Aesha danced with New York City Ballet, Bejart Ballet, Alonzo King LINES Ballet and Morphoses/ The Wheeldon Company. In 2011 Aesha founded 'The Swan Dreams Project', her aim to dispel stereotypes about black women in ballet. She continues to dispel this stereotype, In 2020, she became the first African American American female faculty member at the School of American Ballet. She is now the School of American Ballet's Associate chair of Faculty.

Fiona Tonkin is one of Australia's most loved Ballerinas. As a ballerina she is known for her artistic genius and creating unforgettable connections onstage with her partners. Starting her career at the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Fiona went on to join The Australian Ballet Company under Marilyn Jones (Artistic Director at the time), and lead the company as a Principal Artist. She later returned to New Zealand and became Ballet Mistress at the Royal New Zealand Ballet with Matz Skoog as Artistic Director. Fiona was invited by Matz to work with him at English National Ballet when he was appointed Artistic Director and she spent a number of years as a Principal Coach there. Fiona returned to The Australian Ballet in the early 2000's and has been pivotal in the nurturing, mentoring and developing of dancers to success throughout their careers. Fiona is currently Principal Coach and Artistic Associate at The Australian Ballet.

Born in Argentina, Paloma Herrera's professional career started at the very young age of 15. She quickly rose through the ranks to be named principal artist of the American Ballet Theatre at age 19, The youngest Principal Dancer in the history of the company. Dancing in many of the traditional classic ballets and contemporary works, Paloma made a remarkable impact in this art form throughout the world. Her illustrious career took her all over the world guesting with Kirov Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Colon Theater Ballet, Kremlin Palace Ballet, Ballet Teatro alla Scala of Milan, Tokyo Ballet, National Ballet of Cuba and New York City Ballet. Retiring from her career at The American Ballet after 24 years, Paloma then directed Colon Theater Ballet from 2017- early 2022. An iconic Ballerina

Australian born, Danielle Rowe was promoted to Principal Dancer with The Australian Ballet Company, later moving to Houston, Texas as a soloist. She was quickly promoted to Principal Dancer once more. She then joined Nederland's Dance Theatre, moving to Den Haag, Holland. With a dance career spanning two decades Dani made the transition from dancer to freelance choreographer. She has spent time as the director of San Francisco Dance Works and currently creates dance pieces with various companies around the world. Dani is tenacious, strong and very well respected in her field.

Known for being one of the best partners in the business, Robert Curran was Principal Artist with The Australian Ballet Company for more than a decade. He led the Australian flagship company both nationally and internationally during that time. After his dance career he spent time as ballet master for Bangarra Dance Theatre, before signing on as Director of Louisville Ballet. Robert talks about the importance of being present and focused in the studio.