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Samantha Campbell

Samantha Campbell is from Salt Lake City, Utah. She attended the University of Utah as a Ballet major and graduated with a B.F.A. in May 2007. She was a member of Utah Ballet for three years while at the University, danced with Alabama Ballet and danced on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studio (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago). Samantha has danced original roles in Northwest Dance Project works by Didy Veldman, Lucas Crandall, Sarah Slipper, Donald McKayle, James Canfield, Patrick Delcroix, Wen Wei Wang, Andrea Miller, Pedro Dias, Loni Landon, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Noam Gagnon, Edgar Zendejas, Maurice Causey, Lauren Edson, Carla Mann and Minh Tran.

Patrick Kilbane

Patrick Kilbane is from Bainbridge Island, Washington. He began his dance training with Vera Bullen at the age of 14 and studied at Pacific Northwest Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, School of American Ballet, Alonzo King LINES Ballet and with Suzanne Farrell at The Kennedy Center. Patrick also served as an apprentice with Oregon Ballet Theatre for two seasons where he performed works by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. Patrick has danced in new works by Maurya Kerr, Gregory Dawson, Yannis Adoniou and Josie Moseley. Patrick participated in the Northwest Dance Project's first and second LAUNCH projects. Patrick has danced many featured roles in original Northwest Dance Project works, including Cayetano Soto's "Last But Not Least" and André Mesquita's "A Short History of Walking", and has also danced original roles in NWDP works by Didy Veldman, Andrea Miller, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Sarah Slipper, Patrick Delcroix, Pedro Dias, Ihsan Rustem, Edgar Zendejas, James Canfield, Noam Gagnon, Maurice Causey, Wen Wei Wang, Donald McKayle, Olivier Wevers, Lucas Crandall, Lauren Edson, Carla Mann and Minh Tran.

Elijah Labay

Elijah Labay, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, started training at Ballet Arts Academy in Spokane, Washington. In 2004, Elijah joined Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet Professional Division and then attended the Fellowship Program at The Ailey School on full scholarship. He received a Professional Advancement Award at Jacob's Pillow to work with Aszure Barton, Helen Pickett, and Tero Saarinen. In 2009, Elijah joined Florida Dance Theatre directed by Carol Erkes and had the opportunity to choreograph "Kaos in Wonderland". Elijah attended Northwest Dance Project's LAUNCH: 4 project where he worked with choreographers Loni Landon and James Gregg. He was featured in Northwest Dance Project's premiere of André Mesquita's "A Short History of Walking", and in other new NWDP works created by Patrick Delcroix, Ihsan Rustem, Lucas Crandall, Pedro Dias, Loni Landon, Sarah Slipper, Noam Gagnon, Olivier Wevers, Carla Mann and Minh Tran.

Lindsey Matheis

Lindsey Matheis grew up in Colorado before moving to North Carolina. She began dancing under Kirstie Tice Spadie at the NC Dance Institute and later at the North Carolina School of the Arts under the directorship of Susan McCullough. After graduating from the modern department in May 2008, Lindsey trained for a year at the Alonzo King LINES Ballet School in San Francisco. Lindsey has appeared in original new works by Alonzo King, Amy Raymond, Robert Moses and Yannis Adoniou. In addition, she has studied at the Alvin Ailey School, the American Dance Festival, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet and with Northwest Dance Project. Lindsey has danced original roles in Northwest Dance Project works by Didy Velman, Patrick Delcroix, Ihsan Rustem, Maurice Causey, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Andrea Miller, Lucas Crandall, Sarah Slipper, Pedro Dias, Noam Gagnon, Olivier Wevers, Edgar Zendejas, Loni Landon, Wen Wei Wang, Olivier Wevers, Lauren Edson, Carla Mann and Minh Tran.

Lindsey McGill

Lindsey McGill was born in Houston, Texas. She began her formal dance training under Elizabeth and Rosemary Molak in Orange County, California and continued training at the Houston Ballet Academy under the direction of Ben Stevenson, Clara Cravey and Priscilla Nathan Murphy. Since graduating from Houston Ballet Academy, Lindsey has worked with Jane Weiner's Hope Stone Dance, Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble, iMEE, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, O Dance, NobleMotion Dance, The Next Stage Project, KDNY and Dayton Contemporary Dance Company 2. She has also had opportunities to dance in projects by a number of independent artists including Jhon R. Stronks, Paola Georgudis, Teresa Chapman, Amy Ell's Vault and Freneticore. Lindsey participated in Northwest Dance Project's LAUNCH: 5 project.

Franco Nieto

Franco Nieto was born and raised in Vancouver, Washington. Franco was an athlete playing football for seven years before making his choice to dance. Franco began his training at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, and Columbia Dance, later studying under Tracey Durbin as a student and an assistant in Portland. Franco graduated from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a B.F.A. in Jazz in 2009. Franco has danced original roles in Northwest Dance Project works by Didy Veldman, James Canfield, Sarah Slipper, Luca Veggetti, Pedro Dias, Maurice Causey, Wen Wei Wang, Andrea Miller, Noam Gagnon, Loni Landon and Lauren Edson.

Andrea Parson - 2010 Princess Grace Award Winner

Andrea Parson began her early dance training in Hillsboro, Oregon, at Northwest Conservatory of Dance under the direction of Anita Mitchell. She received her B.A. from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in 2008. Andrea has taught dance throughout Oregon and Washington and has participated in workshops with the Joffrey Ballet, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, anoukvandijk dc and the Northwest Dance Project. She has danced original roles in Northwest Dance Project works by Patrick Delcroix, Sarah Slipper, James Canfield, Luca Veggetti, Pedro Dias, Ihsan Rustem, Andrea Miller, Aszure Barton, Noam Gagnon, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Maurice Causey, Lucas Crandall, Wen Wei Wang, Alejandro Cerrudo, Cayetano Soto, Loni Landon, Edgar Zendejas, Carla Mann and Minh Tran. In June 2010, Dance Magazine named Andrea their dancer "On the Rise." The following month, Andrea received her biggest career honor to date, winning a 2010 Princess Grace Award for Dance.

Ching Ching Wong

Ching Ching Wong was born in Manila, Philippines, but calls southern California her home where she began her dance training at the age of three at Allegria Dance Theatre under the artistic direction of Alia Harlan. She received her B.F.A. in Dance Performance and minor in Education and Psychology & Social Behavior from the University of California, Irvine. During her UCI days, she was a member of Donald McKayle's Etude Ensemble and also performed works by Jodie Gates, Molly Lynch, Lisa Naugle, Rennie Harris and William Forsythe's "Artifact Suite". Ching Ching participated in Northwest Dance Project's LAUNCH: 3 & LAUNCH: 4 projects, and has danced original roles in NWDP works by Didy Veldman, Patrick Delcrox, Ihsan Rustem, Pedro Dias, Lucas Crandall, Loni Landon, Noam Gagnon, James Gregg, Lauren Edson, Tracey Durbin and Minh Tran.

Project Company portraits by Paul Thacker