The
Dancers

Born and raised in Calgary, AB, Isabel received her initial ballet training from the Edge School. She then furthered her training at Elmhurst Ballet School in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet. Isabel also participated in several accredited summer intensive programs including, the National Ballet of Canada School and San Francisco Ballet School. Her most memorable productions include Sir Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering, George Balanchine’s Who Cares? Studio Wayne McGregor’s Atomos and Witches in Loughlan Prior's Hansel & Gretel.

Patrice was born in Lomé, Togo and was raised in Montréal, Canada.

He started dancing at the age of 7 and at 16 years old he began his professional ballet training. In 2020 he joined the Boston Ballet School’s pre-professional division at Walnut Hill where he studied for two years. He then joined the San Francisco Ballet School in 2022 where went on to be a Trainee for the 23/24 season after graduation. He returned to Canada and studied at the National Ballet School for one season before joining Alberta Ballet as an apprentice at the end of the 24/25 season.

Rémy Gray was born in Melbourne, Australia. He began his ballet training at six years old, and after three years of training in regional Victoria, he joined the Melbourne School of Classical Dance. There he was taught by former Scottish and Australian Ballet Principal artists, Campbell McKenzie and Madeline Eastoe.

At the age of 11, Rémy was selected to attend the Youth America Grand Prix finals in New York where he placed third and was offered a scholarship to the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart, Germany. He trained in Stuttgart from 11 to 15 years old and then attended Queensland Ballet School under the Direction of Li Cunxin.

Rémy was the fortunate recipient of a scholarship to the International Ballet Academy in North Carolina where he again attended ADC IBC and YAGP finals and was offered a contract with Ballet West in Utah until he joined Alberta Ballet in January 2025.

Kate McDonald started her dance journey at 8 years old in Nova Scotia Canada at a small competition studio, Stars of Tomorrow Dance Academy. At the age of 15 Kate was accepted into the Joffrey Ballet trainee program in New York City, where she trained in a variety of styles including ballet, jazz, contemporary, and modern. Wanting to further her ballet education, Kate returned to Canada to finish her training with Alberta Ballet School’s graduate program. Since then she worked with Madison Ballet Company, before joining Alberta Ballet.

Dylan is originally from Houston, Texas where he began his training with Luis Fuente, Mary Beth Arrington, and Bethany White. He then attended The University of North Carolina School of the Arts for his final two years of high school studying under Misha Tchoupakov. After graduating, he joined the Alberta Ballet School to learn from Murray Kilgour and Aram Manukyan. Particularly memorable performances from his time at Alberta Ballet School were Seasons and Hansel and Gretel with the company. Dylan can’t wait to get on stage at the Jubilee.