A New York native, Laura Feig trained at the Seiskaya Ballet Academy and later studied with Maggie Black. Laura began her career with the Atlanta Ballet under the direction of John McFall, where she spent ten years, becoming a principal dancer with the company.  She has also performed as a member of Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, The National Ballet of Canada, BalletX, Chautauqua Ballet, and Ballet NY. Laura has toured the US, Canada, and Japan starring in Twyla Tharp's "Movin' Out" in the role of Judy.  She has danced principal roles in classics including Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Coppelia, and Don Quixote. She has performed leading roles in works by Julia Adam, George Balanchine, Val Canaparoli, Matthew Neenan, Michael Pink, Ben Stevenson, Christopher Wheeldon, and Lila York. Ms. Feig has had many roles created for her by choreographers including Christopher Hampson, Edwaard Liang, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Alexei Ratmansky, Margo Sappington and Stanton Welch.

 

Isaac Stappas
  A native of Kernersville, North Carolina, Isaac Stappas studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts for nine years. While at the school, Stappas trained under the direction of Duncan Noble, Warren Conover, Melissa Hayden, Fanchon Cordell, Nina Danilova and Frank Smith. Prior to joining American Ballet Theatre, Stappas performed the role of Espada in Don Quixote, Vas Lav3=split by Mark Dendy and many other classical and contemporary works. He spent two years in ABT’s Studio Company before joining ABT’s main company in 2000.
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