BILGUDE ARIUNBOLD (Dance Artist)is originally from Mongolia. He joined the Mongolian Conservatory in 2005 and graduated in 2012. In 2009, while still a student at the Conservatory, he was invited to dance as a Soloist at the State Academic Theater of Opera and Dance, where he performed until 2015. Bilgude joined Wise Ballet Theatre in South Korea as Principal Dancer, where he danced from 2015 until 2021. He is looking forward to performing alongside the other Complexions Contemporary Ballet artists in his first season with the company.

KOBE ATWOOD COURTNEY (Dance Artist) was introduced to dance through Richmond Ballet’s Outreach program Minds in Motion. They trained with Richmond Ballet, under the encouragement of Jasmine Grace. They finished their training at San Francisco Ballet School. There, they were fortunate to perform pieces such as Balanchine’s “Stars and Stripes” and an excerpt from Jiri Kylian’s “Sarabande”.They then spent two years working with Orlando Ballet. They were able to learn from many different works such as “Lyric Pieces” by Jessica Lang and “Lambarena” by Val Caniparoli. They continued their career with Festival Ballet Providence, where they were able to dance leading roles in pieces choreographed by artists like Yury Yanowsky, Ja’ Malik, and Lia Cirio. They also recently started their choreographic career, setting work for Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project. They look forward to the next chapter of their career, joining Complexions Contemporary Ballet for this season. @kobe.courtney

JASMINE HEART CRUZ (Dance Artist) Jasmine Heart Cruz was born and raised in San Francisco, California. She received her dance training at Westlake School for the Performing Arts where she focused in ballet, contemporary, jazz, and modern. She also attended programs such as Hubbard Street Dance Intensive, NYCDA Winter Dance Intensive, and English National Ballet School’s fall and summer courses. After graduating high school, she spent one year at the University of Southern California’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. In 2020, Jasmine was a Dance Spirit Magazine Cover Model Search Winner. She has received awards from competitions such as ADCIBC, YAGP, NYCDA, and most recently received the bronze medal at Tanzolymp International Dance Festival in Berlin. This is her second season with Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

ANGELO DE SERRA (Apprentice) grew up in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy. He began his professional training at the age of 14 with Sharon Podesva, his private ABT ballet teacher. He attended summer intensives with The Royal Ballet School, American Ballet Theatre, Academie Princesse Grace. At the age of 17 he was awarded Senior Man Classical Top Six of Youth America Grand Prix Italy and at the age of 18 he won the Expression International Dance Competition in Florence (first place Classical Soloist) and he received a scholarship to the Alvin Ailey School. He then moved to Cannes, France, graduated from PNSD-Rosella Hightower and joined Cannes Jeune Ballet. He then moved to New York City to attend The Ailey School under full scholarship and attended Complexions Academy intensive programs. This is Angelo’s second season with Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

VINCENZO DI PRIMO (Dance Artist) grew up in Adrano, Sicily, Italy and graduated from the Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy. Vincenzo performed with some of the world’s most reputable dance companies including The Royal Ballet of London and received several awards including Outstanding Artistry Prize and Contemporary Prize from the Prix de Lausanne, Grand Prix de Paris, Youth America Grand Prix New York, and the Beijing International Ballet Competition. In 2019, he was a contestant and finalist on the Italian TV show Amici. In 2021, Vincenzo was included inDance Magazine’s “25 to Watch." This is Vincenzo’s fifth season with Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

JILLIAN DAVIS (Dance Artist, Rehearsal Assistant) from Kutztown, PA and began her ballet training at the age of three. She studied with Risa Kaplowitz and Susan Jaffe at Princeton Dance and Theater Studio in Princeton, NJ. Jillian attended San Francisco Ballet, School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and LINES Ballet programs. She has been part of Dwight Rhoden world premieres including Stardust, Bach 25, Woke, Love Rocks, and a world-premiere solo, Elegy, Snatched Back from the Edges, and Endgame. She has also performed installation works by Desmond Richardson. Jillian was honored to perform an excerpt of Approximate Sonata and Slingerland Pas de Deux by William Forsthye. Along with being a dancer with COMPLEXIONS, Jillian is part of the core faculty for Complexions Dance Academy. Jillian joined Complexions Contemporary Ballet in 2014. @Jillange93

CHLOE DURYEA (Dance Artist) received her early dance training near her hometown of Haslett, Michigan. At ages 16 and 17 she attended American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive as a National Training Scholar on full scholarship. Chloe graduated from Indiana University’s Jacob School of Music with Highest Distinction, earning a Bachelor of Science in Ballet with an Outside Field of Kinesiology. At Indiana University, she was featured in works by Twyla Tharp, Dwight Rhoden, and as Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty. Chloe has guested with the Ruth Page Civic Ballet and the Indianapolis School of Ballet, where she performed George Balanchine’s Nutcracker Pas de Deux. Chloe has danced professionally with Elements Contemporary Ballet and James Sewell Ballet. With James Sewell Ballet, Chloe performed at the Cannes Dance Festival. This is her first season with Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

JOE GONZÁLEZ (Dance Artist) is from Boston Massachusetts, where he trained at Roxbury Center Performing Arts and the Boston Arts Academy. Joe has participated in Boston Conservatory's Summer Intensive, American Dance Festival, Bates Dance Festival and twice at Springboard Danse Montreal. He received his BFA from Boston Conservatory and premiered works in their choreography showcases and commissioned works for Bryn Mawr College, Rowan University and Boston Conservatory at Berklee WinterWorks. Joe toured nationally and internationally as performing artist with Philadanco, Anna Myer & Dancers, Prometheus Dance, #DBdanceProject and was Director of Philadanco's 3rd Company (D/3), the 2020/21 DanceVisions Artist in Resident at Performance Garage. He is currently founder and Artistic Director of Jo-Mé Dance and is on faculty at Temple University, Georgian Court University and Boston Arts Academy. This is Joe’s second season with Complexions Contemporary Ballet. @j.gonzalez.dance

ARISTOTLE LUNA (Trainee) grew up on Orcas Island. He began dancing full-time at age 10 under the direction of Anthony the Dancer and soon became a member of The Island Inspiration All Stars. Studying and performing in ballet, contemporary, tap, hiphop, salsa, jazz and aerial acrobatics he danced in over 150 shows. At age 17 he moved to Sarasota, Florida to train with Ariel Serrano at the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School. Additional training has been with Homer Bryant of Chicago MultiCultural Dance Center. Aristotle is currently in his final year at NYU Tisch completing his BFA in dance and is an avid capoerista. He is thrilled to be in his second year as a trainee with Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

MARISSA MATTINGLY (Dance Artist) grew up in Tampa, Florida where she was trained in several different styles of dance since the age of three. She started to take ballet and contemporary more seriously at the age of 13 when she began training at All American Dance Factory and Classical Ballet School under the direction of Terri Howell and Julio Montano. With this training she took part in many ballet competitions. She is a 4 time YAGP finalist, and performed in the UBC 2022 finals gala as a Legacy Award winner. She has been offered acceptances and scholarships to programs at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Chicago, BalletMet, Colorado Ballet Academy, Kansas City Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, Texas Ballet Theatre, Philadelphia Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, and Houston Ballet Academy. She attended her first Complexions Contemporary Ballet Summer Intensive in 2021, and was invited to take part in their two week Trainee Program in the spring of 2022. This is her second season with the company.

LAURA PERICH VILLASMIL (Apprentice) was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela where she began training at the age of 3. She then moved to Houston, Texas where she continued her training with Catriona Steel at Allegro West Academy of Dance. While in Houston, she completed The Royal Academy of Dance Ballet exams and received Distinctions all throughout her training. After graduating, she joined Texas Ballet Theater’s Studio Training Company under the direction of Kathy Warakomsky-Li. In 2021, Laura joined Ballet Hispánico’s Pa’Lante Scholars Program as part of the inaugural cohort where she had the opportunity to be a guest artist with the main company for Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa’s “Doña-Perón”. Laura also had the privilege to attend the Complexions Contemporary Ballet Trainee Program in the summer of 2023. This is Laura’s first season with Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

MIGUEL SOLANO (Dance Artist, Rehearsal Assistant) is from Medellin, Colombia. He started dancing at age seventeen at the District University of Bogotá and continued his training at BalletStudio Bogotá under the direction of Patricia Niño. In 2013, he moved to NYC to complete his studies at the Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet on full scholarship, performing with Kirkland’s studio company. He has participated in summer programs including Hubbard Street Dance, Oklahoma City Ballet, and Batsheva Dance Company in Israel. Miguel has worked with Awaken Dance Theater, Thomas/Ortiz Dance, RudduR Dance and Connecticut Ballet. He has worked with choreographers Earl Mosley, Christopher Rudd, Francesca Harper, Darrell Moultrie, Larry Keigwin, Nadege Hottier, Larissa Calero, Eve Chan, and Ted Thomas. This is Miguel’s fifth season with Complexions Contemporary Ballet. @miguellsolano

LUCY STEWART (Dance Artist) grew up right outside of Denver, Colorado, dancing at a small studio and at Colorado Ballet. She spent her summers training with American Ballet Theatre, The Joffrey Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and Colorado Ballet. Lucy has studied the last two years at The Juilliard School in the dance division. She has had the opportunity to study with various leading artists in the dance world, including Ohad Naharin, Francesca Harper, Tiler Peck, Rena Butler, and James Whiteside, as well as the opportunity to perform Set and Reset by Trisha Brown. For the last several years, Lucy has studied regularly with John Gardner and Amanda McKerrow from ABT. This is Lucy’s second season with Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

CANDY TONG (Dance Artist) was born in San Francisco, California. She trained at San Francisco Ballet School under full scholarship and is a BFA graduate in Dance Performance from University of California, Irvine -- completing the program in just 2.5 years. Candy received a diploma in Dance from the English National Ballet School, where she performed and toured with the company. Alongside her dance career, Candy is a signed model with Stetts Model Management and has been in several global campaigns such as Reebok. Her work has been showcased at the Galleries Lafayette in Paris, the Huffington Post, and on Nikon Europe's ad campaigns. As an entrepreneur, Candy is a fashion designer specifically for dancewear. This is Candy’s fifth season with Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

MANUEL VACCARO (Dance Artist) is twenty years old and from Italy. Born in Modica, a small Sicilian city. His passion for dance has lived since he learned how to walk. He began studying dance at six years old at a private dance school in Modica. At the age of ten, Manuel was admitted to the dance school of Rome Opera House where he studied for four years. In September 2018, he started studying dance at the Rosella Hightower dance school in France. After sending a video audition to the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia in 2019, he was admitted and studied for three years. In June 2022, Manuel received his diploma in professional dance and ballet teaching. This is Manuel’s first season with Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

APRIL WATSON (Dance Artist) began her dance training at age eight at University of North Carolina School of the Arts Preparatory Program. In 2016, April graduated from University of North Carolina School of the Arts High School Program. She spent her summers with School of American Ballet, Houston Ballet, Debbie Allen Dance Academy, Charlotte Ballet, Indiana Ballet Conservatory, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Joffrey of Chicago all on scholarship. After graduating from UNCSA, she spent two years in Los Angeles, CA studying under the direction of Debbie Allen as an Artist in Residence on scholarship. April joined the Complexions Contemporary Ballet in 2019 as an apprentice. This is her third season with Complexions Contemporary Ballet as a full company member. @wca__