The
Dancers

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.

Ian, who is from Los Cabos, Mexico,  joined Alberta Ballet for the 2025/26 season as an Apprentice after training with Ballet Power and Alberta Ballet School. Ian is excited to work with different coreographers, dacing different styles and expanding his technical skills.

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.

Born in Los Angeles, California, Lulu Manzur began her dance training at Ballet Conservatory West and at the Colburn School, where she performed works by renowned choreographers including George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Merce Cunningham.

She most recently trained in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Professional Division during the 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 seasons. While there, she performed with the company in productions such as Balanchine’s The Nutcracker and PNB’s new staging of The Sleeping Beauty. She also danced in works by PNB company members, performed Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, and rehearsed Crystal Pite’s The Season’s Canon and Emergence.

Notable highlights in her career include performing the role of “Choleric” in The Four Temperaments, dancing in Robbins’s Antique Epigraphs, and taking part in a masterclass performance led by Alonzo King.

Lulu is excited to join Alberta Ballet for the 2025–2026 season and looks forward to continuing her artistic development.

Kate McDonald began her dance journey at the age of eight in Nova Scotia, Canada, training at Stars of Tomorrow Dance Academy. At 15, she was accepted into the Joffrey Ballet Trainee Program in New York City, where she trained extensively in ballet, jazz, contemporary, and modern. Seeking to further her ballet education, Kate returned to Canada to complete the graduate program at Alberta Ballet School. She then joined Madison Ballet, performing in both classical and contemporary works under the direction of J’a Malik. In addition to company work, she has collaborated with choreographers on project-based works, including Nijawwon Matthews in New York and Sebastian Eilers in Germany.

Kali, who is from Chicago, began her formal dance training at the Joffrey Academy of Dance before accepting a scholarship to join The Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia. In 2023, she continued her studies for two years at the European School of Ballet in Amsterdam where she had the opportunity to learn and perform works by choreographers such as William Forsythe, David Dawson, Maurice Béjart, Frederick Ashton, Marius Petipa, and August Bournonville. Kali is excited to be joining Alberta Ballet as an Apprentice for the 2025/2026 season.

Born in Calgary, Camryn began her ballet training at a local ballet school before moving to Toronto, Ontario to further her training at Canada’s National Ballet School . Throughout her time in Toronto, Camryn performed in various productions including, Marius Petipa’s Paquita, James Kudelka’s The Four Seasons restaged by Peter Ottmann and James Kudelka’s Nutcracker, where she performed the role of Marie alongside The National Ballet of Canada.

Following her graduation in 2023, Camryn attended Alberta Ballet Schoo's postgraduate program, where she had the opportunity to perform in a variety of productions with Alberta Ballet such as La Sylphide, Wizard of Oz and Don Quixote.

Camryn looks forward to beginning her first season with Alberta Ballet as an Apprentice artist in 2025/26.

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. Dylan is excited for his second season with the Alberta Ballet. Memorable roles from his first season include dancing the role of the Yellow Cat in The Wizard of Oz, Aramis in A Thousand Tales, and the Dog in Grimm. Dylan has been very proud to be able to represent Alberta Ballet across the province and internationally. He looks forward to a thrilling 25/26 season.