Stephen Campanella was trained at Princeton Ballet School and was previously an apprentice for ARB in 2008, performing roles in The Nutcracker, Our Town, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Company. As a trainee with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (2007-08), he danced Sancho Panza in Don Quixote and as a member of New York Theatre Ballet (2009-10) he danced Ashton’s Capriol Suite, Limon’s Mazurkas, a variety of Agnes de Mille work, and as the Ugly Stepsister in Donald Mahler’s Cinderella. He has performed at Carnegie Hall in a Lerner and Loewe concert with the New York Pops. Mr. Campanella is a summa cum laude graduate of Rutgers College with a B.A. in History and a member of both Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Alpha Theta.

David DuBois began his formal dance training in high school at the Pinellas County Center for the Arts (PCCA) in St. Petersburg Florida.  During that time, David competed in the Youth America Grand Prix dance competition in Boca Raton, Florida and was awarded 1st place in modern dance.  Upon graduation, David attended the Boston Conservatory and shortly thereafter left the Conservatory to begin his professional career in 2003 with Jose Mateo’s Ballet Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  There he danced corps de ballet, pas de deux, and principle variations in Mateo's ballets, including the roles of Nutcracker Prince, Snow Prince, Arabian pas de deux, Russian Trepak, and Cavalier in Mateo's The Nutcracker.  In the spring of 2007, he joined the Island Moving Company in Newport, Rhode Island.  There David originated roles in various new works and danced the title role in IMC’s critically acclaimed original staging of Dracula as well as the role of Cavalier Prince in the Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff.  While in New England, David has worked as a guest performer and teacher at various dance studios and has regularly performed the role of Cavalier Prince in Connecticut Concert Ballet's and the Spindle City Ballet's Nutcracker productions.  Recently, David was accepted to be part of the annual Sibiu International Ballet and Contemporary Dance Competition held in Sibiu Romania as a non-competing pas de deux partner, helping his competing partner achieve the gold.  He also recently performed a contemporary pas de deux choreographed by Kelly Ann Sloane and the Sleeping Beauty Wedding pas de deux in the Patrick Notaro Dance Project.  David is very excited to be joining American Repertory Ballet for its 2011-2012 season. 

Originally from Catharpin, Virginia, Monica Giragosian received the majority of her training at the Maryland Youth Ballet under the instruction of Michelle Lees, Hortensia Fonseca, Rhodie Jorgenson, Julie Miles, and Christopher Doyle. While studying at the Maryland Youth Ballet, Monica also trained at the Washington School of Ballet on full scholarship for one year and at the Kirov Academy of Ballet for two years.  In addition, during her summers she attended the American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive in New York and the Kaatsbaan International Dance Center during the summer of 2008.  As a student, she performed many notable roles including Clara, Snow Queen, and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Little Swans in Swan Lake, and Three Shades in La Bayadere.  In 2008, Monica placed in the Top Twelve Women at the Youth America Grand Prix regional competition, and in 2009, she was a New York City Finalist.  Monica also received the 2009 Darcy Smith Scholarship for excellence in ballet and academics.  Upon graduating from Stonewall Jackson High School, Monica joined BalletMet Columbus as a trainee in the fall of 2009, and continued to dance there through the spring of 2011.  While a member of BalletMet, Monica performed in several productions including Swan Lake, Gerard Charles’ The Nutcracker and Cinderella, and David Nixon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  She is excited to be joining American Repertory Ballet for her first season as a company dancer.

Talin Kenar began studying ballet with Lynn Hodgkinson and Elizabeth Griffiths at the North Coast Ballet School in Solana Beach, CA. At the age of fifteen, Talin received a scholarship to study year-round at the Royal Ballet School in London, under the direction of Dame Merle Park.  Talin has danced professionally with Hong Kong Ballet, Colorado Ballet, and Carolina Ballet, and has performed as a guest artist throughout the United States and in Melbourne, Australia. She has performed soloist roles from the classical repertory, as well as in the works of such choreographers as George Balanchine, Sir Kenneth Macmillan, Twyla Tharp, and Lila York.  In 2008, Talin performed in Ballet Builders, an annual choreographic showcase which takes place in Manhattan, and has originated roles in two ballets by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, including a new work which premiered at The Guggenheim Museum in March, 2011. Talin has completed coursework at the University of California, San Diego and is also a certified Gyrotonic Instructor. This is her first season with American Repertory Ballet.

Katie Moorhead is from Media, PA. She studied under Dina Gazzerro at a young age. Encouraged and inspired to be a creative student, she choreographed and performed her own work since the age of 9. At 15, she trained with First State Ballet Theater of Delaware, performing with members from Russian Ballet Theater. She graduated with honors from the Kirov Academy of Washington DC, training under Mme. Alla Sizova and Mme. Jacqueline Akhmedova. Katie joined Arts Ballet Theater of Florida where she was the first to receive an Honorable Merit Diploma from the Tersihora Foundation of St. Petersburg, Russia. At Arts Ballet Theater, she was worked with Vladimir Issaev, Lyubov Fominich, Tatiana Terekhova, and Alla Osipenko.  She toured to Denmark and Poland with the company and left in 2007 to teach and perform closer to home. Since moving to New York, she has worked with numerous companies including Janusphere Dance Company, Eglevsky Ballet, and Staten Island Ballet. She works as a freelance artist with David Fernandez, Christopher Caines Dance Company, NYB Ballet, and Seth Gertsacov. This summer she toured to Italy with Giada Ferrone to perform at the Florence Dance Festival. Katie is a ballet substitute at Alvin Ailey for Kat Wildish and a Certified GYROTONIC® instructor. She is honored to perform and be Rehearsal Director for Untitled Collective, and enjoys being the rehearsal director for the company. Katie is thankful to her Creator, family, teachers, and friends for their love and support. Her time off is spent with her wonderfully talented fiancé, Marc Tedesco.

Marc St-Pierre is from Montreal, Canada. He started ballet at age 8, after three years of training in the Canadian gymnastics program. He began ballet at the Academie de ballet classique de Montreal. At the age of 10, he was admitted to the prestigious Ecole Superieur de Ballet du Quebec, where he studied under Samuel Abramian, from the Bolshoï Academy in Moscow, and Francoise Vaussenat, from the Ballet de l'Opera de Paris. He has worked with international choreographers such as Christophe Garcia (France), Frederico Tavernini (Italy), Brian McDonnald (Canada), Mario Radakovski (Slovakia) and Miguel Robles (Argentina). Marc has performed with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, Ballet Ouest de Montreal, Gleich Contemporary Dances and Albany Berkshire Ballet, and has appeared as a guest with City Center Ballet, where he performed Franz in Coppélia, Green Boy in les Patineurs, and the Prince in Cinderella. He also joined the International Ballet Theatre for a Central American Tour. Marc was also Principal dancer for the Roxey Ballet Company for over three years, where he performed such roles as Dracula, Iago in Othello, Cinderella’s Prince, Cavalier in the Nutcracker and Don Jose in Carmen, which was created for him. With American Repertory Ballet, Marc has appeared as the lead in Kirk Pertersen's Glazunov Variations and as George in Our Town, a favorite of his.  He also worked with Patrick Corbin in Follia and Randy James in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.  Marc is delighted to work with Mr. Martin for his second season as ARB's Artistic Director.

Claire van Bever comes to American Repertory Ballet from Portland, OR where she trained at Pacific Festival Ballet with Christopher and Lynn Brennan Tabor, and privately with Melissa Framiglio.  She trained on scholarship at The Rock School for Dance Education and at The School of Oregon Ballet Theatre, and she attended summer programs at The Rock School, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and Dance New York International in Paris.  Van Bever attended The Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, where she danced in the Purchase Dance Company and performed at Jacob's Pillow.  She has performed in George Balanchine’s Serenade, and has performed the roles of Columbine in The Nutcracker and Principal Couple in Bettijane Sills’ Masquerade.  She would like to thank her family for all their support.  She is thrilled to be joining ARB and looks forward to the season ahead.