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Ms Trisha Carter
BALLET, PAS DE DEUX, CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE
Trisha Carter began her training in Maine with Bossov Ballet Theater and continued training abroad under the instruction of Alla Sizova, Dimitri Simkin, Irina Trofimova Golovkina, Natalia Papinashvilli, and Vadim Pisarev, ultimately leading to her acceptance into the Vaganova School in St. Petersburg, Russia. She completed her schooling at the Harid Conservatory and Kirov Academy in the United States before joining Houston Ballet II and later Ballet Florida. SheTrisha has performed with multiple companies and choreographers touring both locally and internationally: Houston Ballet, Ballet Florida, Cuban Classical Ballet, Miami Contemporary Dance Company, Dance Now Miami, and was a founding member with Dimensions Dance Theater of Miami. Her classical repertoire includes soloist roles in Anna Karenina, Cinderella, Coppelia, Don Quixote, Giselle, La Bayadere, La Vivandiere, La Sylphide, Les Sylphides, Nutcracker, Paquita, Peer Gynt, Raymonda, Romeo & Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Talisman, as well as contemporary works by the likes of Gerald Arpino, Kevin Jenkins, Leonardo Reale, Paolo Mohovic, Tara Lee, Vicente Nebrada, and Yanis Pikeris, among others.
Trisha holds a B.B.A. in International Business & Trade and a B.S. in International Economics, which she uses to develop the performing arts. Her greatest off-stage achievement is founding Miami Dance Hub, the dance alliance organization for South Florida, where she served as Executive Director for three years. When not dancing on stage, Trisha works with her husband, Kevin Jenkins, as his repetiteur and also performs with his company, Ballet Counterpoint.
Ms Diana Nicastro
BALLET, PBT, CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE
Born in Greece, Diana Nicastro grew up in New York where she studied classical ballet technique at the Harkness Ballet School under the direction of David Howard; she trained at the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance and The Boston Conservatory of Music. Diana received her Dance Teaching Certification through the University of Surrey, England, in association with the Royal Academy of Dance.
Diana is a certified Instructor who completed the (ABT) American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum for Levels Pre-Primary through 5. She holds a full teaching membership with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD). She is a PBT (Progressing Ballet Technique) certified instructor and trained with PBT Founder Marie Walton-Mahon. In addition, she is a certified Perfect Form Physiotherapy Dance Teacher and trained with founder Lisa Howell.
Diana is a dedicated, creative, and patient instructor; for the past 35 years she has shared her extensive knowledge of classical ballet, modern and contemporary dance with countless students of all ages in the San Diego region.
Diana is also a teaching artist at Inspired Movement Dance and West Coast Dance Complex in North County, San Diego. She was an instructor and Branch Manager with the California Ballet School, instructor with Academy of Performing Arts, Del Mar Ballet, Pacific Arts Dance Center, North County Dance Arts, Scripps Performing Arts, and Malashock Dance as Educational Out-Reach and In-Reach Creative Dance Programs for Children; specializing in inclusive contemporary and creative movement classes.
Diana was the 2010 National Recipient of the KIT (Kids Included Together) Rising Star Award. She has presented Workshops and Webinars for KIT with a focus on creating movement opportunities for children of all ages and abilities. She has been part of the team that created nationally recognized inclusion standards and benchmarks. Diana has worked and taught within the San Diego Public Schools VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts) framework for grades K thru 12.
Ms Emma Stenger
BALLET, PBT, MODERN TECHNIQUE
Ms Emma Stenger began training at the age of 3 in San Diego, California, under the instruction of Ms Patti Weinberg at Stage Door Dance, in Encinitas, CA. She began training as a Teacher’s Apprentice in 2017, under the tutelage of Jill Gibson. She has since trained as an Instructor in all levels and ages, from 3-18 years. Emma completed her pre-professional training in 2021, after spending 2 seasons in TBC’s Pre-Professional Conservatory training program (Senior Division).
Ms Stenger is currently a Guest Faculty member at The Ballet Company, returning home to teach on her seasonal breaks from her undergraduate studies at Elon University, where she is working toward a double major; BS in Dance Science, BFA in Dance Performance & Choreography, with a minor in Exercise Science.
She has extensive experience working with TBC’s Director Ms Jill as a Rehearsal and Production Assistant, and continues to help with TBC's production development throughout the season.
Ms. Emma loves to come home and work with TBC’s students and hopes to return after completing her undergraduate studies to serve as The Ballet Company’s resident Dance Medicine specialist and continue on Faculty as a full-time TBC Dance Instructor and Choreographer.
Ms Summer Jones
BALLET, MODERN TECHNIQUE
Summer Jones began her dance training in El Cajon at a branch of the California Ballet School. She went on to complete her education on a full scholarship at School of American Ballet in New York City. During this time she also performed in full length ballets with San Francisco Ballet, New York City Ballet and California Ballet and was ensemble with Seaworld’s City Streets.
She danced professionally with Radio City Music Hall as well as various companies in New York and San Diego including California Ballet and San Diego Dance Theatre. She earned a master’s degree in American Ballet Theatre pedagogy in the professions and higher education from New York University and is certified in all levels of the National Training Curriculum. Summer has taught ballet in positions ranging from company instructor for California Ballet Company to guest master class teacher at Cornish College of the Arts, modern and ballet teacher at the Jillana School and assistant teacher at JKO’s School at American Ballet Theatre. As a choreographer, she represented the United States at the International Ballet Festival in Miami. Her dance films have shown in gallery at UCSD and have been accepted into film festivals in Brazil and Germany.
Most importantly, Summer loves helping dancers at all stages of their education and careers and cherishes the work as an honor and a privilege.
Mr. Laurence Gonzalez
BALLET, PAS DE DEUX, MENS TECHNIQUE
Laurence Gonzalez began his classical ballet training at the age of 9 in the Elementary Ballet School in La Habana, Cuba. At the age of 18 he graduated as a professional ballet dancer from the School National Ballet of Cuba. He began his professional career at Laura Alonso Ballet in Havana, Cuba where he had the opportunity to dance in large production ballets such as The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Dracula, Swan Lake, and Le Corsaire, where he danced both Principal and Corps de Ballet roles. He also danced various Pas de Deux including Spartacus, Don Quixote, Diana and Acteon, and White Swan, just to mention a few. He currently resides in San Diego, California, where he dances for California Ballet company, and guests with various local studios and companies in Southern California. Mr. Gonzalez has also performed with the San Diego Opera multiple times, and as a lead dancer in the productions of Maria de Buenos Aires, Carmen, Great Scott. He has traveled worldwide during his professional career, and looks forward to bringing his expansive knowledge of ballet and the performing arts to the students of The Ballet Company.