Ms. Landreau danced with Graham 2 and was honored with the Pearl
Lang Award.
LLOYD MAYOR (Soloist) joined the Company in 2012 and performs lead
roles in Appalachian Spring, Diversion of Angels, Embattled Garden, Andonis
Foniadakis’s Echo, and Richard Move’s The Show
danced by Mikhail Baryshnikov. In 2014, Mr. Mayor was honored with the
Clive Barnes Dance Award and is now a board member of the Foundation.
For the Company’s 90th anniversary in April 2016, Mr. Mayor danced
an excerpt of Appalachian Spring with former Étoile and Artistic Director
of the Paris Opera Ballet, Aurélie Dupont.
LORENZO PAGANO (Soloist) joined the Company in 2012 and dances
lead roles in Graham’s Appalachian Spring, Embattled Garden, Night
Journey, and Diversion of Angels and in contemporary works by Andonis
Foniadakis, Lucinda Childs, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Nacho Duato, Pontus
Lidberg and Lar Lubovitch. A native of Torino, Italy, he moved to the US
and trained as a scholarship student at The School at Jacob’s Pillow and
The Martha Graham School. In 2016 Mr. Pagano received the Italian International
Dance Award for “Male Rising Star”.
ANNE SOUDER (Soloist) joined the Company in 2015 and performs lead
roles in Graham’s Dark Meadow Suite, “Steps in the Street”, and Deep Song
and works by Marie Chouinard and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Ms. Souder began
her training in Maryville, Tennessee and continued to earn her degree
in the Ailey/Fordham BFA program, graduating with a double major
in Dance and Theology. There she performed works by Alvin Ailey, Ron K.
Brown, Dwight Rhoden, and more. Upon graduation, she joined Graham
2 and was awarded a Dizzy Feet Foundation scholarship.
SO YOUNG AN (Dancer) joined the Company in 2016. Ms. An received a
BFA from Dong-Ah University in Korea. She is the recipient of the 1995
International Arts Award and the Grand Prize at the Korea National Ballet
Grand Prix in 2001. She has danced with Korea National Ballet Company
and Buglisi Dance Theatre and has also performed works by Yuri Grigorovich,
Jean-Christophe Maillot, Mats Ek, Patricia Ruanne and Samantha
Dunster.
LAUREL DALLEY SMITH (Dancer), from England, joined the Company
in 2015. She performs lead roles in Graham’s Errand into the Maze, Maple
Leaf Rag and Diversion of Angels, and roles in contemporary works by
Marie Chouinard, Pontus Lidberg and Annie-B Parson. Ms. Dalley Smith
graduated from Central School of Ballet with 1st class Honours. Before
joining Graham she performed with the UK Tour of West Side Story, Joss
Arnott Dance and Yorke Dance Project, creating roles in Robert Cohan’s
2014 Lingua Franca and Lacrymosa.
JACOB LARSEN (Dancer) received his BFA from Marymount Manhattan
College where he performed works by Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Aszure
Barton, Loni Landon, and Ray Mercer. At Springboard Danse Montreal
2015, he performed works by Alexander Ekman and Banning Boulding.
Mr. Larsen trained at the Graham School and was a member of Graham 2.
MARZIA MEMOLI (Dancer), from Palermo, Italy, joined the Company in
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