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Jamie is originally from North Carolina where he started his dance background in Liturgical Dance. He knew he was destined to create after starting his dance training at Western Carolina University where he performed with Asheville Ballet. He later transferred to Winthrop University in Rock Hill SC where he received his BA in Dance Performance and minor in Education. He continued his dance career performing in Joseph and the Amazing Techni-Colored Dream Coat at the Concord Community theatre, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at Central Piedmont Community College. Dancing with companies Caroline Calouche & Company (Charlotte, NC), Annex Dance Company (Charleston, SC), and trained/apprenticed with Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company in New York City. Jamie is the co-founder and co-artistic director of the Drye/Marinaro Dance Company where he travels, performs, and sets work along the east coast. Jamie currently resides in New York City. TV credits include: The Wendy Williams show, GoodMorning America, The View, and Good Day NY. He continues to work as a choreographer, dance educator, dance fitness instructor, Manager, and Co-Director of FuSia Center For the Arts.
Francesca Marinaro is a resident of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and received her BA in Dance from DeSales University in 2008. She has worked with prominent artists such as Trinette Singleton, Sean Curran, Eddie Taketa, Lynne Mariani, Janet Peck, J.T. Jenkins, Kate Jewett of Shen Wei Dance Arts, and Nicole Wilcott. In 2008 she had the opportunity to study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the Centro de Choreographico de Brazil. She has danced for Re-Cored Dance Company, Wilkes-barre, Pennsylvania, Annex Dance Company of Charleston, South Carolina & Angeline Wolfe of Bangor performing along the east coast. In 2011,Francesca established the FuSia Dance Center of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania offering dance education to students ages two to adult. It is also the home of FuSia Pre-Professional Dance Company, a non-profit performance based company for young aspiring dancers to gain the experience of a performer and become educated dance artists. In 2011, she became the co-artistic director of Drye/Marinaro Dance Company based out of NYC where she continues to share her love of choreography and work alongside incredibly talented artists and movers.
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Caleb Pattymelt is a dance artist based in New York City. He has performed works by several notable choreographers inclduing Nathan Trice, Rena Butler and Patrick O’Brien during his education at The Joffrey Ballet School in 2014. Alongside being seen in HBO’s "Random Acts Of Flyness" led by Domani Pompey, he has worked with artists Maleek Washington, Em Greenwell, Kayla Farrish and more. He has performed works by MATHETA dance, LaneCoArts, Spark Movement Collective, Kar’mel Small, Javier Padilla, Dolly Sfeir, Nicole Fuentes, Kanon Sugino, Jody Oberfelder, and Beatriz Castro. Caleb collaborates closely with artists Michelle Thompson Ulerich and Johnny Butler, and has presented his own work at Arts On Site, TADA! Youth Theater, Bridge For Dance, The Visionary, and other selected commissions. He has performed in Battery Dance Festival, MATHETA’s Speak Through Movement at Judson Church, Palm Desert Choreography Festival, PAGEANT, Mare Nostrum Element’s Emerging Choreographer Series, Dance Gallery Festival, CUNY Dance Initiative and others.
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Carl Ponce Cubero (they/them/siya) is a first generation Filipinx American movement artist/creative, originally from California’s Central Valley, currently based out of New York City. While studying at the University of California, Irvine, they had the amazing honor and privilege of dancing under the late Donald McKayle. They have performed domestically and internationally with Ailey II from 2018-2020, and as a guest artist with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in the Spring of 2022. Carl Ponce has had the opportunity to dance works by Donald McKayle, Alvin Ailey, Aszure Barton, Jessica Lang, Lar Lubovitch, Andrea Miller, Rena Butler, and Omar Román De Jesus.
Chieh Hsiung has presented her choreography across NYC; she is the 2015 winner of the Breaking Glass Project: The Emerging Female Choreographer for “Under the Dining Table" performed at Alvin Ailey Theater, an Audience Favorite work. Chieh has worked as a concert and TV series movement instructor in Taiwan from 2019-2020, and graduated from the National Taiwan University Of Physical Education and Sports with a major in Modern Dance/Choreography and a minor in Ballet/Folk Dance/Ballroom Dance/Street Dance. Chieh’s work demonstrates a variety of robust skills and training, though her priority is collaborating with visual artists and musicians from all backgrounds to create more compelling and immersive experiences. Choreographer of the Netflix fantasy-comedy drama "The Magician on the Skywalk” was the top winner at 2022’s Golden Bell Awards, taking home six awards, including best television series and best directing. Also choreographed as part of the Fish Leng 2016 World Tour at Lincoln Center. In 2017, Chieh was invited to perform in the 92Y Harkness Dance Center Big Mouth Asian Choreographer Festival, “Stand Of The Closing Door" Invited by The Taipei Economic and Culture Office In New York. She also produced and performed in “Redolent-T Production” at The Secret Theatre, a 40-minute choreography process, which sold out and was met with great success. She has performed off-Broadway in Women on Fire, as part of Soloist for Jchen Project AAPI Festival. Chieh was also invited by multiple festivals: Queensboro Dance Festival, Queens Pride, Broadway in Bryant Park, Survivor NYFW in MOMA. Her latest work entitled “Islanders,” as resident artist at Cultural Lab, allowed freedom to produce and perform in a deep, Taiwanese cultural narrative around identity and longing.
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Hannah Albin (she/they) is a dance artist based in Brooklyn, New York. They hold a BFA in Dance Choreography and Performance from the University of California, Irvine where she trained under Lar Lubovitch and others. During her undergraduate degree, she performed solo roles as a trainee with the José Limón Dance Foundation under Dante Puleio and Kathryn Alter, and collaborated in projects with Lindsey Matheis and Joshua Manculich. In 2022, Hannah performed with the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company in Albany, NY until moving to Brooklyn, NY in 2024 where they now perform with Trainor Dance, Megan Flynn Dance Company, Drye Marinaro Dance Company, and The Next Stage Project with Marijke Eliasberg. Hannah is an award-winning choreographer and continues to create new dance theater works inspired by the intersection of dance, philosophy, and the human condition.
Israel Harris is a Hipsanic, Latino American born in Mixco, Guatemala and raised in Bellevue, WA. He is now a Brooklyn-based freelance artist, dancer, choreographer, and instructor, and graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in dance and minors in Psychology and Hebrew and Judaic Studies. Israel had the pleasure of dancing abroad under the instruction of Judith-Sanchez Ruiz, Meg Stuart, Leila McMillan, Shahar Binyamini, and Ohad Naharin, and is fortunate to have performed feature roles in works by Wayne McGregor and Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE. Israel has also danced in works by Lar Lubovitch, Ori Flomin, Luca Renzi, and Valeria Gonzales/VALLETO Dance, performed with Eryc Taylor Dance, DanceAction, and the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation, and assisted Sidra Bell during her creative process with the Second Avenue Dance Company in 2019. Israel joined Drye Marinaro Dance Company in 2020, is a company member with Seán Curran Company, is represented by the Movement Talent Agency, and can also be found working and consulting at the intersection of arts and advocacy.
Mikalla Ashmore grew up in South Florida, where she trained at the Florida School for Dance Education and the Dreyfoos School of the Arts, studying under artists including Troy Powell, Christopher Huggins, Elyse Borne, Solomon Dumas, and others. She graduated from The Ailey School’s Certificate Program in 2021, performing with the Ailey Student Performance Group under the direction of Freddie Moore in works by Thang Dao, Davalois Fearon, Kyle Marshall, Amy Hall Garner, Brice Mousset, Francesca Harper, and Ronald K. Brown. As a New York-based freelance artist, Mikalla has performed at venues including the Holland Dance Festival (Theater de Veste), New York Live Arts, The Tank, and Queensborough Dance Festival. She was featured in 2B!, a dance short film created in collaboration with choreographer Julia Gleich and videographer Trevor King, with art by the late Elizabeth Murray. Additional credits include the short dance film "Soul Bossa Nova" by Miranda Stuck and Perry Strong, "The Dinner Party" choreographed by Jessica Castro and filmed by Redha Medjellekh for International Women’s Day at the Brooklyn Museum, and a dancer role in Netflix’s "Hit and Run." Mikalla strives to embody fluidity, grace, and inner strength, using movement to inspire connection and emotion. In addition to performing, she coaches youth gymnastics, teaches dance, and contributes to 92NY’s Spark Your Health initiative, which promotes whole-person wellness through movement and education. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Health Education and Behavior from the University of Florida in 2024 and is honored to be a member of Drye Marinaro Dance Company, where she continues to grow as an artist, athlete, and advocate for community health.
Virginia Santucci, born in Florence, Italy, began her dance journey at a tender age, training in ballet at "La Scuola del Balletto di Toscana." Progressing to "Opus Ballet" and "Axe Ballet," she honed her contemporary and modern dance skills. At 19, she relocated to Paris for the "Institut de Formation Professionnelle Rick Odums," refining her jazz technique and artistic expression. In 2019, she ventured to New York City, graduating with honors from The Ailey School in May 2022. During her time at Ailey, she had the chance to dance for Amy Hall, Patrick Coker, Helen Simoneau and Hollie Wright. She took part in the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre season of 2022/23, dancing at New York City Center Theater and David Hock Theatre at Lincoln Center. All the while taking part in a number of shows by Fredrick Earl Mosley's Diversity of Dance, and became an apprentice with Philadanco! II. Now, Virginia is a freelancer and works with Neville Dance Theatre and Drye Marinaro Dance Company. She extends her passion as a teaching artist, working with various schools and Ailey Arts in Education.
Jalyn Gill, a Native New Yorker, is a performer, teacher, and choreographer. She began her training at Edge School of the Arts in Queens and continued her training at Dance Theatre of Harlem and Mark Morris Dance Group. Jalyn graduated Magna Cum Laude from Montclair State University in 2020, holding a BFA in Dance. She had the opportunity to perform works by choreographers including Earl Mosely, Christian von Howard, Ohad Naharin, Martha Graham, and many more. Post grad, Jayln performed professionally with Five Two Dance Company and Pa’lante Scholars with Ballet Hispánico. Throughout her training and professional career, Jalyn has found that she is most passionate about curating a safe environment for dancers & choreographers from all backgrounds.