Abby Jayne DeAngelo is a passionate ballet artist with a deep foundation in the art form, having trained under the renowned Marcia Dale Weary at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (CPYB) in Carlisle, PA. Her love for ballet extends to teaching and guiding the next generation of dancers, emphasizing the beauty of life in their training. Abby Jayne founded Adage Ballet Academy in Seattle, WA, in 2021, and her extensive teaching experience includes guest teaching at CPYB, private coaching, and virtual classes with BalletTogether. She also danced professionally with Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) from 2016 to 2023 and achieved notable roles such as the Sugar Plum Fairy in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker. In June 2023, she transitioned to a freelance career while continuing to share her mission of balanced, joy-filled ballet technique and training with her students. Abby Jayne also achieved a significant milestone by completing ThePointeShop Progressive Pointe Method Basic Training, demonstrating her commitment to enhancing her expertise as she works towards becoming a proficient pointe shoe fitter.

Bethany Lynch graduated from Western Washington University in Spring 2023 as an outstanding graduate with a BFA in Dance, a BA in Business Marketing, and a minor in Arts Enterprise and Cultural Innovation. While in school she was a captain of the WWU Dance Team and VP of all inclusive Dance club SINI-HHA. Since moving to Seattle she has started dancing with multiple groups including The Garden Dance Company and Movement26 and most recently co-founded Kpop cover group KBB Crew.

Jeanne Robson began her dance journey at the age of 5 and never doubted that a dancer was what she wanted to be. She studied at the Atlanta Ballet School and School of American Ballet and began her professional career with Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, during the early years of the company. After taking a break from dance, Jeanne earned a BA in Education and focused on early childhood classrooms for many years - still one of her favorite places to be. Dance came back into her day to day life and currently she teaches ballet at Fidalgo DanceWorks in Anacortes. Jeanne’s students have been all ages from preschool through high school and adult.

Over her years of teaching, Jeanne began to realize how much knowledge and information she had received at such a young age, and how fortunate she was to have had the experiences she did. She began to understand what it means when it is said that it becomes our responsibility to share one's gifts and knowledge and to pass along to others what was given to us. This thread is always present when she is with her students.

Bella Fassio is a ballet and modern dancer with Maple Valley School of Ballet. She is currently getting an AA degree in fine arts at Green River College, with future plans of pursuing an Early Childhood Education and Dance degree. She started dance at a young age, taking a variety of styles, before starting at MVSB at age 5. Her focus on ballet has created a life-long love for movement, and getting to help teach others. She hopes to have a career in dance, and to run a studio someday.

Adri Polyak is a nonbinary creative from Arizona, where they began their dance journey at the age of two! By the time they turned nine, they were training and competing in styles such as clogging, tap, jazz, hip hop, musical theatre and more! When Adri turned twelve, they started assisting classes with their mom and by age fifteen, they were teaching their own classes at their mom's studio. Teaching classes such as pom/cheer, acro/tumbling, tap, jazz, and strength and conditioning- ranging in ages from three years old to sixty-five! Adri also continued to dance throughout high school, both on their high school Pom Team and in the studio. After the completion of high school, Adri continued to dance with the GCU Dance Team while studying Psychology. During this time, Adri also taught Master Classes in Tap all around Arizona and taught a tap class at the Step Up To Dance Convention. Adri was a member of the Tap 24/7 tap company based out of Phoenix, AZ in 2016, 2017 and 2024 and will be auditioning in 2025! Now, residing in Seattle, WA since 2020, Adri has completed their Bachelors and Masters Degree in Psychology, as well as obtained their Life Coach certificate in which they utilize these learned skills from their degree throughout their teaching. Adri values individuality and providing. a safe, welcoming. environment for all of their students. Their teaching philosophy is "my students come to class exactly how they are and are met with love and support, and walk away with education beyond dance." This upcoming fall, they will be teaching tap, contemporary, hip hop, lyrical and jazz at various studios located all around Washington, will be continuing to find performance opportunities and continuing to build their photography portfolio.