The Terpsicorps Dancers 2025

Handpicked from companies across the US and abroad, our remarkable company dancers never disappoint.

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MOrgan Stillman

Sponsored by Keith McIntyre & Richard Skaggs

Morgan Stillman (Fourth Season) began his formal ballet training with Project Ballet in Fort Wayne, IN and attended Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. In 2014, he joined Nevada Ballet Theatre and performed principal and soloist roles in an eclectic repertoire. Morgan joined Ballet Austin in 2017 and has performed featured roles with choreographers such as Justin Peck, Pam Tanowitz, Jessica Lang, Lar Lubovitch, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, George Balanchine, Christopher Wheeldon, Jennifer Hart, and Amy Seiwert. Morgan has been a lead artist in many of Stephen Mills’ productions, with highlights including Hamlet (Hamlet), Petruccio (The Taming of the Shrew), Poe (Poe / A Tale of Madness), and in Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project. He has also enjoyed performing principal roles in The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Cinderella, Romeo & Juliet, and The Firebird. Morgan also performed with the National Choreographers Initiative in Invine, CA in 2017 and 2018.

Terpsicorps audiences will remember Morgan as the Wind in Salvatore Aiello’s Satto and the shooter in Before the Scream in 2024, Julius Caesar in Cleopatra in 2023 and Lord Ruthven in Vampyre in 2022

Jeff Ewing

Sponsored by Judi Maloy

Jeff Ewing (Eleventh Season) is from Torrance, California where he began his classical ballet training at the age of six. His family moved to Asheville while he was in high school, where he continued his studies locally at Center Stage with Heather Maloy as his ballet instructor. Jeff has danced in Chicago with Lucky Plush Productions and Cocodaco Dance Project and currently dances with Stewart/Owen Dance.  He earned a BFA in Dance Performance at the Boston Conservatory, studied at the Juilliard Summer intensive, the apprentice program at The Chautauqua Institution, and assisted Cathy Young at Bates Dance Festival.  He spent a year dancing with Charlotte Ballet’s second company where he performed the works of Mark Diamond, Dwight Rhoden, and David Ingram.

Terpsicorps audiences will remember Jeff as the B-Boy in Before the Scream in 2024, Pothinus in Cleopatra, as well as his roles in HUNGER, Second Line, Transform, Together We Soar, Coach Potatoes, Zelda’s Dance and many more.

Cecily Khuner

Sponsored by Stuart & Cece Kirsner

Cecily Khuner (Second Season) grew up in Berkeley California and received her dance training at Berkeley Ballet Theater and San Francisco Ballet School. In 2009 she was named a NFAA YoungArts winner in Ballet. In 2010 she joined Ballet Memphis where she is now in her fifteenth season. With Ballet Memphis Cecily has performed the roles of Juliet in Steven McMahon’s Romeo and Juliet, Titania in Mark Godden’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Paquita in Paquita Grand Pas Classique, Sugar Plum and Dew Drop in The Nutcracker and Lucy in Steven McMahon’s Dracula. She has also danced Second Violin in George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco, the lead in Gerald Arpino’s Birthday Variations, and featured roles in works by Trey McIntyre, Matthew Neenan, Gabrielle Lamb, and Mariana Oliveira. In addition to Ballet Memphis Cecily has danced and choreographed for West Edge Opera, and spent several summers performing with Julia Adam Dance in the Bay Area.

Terpsicorps audiences will remember Cecily from the Sneeze in Before the Scream and in Second Line in 2024

Garret McNally

Sponsored by Michael & Libby de Caetani

Garret McNally (Second Season)  began his classical training in 2008 at the Robert Ivey Ballet in Charleston, SC. In 2014, he attended the UNC School of the Arts. High School Program training under Susan Jaffe, Jared Redick, Misha Tchoupakov, Frank Smith, and others. There his passion for dancing grew, performing many works including August Bournonville’s Napoli Pas de Six, Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering, George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, Donizetti Variations, and Serenade, Helen Pickett’s Petal, Natalia Makarova’s La Bayadere, and Michel Folkine’s Les Sylphides. 

Afterwards, he joined the New Orleans Ballet Theatre amid studying History at the University of New Orleans. After graduating in 2021, he joined the Richmond Ballet as a Second Company dancer being promoted into the main company the following season. There he worked and performed in Malcolm Burn’s Romeo & Juliet, Stoner Winslett’s Echoing Past, and The Nutcracker, Ma Cong’s Thrive, Firebird, and Ershter Vals, Jerome Robbins’ In the Night, George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, and Serenade, as well as works by Jennifer Archibald, Val Caniparoli, Yury Yanowsky, Nicolo Fonte, and Katarzyna Skarpetowska. Garret is currently with Ballet Rhode Island where he is featured in principal roles.

Terpsicorps audiences will remember Garret from the Sneeze and Pizza in Before the Scream and in Second Line in 2024

Phoebe Magna

Sponsored by Mountaine Jonas

Phoebe Magna (First Season) was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She has been a company dancer with Ballet Memphis since 2022, and was previously with Boulder Ballet, Richmond Ballet as a guest artist, City Ballet of San Diego, and Colorado Ballet Studio Company. She has danced the title role in Giselle and Cinderella, as well as the Black Swan in Swan Lake, Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker and Puck in Mark Godden’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She has additionally been featured in works by Paul Taylor, Christopher Wheeldon, Gerald Arpino, Matthew Neenan, Amy Seiwert and Sidra Bell. She trained at The Hartt School Community Division and The Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts and has performed at Vail Dance Festival and at Jacob’s Pillow as a member of the Contemporary Ballet Ensemble. Besides dancing, Phoebe has taught on faculty at the Boulder Ballet School, The Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts, and Dance Dimensions in Longmont, Colorado.

Alexandra Zakharchenko

Sponsored by Olga Lucia

Alexandra “Sasha” Zakharchenko (First Season) is not a stranger to the Terpsicorps stage. She was a stand out apprentice with the company in 2022 for Vampyre and in 2023 for Cleopatra, and we are thrilled to be bringing her back as a company member. Alexandra is currently a company member with Alabama Ballet, under the direction of former Terpsicorps dancers Christopher Stuart (Artistic Dir) and Jon Upleger (Rehearsal Dir). Some of her favorite repertoire at Alabama Ballet includes Wendy in Christopher Stuart’s Peter Pan, Dew Drop in George Balanchine’s Nutcracker, The Artist in Imitations by Garrett Smith, Winter Fairy in Cinderella, Dawn in Coppelia and Not Fade Away Girl in Christopher Bruce’s Rooster. Prior to Alabama Ballet, she danced with with Mareck Dance (Formerly Missouri Contemporary Ballet). Alexandra began her pre-professional training at New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble. In addition to studying more traditional styles of dance, she also studied character dance with Riverdance Soloist Andrij Cybyk and rhythmic gymnastics under Russian Master of Sport, Natalia Ejova. In 2019 she was awarded the New Jersey Governor’s Award in Arts Education for Artistic Excellence and Leadership in Dance.

Tyler Diggs

Tyler Diggs (First Season) Raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Tyler began his ballet training at age 7 at the Metropolitan Ballet Academy under the direction of Lisa Collins Vidnovic. With the help of their Boys' Scholarship Program, Tyler studied classical ballet and contemporary dance until 2017, when he received a scholarship at the YAGP Finals to attend The HARID Conservatory. After two years of training there, he graduated in 2019 and joined Joffrey Ballet Academy's Trainee Program for one year. During his time there, he performed in George Balanchine’s Who Cares?, staged by Deborah Wingert, and worked with choreographers including Tsai-Hsi Hung, Chanel DaSilva, and Durante Verzola.

In 2020, Tyler joined Charlotte Ballet II, where he had the opportunity to perform in productions such as The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty, and worked with choreographers such as Alejandro Cerrudo, Helen Pickett, and Christopher Stuart. Tyler has been dancing with Grand Rapids Ballet since 2023 and is excited for his debut season with Terpsicorps!

LUCIA LORENZO

Lucia Lorenzo (First Season) trained at Rochester City Ballet’s affiliate school and as a Trainee with Rochester City Ballet under Jamey Leverett. At 16, she moved to study at San Francisco Ballet School under Patrick Armand, dancing works by Helgi Tomasson, Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes, as a demi-soloist in Serenade, and in student pieces as both a choreographer and dancer. In 2018 she joined Ballet Austin performing Paquita, Giselle, Les Sylphides, and as one of the Four Cygnets in Swan Lake. While in Austin, Lucia also had the opportunity to work with Jennifer Archibald, Jennifer Hart, Jimmy Orrante, Erica Gionfriddo, Alexa Capareda and Performa/Dance Company. She spent the next two seasons as a soloist with De La Dance Company in Cincinnati performing most notably as Swanilda in Coppelia and the Sylph in La Sylphide, in addition to soloist and principal works in La Bayadere, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Raymonda, and Le Corsaire and contemporary works by local choreographers. She moved to the Bay Area in 2024, and joined Oakland Ballet Company performing works by Phil Chan, Wei Wang, and Elaine Kudo as well as Graham Lustig's The Nutcracker. She is looking forward to joining Boulder Ballet for the 2025/26 season!

the terpsicorps apprentices

Excellent artists in their own right, we are extremely lucky to have these talented young dancers, many already established in their professional careers, join us this summer.

Terpsicorps has been showcasing remarkable artists for 22 years!

Take a trip down memory lane and see some of the artists from past performances.