Saturday, February 4, 2012
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Billy Bell is the founder of Lunge Dance Collective, a contemporary company who has performed throughout the US and Canada. He was born in raised in West Palm Beach, Florida. Billy has danced with Broadway's Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey inBack to Back to Broadway, toured with Broadway arts as Baby John in West Side Story, and was on Season 6 and 7 of Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance." He has trained at Alvin Ailey, Joffrey Jazz and Contemporary, participated in Springboard Dance Montreal and The Juilliard School.
Dana Foglia has taught dance both nationally and internationally and has trained extensively in ballet, modern, hip hop, pointe, jazz, tap and African and received a full scholarship to the Ailey School. She has toured and performed with top artists including Beyonce, Janet Jackson, Rihanna, Kelis, New Kids on the Block, Fantasia and the Latin sensation Thalia and others working with choreographers including Frank Gaston, Rhapsody, Brian Friedman, Gil Duldalao, Tony Michaels, Rosaro and others.
Giorgia Bovo (Biella/Italy) started dancing at the age of 5. She was trained thanks to a full scholarship at Scuola del Balletto di Toscana (Firenze, Italy), appearing in the junior company (Junior Balletto di Toscana). While in Italy she performed with Kaos-Balletto di Firenze. After moving to NY in 2007 she has been company member of Armitage Gone! Dance having the opportunity to perform at the Guggenheim Museum and the Lincoln Center Out of Doors besides touring internationally.
Paloma Garcia-Lee is most well known be seen lighting up the stage as “Meg Giry” in “The Phantom of the Opera.” An accomplished actress, singer and dancer, she joined the Broadway show at the Majestic Theater at the young age of 17. Paloma is one of the youngest performers ever hired for the production and the youngest to ever play “Meg.” She is also the first person hired for the Broadway show to have been born after “Phantom” began its run in New York in 1988.
Sidney Erik Wright grew up focusing on academics and treating dance as an extracurricular activity. During the summer after his freshman year of college, he interned at a New York talent agency and that experience prompted his decision to pursue dance professionally. In his four years at Harvard University, he worked on 18 productions in all capacities, from actor to dancer to director/choreographer. He performed in the prestigious Hasty Pudding show, acted in a world premiere at the American Repertory Theater, and danced with the Harvard Contemporary Dance Ensemble in its inaugural year.