Dancers

WINSTON DYNAMITE BROWN
Winston Dynamite Brown, a native of Kansas City, Missouri, started dancing at Smith Sisters Dance Studio. He continued his training at the Missouri State Ballet, the University of Missouri Kansas City, where he received his BFA, and The Center Dance under the mentorship of Tyrone Aiken.  Mr. Brown has participated in numerous intensive programs - Kansas City Ballet, Alonzo King’s pre-professional program, Ailey summer intensive as three time fellowship recipient, and the Ballet and Modern programs at Jacob’s Pillow as the inaugural recipient of the Lorna Strassler Award.  Mr. Brown has worked with the Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company, Deeply Rooted Productions, Albany Berkshire Ballet, The Metropolitan Opera, TU Dance, CorbinDances, IMDT (irish modern dance theater), Ben Munisteri dance projects, Taylor2 & most recently Dance Heginbotham, Owen/Cox Dance Group, Pilobolus, Sean Curran Co., Opera Theater St. Louis, Kyle Abraham/ A.I.M., Stephanie Batten Bland Company and Keigwin + Company, as well as participating in the 2015 27th annual Gypsy of the year/Broadway cares fundraiser.  Mr. Brown is excited to be back in New York as a freelance artist. "nothing to prove, only to share" "love who you love but always start from within."

WILLIAM CANNON
A native of Columbus, Ohio, William has danced with BalletMet, Hubbard Street 2, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet and BalletX. He has had the pleasure of performing works by George Balanchine, Christian Spuck, Jorma Elo , Nicolo Fonte, Jiri Kylian and Cayetano Soto. He has also enjoyed working on projects with BalletNext, Gabrielle Lamb and Twyla Tharp in New York City.

RACHEL COATS
Ms. Coats, a native of Miami, Florida, received her primary instruction from Tony Catanzaro, as well as at the Mencia-Pikieris School of Dance and New World School of the Arts. She spent her summers studying on scholarship at the School of American Ballet and Boston Ballet. She has received awards from the National Society of Arts and Letters and ARTS–NFAA Foundations. Prior to joining the Kansas City Ballet in 2002, Ms. Coats performed with both Boston Ballet and Nashville Ballet. Durning her twelve seasons with the Kansas City Ballet, she has enjoyed dancing in Afternoon of a Faun, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Dark Elegies, Brahms Paganini, and End of Time, among many others. Some of her favorite roles have included Desdemona in The Moor’s Pavane, the title role in Firebird, the Stripper in Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, and Snow Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. Currently, Ms. Coats performs with Kansas City Dance Festival, Quixotic, and Owen/Cox Dance Group.

MICHAEL DAVIS
Michael Davis began his ballet training at the Marya Kennett Dance Centre in Goshen, New York, at the age of 10. After attending summer courses at The Rock School for Dance Education in Pennsylvania, he was accepted into their year- round residency program on a merit scholarship. Upon graduating from The Rock School, he joined Oregon Ballet Theatre in 2007 and danced for two years under the direction of Christopher Stowell and Damara Bennett. Mr. Davis has performed in various works by George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, Jerome Robbins, and Christopher Wheeldon. Mr. Davis appears courtesy of Kansas City Ballet.

HOLLY DEWITT
Holly DeWitt, a native of Kansas City, began her dance training under the direction of Sharon & Nicole Romine at DanceWorks Conservatory.  She graduated with a BFA in Dance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.  Other training includes the Milwaukee Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, ADF, Jacob’s Pillow, the scholarship program at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Springboard Danse Montreal. Holly’s professional credits include the Kansas City Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker, Deeply Rooted 2, Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company, and was a featured dancer/aerialist onboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.  She has had the opportunity to perform works by Paul Taylor, Martha Graham, David Parsons, and Milton Myers. Holly is a yoga enthusiast and enjoys teaching dance. She is excited to be back on stage with Owen/Cox Dance Group!

BETTY KONDO
Originally from Bowie, Maryland, Ms. Kondo trained at the Maryland Youth Ballet. She began her professional career with Orlando Ballet Company under the leadership of Fernando Bujones. During her three years there, participation in the American Dance Competition won her a high medal. She joined Kansas City Ballet in 2007 where she performed ballets including Nine Sinatra Songs, Company B, As Time Goes By, Frescoes from the Little Humpbacked Horse, Dark Elegies, and Rodeo. Before returning to Kansas City, Betty was a principal dancer with Eugene Ballet Company where she was featured in many of Toni Pimble's works such as All You Need is Love, Concerto Grosso, and Dark Side of the Moon. Her favorite roles while there included Clara, The Sugar Plum Fairy, and the Lead Female in Gerald Arpino's Light Rain. Betty is excited to once again be performing with Owen/Cox Dance Group.

GEOFFREY KROPP
Geoffrey Kropp began his ballet training in his hometown of Bakersfield, California. He spent summers training on scholarship at San Francisco Ballet School, American Ballet Theatre, School of American Ballet, Boston Ballet, and The Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia, where he was accepted into their year-round program. After a year at the Rock School, Mr. Kropp joined Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) School’s Professional Division. At PNB, he performed several ballets with the company including George Balanchine’s Prodigal Son, Ronald Hynd’s The Merry Widow, and Kent Stowell’s Carmina Burana and Nutcracker, as well as the lead in Paquita in the annual school performance. Since joining Kansas City Ballet, Mr. Kropp has danced featured roles in works by Ib Anderson, Karole Armitage, George Balanchine, Todd Bolender, Bruce Marks, Trey McIntyre, Michael Pink, Yuri Possokhov, Jerome Robbins, Margo Sappington, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Twyla Tharp, Anthony Tudor, and William Whitener, among others. Some of his favorite roles include Albrecht in Giselle, leads in Balanchine’s Who Cares?, Allegro Brillante, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, and Serenade, and Ben Stevenson’s End of Time. Mr. Kropp has also performed with the National Choreographers Initiative, Kansas City Dance Festival, ARC Dance, Owen/Cox Dance Group, and UMKC. Mr. Kropp appears courtesy of Kansas City Ballet.

FELICIA MCBRIDE
Originally from San Antonio, Felicia began her ballet training at the age of 12. She attended summer intensives at Houston Ballet, The Chautauqua Institute, Tulsa Ballet, and Ballet Austin. Felicia has danced professionally with companies such as Hubbard Street II, Ballet Austin II, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, Hedwig Dances, Kristina Isabelle Dance Company, and Chicago Repertory Ballet. She has performed works by Jiri Kylian, Matts Ek, Mauro Bigonzetti, Dominic Walsh, Stephen Mills, Alejandro Cerrudo, Maurya Kerr, Penny Saunders, Edgar Zendejas, Gabrielle Lamb, and Robyn Mineko Williams. Felicia has also guested for three seasons with Les Grands Ballet Canadiens in their production of “The Nutcracker.” She has toured to Italy, Germany, and The Netherlands for various performance opportunities with a few of the companies mentioned above. Felicia recently expanded her skill set and learned how to dance on stilts from Kristina Isabelle during her time living in Chicago. Felicia is very excited to continue her freelance career based out of Austin with ARCOS Dance as well as smaller companies outside of Texas.   

DEMETRIUS MCCLENDON
Born and raised in the south side of Chicago, Demetrius began dancing with street hip-hop at age 15; he began his formal training at Northern Illinois University, where he graduated with a BFA in Dance Performance and minors in Black and LGBT Studies. He was previously a scholarship student at Lou Conte Dance Studios and has attended summer intensives with Deeply Rooted Productions and the Joffrey Ballet. He has danced professionally with DanceWorks Chicago and TU Dance and as guest artist with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance, Deeply Rooted’s Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Chicago Repertory Ballet, DanszLoop Chicago, Pursuit Productions, and the Civic Ballet of Chicago. He embraces dance as a spiritual practice and uses the arts, in conjunction with his passion for social justice, to inspire revolutionary change. He feels very blessed to share energies again with Owen/Cox Dance Group.

DMITRY TRUBCHANOV
Dmitry Trubchanov is from Saint Petersburg, Russia. At the age of 9 he was accepted to the Academy of Russian Ballet (the school of the Kirov Ballet). After 8 years of hard ballet training Mr. Trubchanov joined the famous Kirov Ballet Theater, where he danced for five years. With the Kirov Ballet he traveled to places around the world including France, Holland, S. Korea, Turkey, Austria, Sicily, Taiwan, and U.S.A. In 1995, Mr. Trubchanov was invited as a guest artist to perform with “Universal Ballet Company” in Seoul, Korea during their tour to Taiwan. Mr. Trubchanov has performed in various Galas and festivals around the world: “the Stars of Kirov Ballet” held in Innsbruck, Austria and Syracuse, Sicily, “International Ballet Festival” in Miami, Florida and “International Dance Festival” in Vail, Colorado, just to name a few. He was also a Guest Star at a several gala performances in Fukuoka, Japan.

In 2004, Mr. Trubchanov was featured in the recreation of G. Balanchine’s ballet “La Sonnambula”, which was filmed for the Balanchine Trust archives. Also, he was a part of documentary “Do Not Go Gently” about legendary Frederic Franklin, CBE. It aired on PBS in 2007 and was nominated for the best documentary at the “Wisconsin Film Festival”. From 2000 to 2009 Dmitry danced for the Cincinnati Ballet where he held a position of a Principal dancer. Most recently, Mr. Trubchanov was a Principal dancer with the Colorado Ballet in Denver. Throughout his career Mr. Trubchanov has danced numerous classical and contemporary ballets and has won acclaim from critics worldwide.  

MOLLY WAGNER
Molly Wagner, originally from Denver, Colorado, began her training with Christina Noel-Adcock, spending summers with Jillana, Joffrey Ballet South, Kansas City Ballet, and Ballet Austin. She graduated cum laude from the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In 2006, she was awarded First Place Regional winner by the National Society for Arts and Letters. Ms. Wagner went on to dance professionally with Missouri Contemporary Ballet, Montgomery Ballet, and Charleston Ballet Theatre before joining Kansas City Ballet in 2012. Throughout her career, she enjoyed dancing lead roles in Balanchine’s Serenade, Who Cares? and Allegro Brillante. Some of her favorite notable roles include: Juliet inRomeo and Juliet, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Pigtail Girl/Naughty Girl in Graduation Ball, and most recently with Kansas City Ballet, Mina in Michael Pink’s Dracula, Cinderella in Victoria Morgan’s Cinderella, and Giselle in Devon Carney's version of Giselle. Ms. Wagner appears courtesy of Kansas City Ballet.

LATRA WILSON
Latra A. Wilson, a native of Tyler, TX, began her dance training at The Dance Factory under the tutelage of Pamela Erwin and Thersa Bryce-Cotes. She went on to study at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where she graduated with a BFA in Dance. Ms. Wilson has had the distinct pleasure to train as a scholarship recipient at The Center Dance, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, and Tisch Dance Summer Festival. Ms. Wilson has worked and performed with Taylor 2, Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company, Earl Mosely Diversity in Dance, Iluminate Artist of Lights, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis's production of "The Kiss" & world premiere of "Champion", Owen/Cox Dance Group and Broadway Dance Lab Cycle 2. As a teaching artist Ms. Wilson is currently working with KCFAA, Youth Arts Academy and Alvin Ailey Arts in Education. In addition, Ms. Wilson just signed with McDonald Selznick Associates, also participating in various productions with The Box, Queen of The Night Late Night and Company Stefanie Batten Bland in NYC. Latra is looking forward to sharing creative space with Owen/Cox Dance Group!

JEFF WOLFE
Jeff Wolfe (Clearwater, Florida), received his training through the Academy of Ballet Arts in St. Petersburg, FL followed by two years with the Houston Ballet Academy in Houston, Texas, which he attended for two years on scholarship and was accepted into Houston Ballet’s second company. Wolfe has spent the past five years freelancing around the United States and Canada, dancing with many companies including Montgomery Ballet (Soloist), Eugene Ballet Company (Principal), River North Dance Chicago, Ron De Jesus Dance Company, Owen/Cox Dance Group, and Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance. Wolfe has also been seen as a dancer and aerialist on the cruise ship Oasis of the Seas. In addition he spent four seasons dancing with BalletMet in Columbus, Ohio. Wolfe has performed original works by renowned choreographers including Stanton Welch, Harrison McEldowney, K.T. Nelson, Penny Saunders, Lauri Stallings, and Randy Duncan. Wolfe was also awarded the honor of being a winner in the Columbus Choreographic Project in 2008. Wolfe currently dances with Montreal based companies EzDanza and José Navas/Company Flak.