’s New York Summer Intensive and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Graduate program. She grew up under the artistic direction of Jean Gedeon at Pittsburgh Youth Ballet and Debbie Parou at the former Parou Ballet Company, both in Pennsylvania.

Mary Ann Lamb is a celebrated Broadway performer, choreographer, and educator with an extensive career spanning stage, film, and television. She is currently on faculty at Marymount Manhattan College and Western Connecticut State University, and has taught master classes at NYU and The Hartt School.

Her recent choreographic work includes Little Sparrow (Marymount Spring Gala and Lucia Marta’s 35th Anniversary Gala in Amsterdam), as well as JazzMan, which premiered at The Joyce Theater in NYC and was later performed in the Netherlands. Previous works include Celebration Chita Rivera, all directed by Valarie Pettiford.

Mary Ann served as assistant choreographer on the FX series Fosse/Verdon, working alongside Susan Misner and Andy Blankenbuehler, and coached stars Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams. She is a member of the Fosse/Verdon Legacy and continues to teach internationally.

Her choreography credits include Mamma Mia! (directed by Terrence Mann), Disaster! (Connecticut Repertory Theatre), Evita (recipient of the Kennedy Center Distinguished Choreography Award), and Violet at WCSU, along with numerous regional and Off-Broadway productions.

As a performer, Mary Ann has appeared in 11 Broadway shows, including Chicago, Fosse, Seussical, Contact, and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. She has also performed at New York City Center’s Encores! series and appeared in films such as Chicago, Rock of Ages, and Babygirl.

Her career has been shaped by collaborations with legendary artists including Jerome Robbins, Gwen Verdon, Ann Reinking, Susan Stroman, and Rob Marshall. Passionate about education, she has taught at leading institutions worldwide and spent over 20 years on faculty with Showstopper Dance Conventions.