Rachel Martens

Rachel Martens was born and raised in Illinois. She is in her first season with Ballet Quad Cities. She began her training in ballet and pointe at the Faubourg School of Ballet under the direction of Watmora Casey. After Faubourg, she performed and competed with the Visceral Studio Company in Chicago, Illinois. Rachel recently graduated [...]

Emma Randall

Emma Randall is a professional dancer & choreographer based in Denver, Colorado. She has a B.A. in Dance and English from the University of Colorado Boulder. Emma began dancing when she was 10 years old at the Singapore American School. She moved to Marin County, CA when she was 13 and continued her dance training [...]

Dani Vernon

Dani Vernon is a professional choreographer and educator based in Maryland. She is Director of the competition team at District Dance. Dani began dancing when she was three years old in central New Jersey. She is trained in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip hop and Broadway. She started dancing competitively at age nine. Dani attended [...]

Sakina Ibrahim

Sakina Ibrahim is a performer, teaching artist, and coach based in Los Angeles. She has a Bachelors in Fine Arts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia where she earned "Dance Outreach" and "Excellence in Performance" awards. Sakina also received scholarships to the Bates Dance Festival, University of Illinois, and The Martha Graham School [...]

Michaela McGowan

Michaela McGowan is a professional dancer, choreographer and educator based in New York City. She has has a BFA with honors from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, class of 2012. Michaela began her dance training at the age of five in Northern Virginia.ย  She was an apprentice with Loudoun Ballet Company under [...]