2025-2026 Season
Guest Artists
The Nutcracker
India Bradley
India Bradley was born in Detroit, Michigan and began her dance training at the age of four at The Link School of the Arts in Troy, Michigan. At the age of eleven, she attended the Academy of Russian Classical Ballet in Novi, Michigan, under the direction of Sergey Rayevitskey.
Ms. Bradley attended the summer program at Dance Theatre of Harlem in 2012, and entered DTH’s Professional Training Program under the direction of Andrea Long that fall.
She attended the 2014 summer session at the School of American Ballet, NYCB’s official school, and enrolled as a full-time student later that year.
Ms. Bradley was named an apprentice in August 2017 and joined the Company as a member of the Corps de Ballet in August 2018. As an apprentice, she performed a featured role in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®.
Ms. Bradley was promoted to the rank of soloist in October 2025.
Photography by Erin Baiano
Tyler Angle
Tyler Angle joined New York City Ballet in 2004, and was promoted to Principal dancer in 2009.
Mr. Angle dances much of the central Balanchine and Robbins canon at NYCB, his repertoire including more than 90 pieces from the company’s catalogue. He has originated featured roles with numerous choreographers including Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon, and has worked directly with many other dance luminaries such as William Forsythe and Mark Morris.
From 2012-2022, Mr. Angle was the artistic director of the Nantucket Atheneum Dance Festival, a benefit for Nantucket’s non-profit library organization. During his tenure, the festival raised millions of dollars for the Nantucket Atheneum.
Mr. Angle is on the faculty of the School of American Ballet and the Rye Ballet Conservatory. He also regularly gives ballet and partnering masterclasses around the country. He also holds a Diploma in Visual and Performing Arts Administration from NYU’s School of Professional Studies.
Photography by Erin Baiano
Weaver Rhodes
Weaver Rhodeswas born and raised in Texas, where he received his training from the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. He then went on to receive his BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase in 2012
He has worked for various companies including Dance Heginbotham, The Mark Morris Dance Group, Mettin Movement Collective, Kevin Wynn Collection, The Metropolitan Classical Ballet in Arlington, TX, Northwest Dance Project, and was featured in Isaac Mizrahi’s The Magic Flute. Weaver has had the pleasure to work with artists such as Kathryn Alter, Robert Battle, Patrick Corbin, Greg Dolbashian, Larry Keigwin, Jessica Lang, Dwight Rhoden, Kate Skarpetowska, and Pam Tanowitz. Weaver has been a company member with Bruce Wood Dance since 2019.
Elliott Ludovic Trahan
Elliott Ludovic Trahan is from Lafayette, Louisiana. They graduated from the University of Arizona with a BFA in Dance in 2019. Elliott also studied with River North Dance Chicago and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and has performed at national and international dance festivals, including the Kiel International Festival for Dance in Germany and the Bolzano Dansa International Dance Festival in Italy. They have choreographed and performed new works for various other dance festivals, including Breaking Ground Contemporary Dance Festival and Agora Artists’ Seeds program. Elliott has performed works by Twyla Tharp, Joy Bollinger, and Omar Román de Jesús, among others. Their passion for visual art keeps them invested in the arts, and inspired by creativity, innovation, and passion. Elliott joined Bruce Wood Dance Dallas in August of 2019.