The
Dancers

Aaron hails from Fredericksburg, Virginia where he began his ballet training at age 11. He completed his training with renowned ballet teachers such as Violette Verdy, Suzanne Farrell, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, and Jacques Cesbron and simultaneously earned Bachelor's degrees in Biology and Ballet at Indiana University.

Aaron was invited to join Philadelphia Ballet in 2015 and quickly began performing leading roles including Basilio in Angel Corella's Don Quixote, Tybalt in Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo & Juliet, and Waltz boy in George Balanchine's Serenade. The formative years of Aaron's career were dominated by opportunities to perform diverse icons of ballet including work by Jerome Robbins, Alexander Ekman, Ben Stevenson, Liam Scarlett, and Christopher Wheeldon.

Aaron joined Alberta Ballet as a Soloist in 2021 and is thrilled to be entertaining audiences in his new home in Canada. He is particularly proud of his work as the title role in Artistic Director Emeritus Jean Grand-Maître's PHI, the reimagined title role in Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's Botero, and revisiting Basilio in Francesco Ventriglia's new production of Don Quixote which debuted in May 2025. Aaron was promoted to Principal Dancer in March 2024 and is humbled by the range of dance work he has been able to perform for audiences across Canada.

Alexandra began her dance training at age 4 in Glens Falls, New York, USA. She furthered her studies at home under former Joffrey Ballet Principal dancer, Pamara Perry, before leaving to study at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and later the School of American Ballet in Lincoln Center, New York City. Alexandra also attended many summer programs led by prestigious ballet companies such as Boston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and the School of American Ballet.

As a professional, Alexandra has danced with Philadelphia Ballet, formerly known as Pennsylvania Ballet, from 2011-2020 and rose to the rank of Soloist. She joined Alberta Ballet in 2020 as a Soloist and was promoted to Principal under the direction of Francesco Ventriglia in March of 2024. This is her sixth season with Alberta Ballet.

Over the past 15 years, Alexandra has had the wonderful opportunity to work with many choreographers first-hand and dance a multitude of ballets in a variety of styles. Some of her favorite roles include Gretel in Loughlan Prior’s Hansel & Gretel, the Principal Lead in George Balanchine’s Theme & Variations, and Sara” in Sir Wayne McGregor’s Chroma. In addition, some of Alexandra's favorite choreographers she has worked with are William Forsythe, Matthew Neenan, and Francesco Ventriglia.

Alexandra is proud to have been a part of the Pennsylvania Ballet’s televised 50th anniversary performance on PBS where she performed the Pas de Deux from Margot Sappington’s Under the Sun, as well as Diamonds from George Balanchine’s Jewels. While dancing, she has also pursued higher education and in June 2024, received a Bachelor of Science in Dance with a Minor in Psychology from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Originally from Kanagawa, Japan, Luna is in her thirteenth season with Alberta Ballet.

She began her ballet training at a regional school in her hometown and, at the age of 16, was awarded a full scholarship to the Houston Ballet Academy, where she had the opportunity to perform in several productions with Houston Ballet as well as with Houston Ballet II. She later completed her professional training as a trainee at Boston Ballet School before joining Alberta Ballet in 2013.

Throughout her career with the company, Luna has performed an extensive range of soloist and principal roles. In 2023, she was promoted to Principal Dancer.

Some of her career highlights include dancing the title role in Giselle, Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, The Sylph in La Sylphide, and Suzuki in Stanton Welch’s Madame Butterfly.

Her repertoire also includes: the Sugar Plum Fairy and Klara in The Nutcracker; Kitri and Cupid in Don Quixote; Snow White and Belle in Francesco Ventriglia’s Once Upon a Time(A Thousand Tales); Cinderella and the Spring Fairy in Cinderella; Princess Aurora, Princess Florine, and the Fairy of Joy in The Sleeping Beauty; Alice in Edmund Stripe’s Alice in Wonderland; Cathy Marston’s Moving Still; Gretel and the Dew Fairy Queen in Loughlan Prior’s Hansel and Gretel; Svetlana in Ben Stevenson’s Dracula; the Red Woman and Pink Woman in Jiří Kylián’s Forgotten Land; Helen Pickett’s Petal; Fly in Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Botero; Anne Plamondon’s Yearning To Make  A Difference; and Cordelia in Jean Grand-Maître’s All of Us, among many others.

Luna has had the privilege of working with an array of distinguished choreographers, including Yukichi Hattori, Garrett Smith, Morgann Runacre-Temple, Yin Yue, Wen Wei Wang, Alysa Pires, Nicolo Fonte, and Leiland Charles.