Joseph Beltre Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Joseph Beltre attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts. He then attended the University of Hartford, The Hartt school for two years before branching out into the professional world of dance. Beltre has had the honor of working with choreographers such as Adam Barruch, Damani Pompey, Yesid Lopez, Lucy Bowen McCauley and Stephen Pier. He currently dances with Sonia Plumb Dance and is on faculty at Ballet Theatre Company. 

After completing the Graduate Program, Emily attended the University of Hartford’s Hartt School, where she graduated summa cum laude with her BFA in Dance Performance and Ballet Pedagogy May During her time at the Hartt School, she studied with faculty including Stephen Pier, Hilda Morales, Nina Watt, Miki Orihara, Ralph Perkins, Debra Collins-Ryder, and Elizabeth McMillan. While pursuing her BFA, Emily was awarded the Elena Delvecchio Rusnak Dance Education Scholarship and performed repertory by many prominent choreographers including George Balanchine, Antony Tudor, Martha Graham, Arthur Saint-Leon, Gemma Bond, Norbert de la Cruz III, Claudia Schreier, and Manuel Vignoulle. In addition to her studies, Emily performed as a guest artist with Vivid Ballet (Hartford, CT) and Ballet Theatre Company (West Hartford, CT) during the season. Since graduating, Emily has performed with SundanceX (Boston, MA) under the direction of David Sun, and is currently a soloist with Ballet Hartford (Hartford, CT) under the direction of Elizabeth McMillan.