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Peter lives in Boise, Idaho, and spends most of his free time outdoors — hiking, getting out on the water, and taking advantage of everything the Treasure Valley has within easy reach. Cooking is another thing he’s gotten into over the years, and he likes the process of figuring out

Gregory Smith brings to Ballet Idaho more than three decades of ballet and nonprofit arts leadership experience. He discovered ballet while a pre-med student and, while initially performing and teaching, he discovered that he was much better suited to the administrative side of arts endeavors.  He was the founding Director

Nathan Bender, originally from Bismarck, North Dakota, began his dance training at Northern Plains Dance. At the age of 17, he joined the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre school, where he performed in various classical and contemporary works during his training. After graduating, Nathan joined The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Graduate program. As

Sydnie Holmes began her dance training in California, studying ballet, tap, and jazz. She joined Boston Ballet School’s Professional Division in 2018 under the direction of Margaret Tracey and was selected to join Boston Ballet School’s Graduate Program in 2023. She joined Ballet Idaho as a Trainee in 2024 and

Oscar is originally from Leawood, Kansas. He trained at the Kansas City Ballet School for fifteen years and danced as a member of the Kansas City Ballet Second Company for one year. While with Kansas City Ballet, he performed in pieces such as Devon Carney’s The Nutcracker, Michael Pink’s Dracula,

Park Long is originally from Thornton, Colorado. Park started dancing with Colorado Conservatory of Dance when they turned 4 under the direction of Julia Wilkinson Manley. They danced with CCD until 2017, at which point Park joined Colorado Ballet Academy under the direction of Erica Fischbach for a year before

  Julian Goodwin-Ferris, is originally from Houston Texas. He started ballet at the Houston Ballet Academy, and continued training there for over 10 years under Claudio Muñoz, dancing in numerous productions with the professional company. He spent summers studying with Irina Vakhromeeva,  attended the ballet program at Jacob’s Pillow in

Isabella Knott was born and raised in Port Angeles, Washington, where she trained at the Sylvia Joyce Wanner Ballet School.  During her time there, she performed roles such as Cupid, Dewdrop, Swan Lake Pas de Trois, Sugar Plum, Lilac Fairy, and Bluebird.  She has also attended summer intensives at Oregon

Corey Bourbonniere is a native of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. They joined Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre in 2012, where they spent 13 seasons and rose to the rank of soloist. Before joining PBT, Corey trained with Krylo Dance Studios, Heritage Ballet, and the Brae Crest School of Ballet, where they performed with

Madeline began her training at Illinois Ballet Theater in Moline, Illinois. She danced for the pre-professional company River Pointe Ballet in her teen years. After high school she attended the University of Utah and joined the resident company, Utah Ballet. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a double