Atlanta Ballet Artistic Director Gennadi Nedvigin has announced the new 2026|2027 members of Atlanta Ballet and Atlanta Ballet 2 (AB2). Nedvigin and Sharon Story, dean of Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education, carefully selected 21 highly trained performers to join Atlanta Ballet and AB2, including three dancers promoted from AB2 to the Company.

“Each season offers an exciting opportunity to welcome new artists from across the world and recognize the growth of dancers within our organization,” said Gennadi Nedvigin, artistic director of Atlanta Ballet. “By uniting international and homegrown talent, we continue to build a well-rounded, dynamic group that brings our stylistically diverse repertoire to life, captivates our audiences and enhances Atlanta Ballet’s artistic excellence.”

The 2026|2027 season brings together artists from leading dance institutions with dancers who have grown through Atlanta Ballet’s own training programs. Together, they reflect the organization’s commitment to cultivating talent and creating opportunities for dancers at every stage of their careers.

Continuing that tradition, three AB2 members, Sayaka Iwase, Camille-Margaret Jackson and Ícaro Queiros, have been promoted to Atlanta Ballet. Their promotions mark an important step in their professional development and highlight the opportunities available to dancers within the organization.

“We are fortunate to have a strong pipeline of dancers developing within our own Centre for Dance Education, and it is especially meaningful to see that training lead to opportunities with the company,” added Sharon Story, dean of Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education. “We are proud to see those from our Centre and those who join us from across the globe to train to take this next step as professional dancers and look forward to supporting our new members as they grow in their artistry.”

The 2026|2027 season represents another chapter in the organization’s ongoing investment in the next generation of dance artists.

New Atlanta Ballet Company members:

Ayumi Kobayashi, originally from Ishikawa, Japan, began her ballet training at the age of five and later continued her studies at Swan International Ballet School. She also attended short-term training programs at Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, Australian Conservatoire of Ballet, and European School of Ballet, gaining experience in a variety of international training environments. After receiving top awards at ballet competitions in Japan, she won First Prize at Youth American Grand Prix (YAGP) Germany and the Grand Prix Award at the YAGP Virtual Competition. Kobayashi continued her professional training at the John Cranko School in Stuttgart and graduated in 2024 before joining Houston Ballet II. Kobayashi also performed at the Youth Grand Prix (YGP) New York Gala and the YGP Houston Finals Awards Ceremony. In 2026, she received the HBII Academy Award from Houston Ballet Academy in recognition of her work and development during her time in the program.

Elizabeth Powell is a native of Boston, Massachusetts, began her ballet training at Boston Ballet School. In 2007, she joined San Francisco Ballet School and, in 2011, joined San Francisco Ballet as an apprentice. She entered the corps de ballet in 2012 and was promoted to soloist in 2018. Her repertoire spans both classical and contemporary works, including featured roles in The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Don Quixote and Romeo and Juliet, as well as creations by George Balanchine, Cathy Marston, Wayne McGregor, Justin Peck, Yuri Possokhov, Liam Scarlett, Helgi Tómasson, Christopher Wheeldon and other leading choreographers. She was also featured as Clara in San Francisco Ballet's The Nutcracker, broadcast nationally on PBS's Great Performances.

Isabella Roman grew up in Pennsylvania and started her pre-professional training with International Ballet Theatre in Malvern. Under Jaelyn Fellona’s direction, she participated in Youth America Grand Prix and won many scholarships and awards, such as the Youth Grand Prix in Philadelphia in 2020, the Grand Prix Award in Philadelphia in 2023 and scholarships to many renowned European schools. In 2023 she competed in the renowned USAIBC in Jackson and then joined the American Ballet Theater Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School (ABT JKO) for her graduating year of school. After graduating from ABT JKO, she joined the acclaimed State Ballet of Georgia in Tbilisi under the direction of Nina Ananiashvili where she spent two seasons performing a variety of roles in classical ballets.

Ashley Rosendahl is from Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she started her training at WestMet Classical Training under the direction of Allynne Noelle and Thomas Brown. During her pre-professional career she performed various works such as George Balanchine’s Valse Fantasie, Sidra Bell’s Beyond The Edge of the Frame and the title role in Act II of Giselle. In 2022, under the direction of James Sofranko, Rosendahl began her professional career with the Grand Rapids Ballet. During her time in Grand Rapids, she had the opportunity to perform in works by Devon Carney, Val Caniparoli and most notably, one of the Demi Russian Soloists in George Balanchine’s Serenade. In 2024, Rosendahl joined the Richmond Ballet’s Studio Company. Some memorable roles include Spring Fairy in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Flower Festival Pas de Deux, and the lead in Raymonda Pas de Dix.

Minji Son is from Seoul, South Korea. She trained at the Korea National Institute for Gifted in Arts, Seoul Arts High School and the Korea National University of Arts. She was awarded First Prize in the Pas de Deux Division and Third Prize in the Senior Women Classical Division at the 2024 Youth America Grand Prix Finals in New York. She has also received First Prize at the Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition, Sicilia International Ballet Competition, Seoul International Dance Competition and the Dong-A Dance Competition. Son’s repertoire includes Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, La Bayadère, Romeo and Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty, Raymonda, Giselle, Coppélia, Delibes Suite, Stars and Stripes and The Nutcracker.

Yi-Min Tsung is a native of Taoyuan, Taiwan. He began his professional training at Canada's National Ballet School, where he studied from 2018 to 2020 and was awarded the Peter Dwyer Scholarship in 2020. After graduating, he continued in the school's Post-Secondary and Company Life Programs before joining the National Ballet of Canada as an apprentice. There, Tsung performed in The Nutcracker, MaddAddam, Sugar Water, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Onegin. He later joined Alberta Ballet as a corps de ballet member, performing in Boléro, Once Upon a Time – A Thousand Tales, Petrushka, Spectre de la Rose, Firebird, Romeo and Juliet and Swan Lake.

Promotions from Atlanta Ballet 2 to the Company:

Sayaka Iwase is originally from Kumamoto, Japan, and began her ballet training at Yuriko Ballet Studio. In 2021, she continued her studies at The HARID Conservatory in Florida, where she performed leading roles including the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker and Medora in Le Corsaire. During her training, she received both the Fred Lieberman Award for Excellence and Dance Study awards. Iwase joined Atlanta Ballet 2 for the 2024–25 season and performed with the main company in productions such as Yuri Possokhov’s The Nutcracker, George Balanchine’s Coppélia and Gennadi Nedvigin’s Giselle. She also appeared in Bruce Wells’ The Swan Princess and danced the title role in Snow White. Iwase was promoted to Atlanta Ballet for the 2026–27 season.

Camille-Margaret Jackson is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up training with Atlanta Ballet. Recognized as a Decade 2 Dance Scholar, she began her training in the Centre for Dance Education at age four and entered the Academy program at eleven. Her training was under the direction of Sharon Story and Serena Chu. As a student, she performed in numerous school productions and full-length works with Atlanta Ballet and Atlanta Ballet 2, including Bruce Wells’ Beauty and the Beast, Yuri Possokhov’s The Nutcracker and Don Quixote. During her training, she learned from Atlanta Ballet masters and former Artistic Director John McFall. Additional training opportunities included working with artists such as Veronika Part and Itziar Mendizabal, and attending summer programs at Royal Ballet White Lodge, Royal Ballet Covent Garden (by direct invitation) and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, where she was offered a full merit scholarship to the Professional Training Division. Jackson joined Atlanta Ballet 2 for the 23|24 season, where she danced featured roles in Cinderella, The Swan Princess and Snow White. In February 2026, she was promoted to Atlanta Ballet for the 2026-27 season.

Ícaro Queiros is from Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil, and began his dance training at Núcleo de Artes Cênicas Sebastian, where he studied classical ballet, modern and contemporary dance, and improvisation. He later continued his training at Ballet do Teatro Escola Basileu França in Goiânia, performing roles such as Hilarion in Giselle and Espada in Don Quixote, while appearing in a range of classical, neoclassical and contemporary works. Following his participation in the Youth America Grand Prix Brazil, Queiros joined Atlanta Ballet 2, where he performed leading roles including the Prince in Cinderella and Snow White and Von Rothbart in The Swan Princess, all choreographed by Bruce Wells. He also performed in La Sylphide, George Balanchine’s Coppélia, and other productions alongside the main company. Queiros was promoted to Atlanta Ballet for the 2026–27 season.

New Atlanta Ballet 2 members:

Ysabel Bernardo is from Manila, Philippines. She started ballet training at the age of three at the Effie Nañas School of Classical Ballet. At the age of 14, she was accepted as an apprentice of Ballet Philippines. The following year, she was promoted to company member, and, later, a demi-soloist. Bernardo performed in Swan Lake, Paquita, Cinderella and Coppélia, among others, with her most notable role as the female lead in the Arabian Pas De Deux in The Nutcracker. She also was awarded the gold medal in the junior category of the Asian Grand Prix Regional Competition in November 2021. In 2023, Bernardo moved to New York City, USA to train at Ellison Ballet. In the summer of 2024, she joined the professional summer intensive of the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education and was later invited to its year-long program as a scholar. In her two years with the Centre, she has been privileged to dance in the corps de ballet for company productions such as The Nutcracker, Coppélia, Giselle and Frida.

Pierce Bevans is a Georgia native and began his ballet training at age five at Atlanta Academy of Ballet and Dance under Susan Beebe and Carly Hammond Meister. In 2024, he joined Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education’s Academy 6 program and recently became a member of Atlanta Ballet 2. Bevans has performed with Atlanta Ballet and Atlanta Ballet 2 in The Nutcracker, Coppélia, Giselle, The Swan Princess, and Snow White. He has attended prestigious summer intensives on full scholarship, including programs with Boston Ballet, Ellison Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Austin Ballet, and Next Generation Ballet, training with renowned faculty and further developing his classical and contemporary technique. Bevans has competed at Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), Universal Ballet Competition (UBC), and American Dance Competition International Ballet Competition (ADCIBC), including the YAGP Finals in 2022 and ADCIBC Finals in 2022 and 2023. He was also invited to the UBC Finals and has earned top placements and scholarships at multiple competitions.

Riku Fukuma began his ballet training in Nagano, Japan. From 2024 to 2026, he studied at Canada’s National Ballet School under the guidance of Alexander Gorbatsevich, Raymond Smith, and other faculty members. During his time at the school, Fukuma was awarded the Canada Council for the Arts’ Peter Dwyer Scholarship, the Lawrence Haskett Scholarship, and the Musicianship Award.

Claire Gotzman began her classical ballet training in Maryland at Metropolitan Ballet Theatre & Academy. During her time there, she had the opportunity to perform in full-length ballets, dancing lead roles including Aurora, the Sugar Plum Fairy and Swanhilda. Gotzman competed at Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), where she was awarded first place in the classical category and second place in the contemporary category. She was also invited to the World Ballet Competition Finals, where she received First Prize. In 2024, Gotzman moved to Houston to train at Houston Ballet Academy in the Professional Division. During her time there, she was given multiple performance opportunities, including performing as Snow Corps with the company in Stanton Welch’s The Nutcracker.

Fuyu Hsu is from Taiwan and began his ballet training at the age of 11. He later studied in the Department of Dance at Taipei National University of the Arts. At 17, he moved to New York to train at the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, where he spent a year and a half developing his technique and artistry. During his training, Hsu had the opportunity to perform in ABT’s Upper Three, the ABT Kids Performance hosted by Misty Copeland and the Lander–Etudes–ABT Summer Intensive Showcase. He has also participated in international competitions, including Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), and was selected for the 2024 Prix de Lausanne Asia-Pacific Preselection.

Hiroto Iida is a Japanese ballet dancer and began his ballet training at the age of five at the Swan International Ballet School in Kanazawa, Japan. From 2020 to 2021, he continued his studies at the Munich Ballet Academy in Germany, followed by the European School of Ballet in the Netherlands in 2022. He subsequently trained at the Nacho Duato Academy, where he remained until 2025. In 2020, he was awarded first place at both the Japan Ballet Competition and the Brilliant Stars Ballet Competition. In 2016 and 2018, he received second-place awards at the Japan Ballet Competition. His classical repertoire includes the Albrecht Variation from Giselle, the Siegfried Variation from Swan Lake and the Prince Désiré Variation from The Sleeping Beauty. His repertoire also includes pas de deux from Les Sylphides, Raymonda and The Nutcracker, among others.

Bogyeong Kim was born in Busan, South Korea, and began her professional ballet training at the age of eight at Leewonju Ballet Academy. She was a finalist at the 2023 Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) in Tampa, received the Junior Gold Prize at TANZOLYMP ASIA in 2024, and was awarded 8th Prize at the Prix de Lausanne in 2025. Kim joined Boston Ballet II for the 2025–2026 season. Her repertoire includes Crystal Pite’s The Seasons’ Canon, Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty and Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker. During her time with Boston Ballet II, she also performed in George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco, Marius Petipa’s La Esmeralda pas de deux and Dana Genshaft’s Deux Danses Sacrées.

Enzo Moreno is a Brazilian dancer from São Paulo, Brazil. He began his ballet training in Brazil before continuing his studies at Cary Ballet Conservatory in North Carolina under the direction of Mariaelena Ruiz. During his time at Cary Ballet Conservatory, Moreno performed roles including Peter Pan in Peter Pan and the Nutcracker in The Nutcracker. His training has also included participation in various competitions and intensives, providing opportunities to develop both as a dancer and as an artist. In 2026, Moreno received First Place at the YAGP World Series Semifinals, was a finalist at the YAGP Finals and placed third at the ADC IBC Finals.

Yanis Restieri is an Italian ballet dancer from Belgium. From 2019 to 2025, he trained at the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, Germany, where he performed the lead role in John Cranko’s Jeux de Cartes. In 2024, he also attended the Prague Summer Intensive, further developing his classical ballet training. During the 2025–2026 season, Restieri continued his training in San Francisco as a trainee.

Audrey Shore was born in Los Angeles, California, and began her training at the Marat Daukayev School of Ballet. After relocating to Mountain View, California, she trained at Bayer Ballet Academy where she was awarded at several competitions including third place as a soloist at YAGP San Francisco. In 2023, Shore attended Ballet West Academy’s Choreographic Workshop and was invited to join the Professional Training Division. There, she received the William Christensen Scholarship and danced lead roles such as Odette in Swan Lake and Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty. She also performed with BalletWest in William Christensen's The Nutcracker and Pamela Robinson's Beauty and the Beast. Shore joined Boston Ballet’s Donna Egan Graduate Program in 2025, dancing alongside Boston Ballet II and Boston Ballet in corps roles in George Balanchine’s Concerto Barroco, Mikko Nissinen's The Nutcracker, Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty, and Jodie Gates' A Delicate Balance. She has attended summer programs at American Ballet Theatre in New York, Kansas City Ballet School, The School of Philadelphia Ballet, Boston Ballet School and The Royal Danish Ballet School in Denmark.

Nicole Kosasih Widjaja began her ballet training at the age of five at the Marlupi Dance Academy in Indonesia. She participated in various competitions, including Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), where she was awarded a full scholarship to attend the San Francisco Ballet School’s full-year program. She joined San Francisco Ballet School in 2023, completed the Trainee Program and graduated in 2026. During her time in San Francisco, Widjaja performed numerous corps de ballet roles with the company, including La Sylphide, Don Quixote, Onegin, Stars and Stripes, The Nutcracker (Waltz of the Flowers and Snowflakes), Raymonda and Mayfly by Myles Thatcher. She also performed lead roles in Time Will Softly Lull, choreographed by David Occhipinti, as well as the Raymonda and Paquita Grand Pas de Deux. Widjaja has been invited to perform as a guest artist with Ballet.id and Indonesia Dance Company, as well as in Shanghai, China and Hong Kong.

Vincent Winderman was born and raised in California, where he began his ballet training at the age of 10. At 15, he moved to Houston, Texas, to study full-time at Houston Ballet Academy. The following year, he moved to Stuttgart, Germany, after being accepted into the John Cranko School. In 2024, Winderman graduated from the John Cranko School and immediately began working as an apprentice with Theater Altenburg in Gera, Germany. During his time with the company, he performed in productions including The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Jeux de Cartes and Romeo and Juliet, among others.

Atlanta Ballet 2 members. Those highlighted with * have been promoted from Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education Academy.

Atlanta Ballet’s 2026|2027 performance season begins with Passion & Pride, a mixed repertory featuring Significant Others by Remi Wörtmeyer, the world premiere of Plagued Houses by Melissa Hough and Stars and Stripes by George Balanchine, on stage Sept. 18–20, 2026, at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

All 2026|2027 Company bios can be found here, and all 2026|2027 Atlanta Ballet 2 bios can be found here.