LILY OJEA LOVELAND

Lily Ojea Loveland is in her sixteenth season with Ballet Palm Beach. Among many favorites, the roles of Juliet; Giselle; Marie/Sugarplum; Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux and Who Cares?; and Colleen Smith’s In The Mood, Turtle B, Simple Symphony, and Because I Said So; stand out as her personal tops. She is excited to premiere contemporary and modern works in new venues throughout the season with Ballet Palm Beach. She adores her husband and three children, Wesley, Magnolia, and Rosie, and can be found at leisure and play with them whenever she finds time. Her favorite Bible verse is Psalm 37:4.

MADELEINE MILLER

Madeleine Miller grew up in Palm Beach County and began her ballet training with Ballet Palm Beach Academy at age five. In 2011 Ms. Miller moved to Columbus, Ohio for two years to be a part of Ballet Met’s Pre-Professional Program, and she was given opportunities to perform and tour with the company’s Nutcracker.  Ms. Miller returned to Ballet Palm Beach in 2014. Her favorite roles while performing with BPB are Cinderella in Cinderella, Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, and Myrtha in Giselle.

DANIELLE GLYNN

Danielle Glynn of Saint Petersburg, Florida, trained with Florida West Ballet and at the Academy of Ballet Arts.  She graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance with a BFA in Dance. While she was there, she performed in The Nutcracker, Giselle, and Serenade with the Kansas City Ballet. After graduation, Ms. Glynn danced with the Montgomery Ballet and the Albany Berkshire Ballet. Ms. Glynn joined BPB in 2015 and enjoyed dancing soloist roles such as Dew Drop in The Nutcracker, Princess Tiger Lily in Peter Pan & Tinker Bell, and The Jumping Girl in Who Cares?.

SHANNON MURRAY

Shannon Murray grew up in Palm Beach County and started training at Ballet Palm Beach Academy at the age of four. She is a graduate of Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Ballet Palm Beach Academy,  and has received her Associate of Arts degree from Palm Beach State College. She has attended the Ballet Ambassadors trips to Russia, Croatia, Cuba and Hungary. She was featured as Alice in Colleen Smith’s Wonderland.

KELLEY ANN MITCHELL

Kelley Ann began her training in Mobile, Alabama under Winthrop Corey and Pam Thompson. In 2013, she moved to Pennsylvania to attend Central Pennsylvania Youth ballet under the direction of Marcia Dale Weary. In 2015, she was a trainee with Charlotte Ballet and was fortunate to have Patricia McBride as one of her main teachers. The next year she joined Nevada Ballet Theatre under the direction of James Canfield, where she was able to perform in A Choreographer’s Showcase and work with artists from Cirque du Soleil. Most recently, she spent two seasons dancing with City Ballet of San Diego where she performed multiple works by Elizabeth Wistrich and George Balanchine, including her favorite ballet Serenade.

EMMERY HERRMANN

Emmery Herrmann, a native of Boca Raton, Florida, began her training at the age of three. She received her early training and love for ballet at Boca Ballet Theatre under the direction of Jane Tyree and Dan Guin. From there, she immersed more into classical ballet and trained with Magda Aunon at the Fort Lauderdale Ballet Classique. At the age of 15, Emmery was recruited by renowned teacher Marina Stravitskaya, where she then moved to New York City to privately train with Mrs. Stavitskaya, as well as to train at Manhattan Youth Ballet on scholarship with Deborah Wingert, Daniel Ulbricht, and Brian Reeder. In 2017, Emmery began dancing at Florida Classical Ballet, where she received training from Magaly Suarez. Some of Emmery’s favorite roles include Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen, and Dew Drop from “The Nutcracker”, Moyna in “Giselle”, Finger Fairy in “Sleeping Beauty”, as well as Odalisque in “Le Corsaire”. She has also had the honor to perform George Balanchine’s “Serenade”. Aside from ballet, Emmery is currently studying business at the University of Florida and working towards earning her Bachelor’s Degree. She is beyond thrilled to begin her first season as a company dancer with Ballet Palm Beach.

OLIVIA CAPASSO

MATTHEW AUGUST

Matthew August trained at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington DC and the City Dance Conservatory at Strathmore. Under coaching from Anatoli Kucheruk and Vladimir Djouloukhadze, Matthew competed at Youth American Grand Prix 2015 and won first place in the men’s classical ballet senior division regional competition. He competed in finals that year, where he danced his variation at the Lincoln Center, New York City. Matthew moved on to dance with Boston Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet. After dancing professionally with these companies, he studied at the University of Maryland School of Music. He received vocal coaching from Carmen Balthrop and Kevin Short, both esteemed singers of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Matthew graduated in Spring 2022, earning a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance and opera. Matthew performed in many musical theater productions, starring as Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Tommy Djilas in Olney Theatre Center’s The Music Man, among many other roles in off-Broadway productions. He’s very excited to return to classical ballet in his first season with Ballet Palm Beach!

IHOSVANY RODRIGUEZ

Ihosvany Rodriguez was born in Matanzas, Cuba, and started his career as a dancer at the age of 10, studying at the Vocational School of the Arts in his hometown. At the age of 15 he began his studies at the prestigious Cuban National Ballet School.   In 2013 he joined Silicon Valley Ballet. He was a Soloist with the National Ballet of Cuba, where he performed and toured many countries including Spain, Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay, Italy, and Canada.  Since arriving in the United States he has danced with numerous companies including Ballet San Jose, Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida, Dance Now! Ensemble, Miami Contemporary Dance Company, and Brandon Ballet. Some of his favorite roles include Basilio in Don Quixote and Ali in Le Corsaire. This is his 2^nd season with Ballet Palm Beach.

KELVIN RABINES

Kelvin grew up in Trujillo, Peru and trained at ‘Centro de Arte y Ballet Visión de la Danza’ with his parents. He helped win his hometown studio ‘The Studio of the Year” in 2006. He has won multiple national and international competitions. He was a soloist with the ‘The Official Ballet Company of the Ministry of Culture, Perú and at the Municipal Ballet of Lima, Peru. He continued his studies at The Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia , PA. At the age of 18, he started with the Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida in Miami and Brandon Ballet. He has participated in many local and international festivals in Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Japan and the USA. Kelvin is very excited to be a new member of Ballet Palm Beach.

SIMONE WILLIAMS

Simone Williams grew up in Palm Beach County and began her dance training at the age of three. Five years later, she enrolled at Ballet Palm Beach Academy to continue her dance training.  At the age of 14, she became a Trainee with Ballet Palm Beach while being dual-enrolled in high school and Palm Beach State College.  She spent the past summer at Miami City Ballet in their summer intensive program.  After two years as a Trainee and one year as an Apprentice, Simone is excited for her first year as a Company member.

BOYD BURCH

Boyd Burch, native to Amarillo Texas, grew up training and performing at Lone Star Ballet (LSB) under the direction of Artistic Director Vicki McLean. In his time at LSB Boyd performed in over 80 main stage and specialty event productions including Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Dracula, Sleeping Beauty, and many of McLean’s original works. Boyd has had the opportunity to work with several notable artists including: Dwight Rhoden, Desmond Richardson, Brian Enos, Jennifer Kronenberg and Carlos Guerra, Kevin Petite, Rachel McSween, Meg Paul, Jiri Vaborsky, Sol Maisonet, W. Earle Smith, Bruce Caldwell, Jonathan Charles, Kim Strunk, Wendy Bahn and many more.

Prior to joining Ballet Palm Beach, Boyd danced with Ballet Magnificat! where he performed roles such as Moses, in the ballet Deliver Us; a German Officer in The Hiding Place; the business man, Norman, in Stratagem; and several other corps roles. In his time with the company Boyd was able to travel to 23 states and 6 different countries performing for audiences around the globe. Boyd looks forward to furthering his career and is excited to work alongside fellow dancers and staff at BPB.

ABIGAIL LIDDELL

Auditions for the 2024/25 Season have been completed. Please email us at company@balletpalmbeach.org for more information about our audition for the 2025/26 Season.