Meet The Artists

Arshak Sirunyan

Born and raised in the city of Yerevan, Armenia, by the age of seven, Arshak Sirunyan’s natural musical talent had already come to the attention of Sergey Kechek, Director of the A. Spendiarov School of Music; one of the leading musical academies in Armenia…

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Danielle HorochowskiDuring her ten year tenure with the Western Maryland City Ballet Company, Horochowski has choreographed and staged Giselle, Le Corsaire, The Nutcracker, Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, …

Danielle Horochowski

During her ten year tenure with the Western Maryland City Ballet Company, Horochowski has choreographed and staged Giselle, Le Corsaire, The Nutcracker, Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and The Little Mermaid…

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Elizabeth SchulzeWith passion, verve and illuminating musicianship, Elizabeth Schulze has been conducting orchestras and opera companies, advocating for music education, and electrifying audiences in the States and abroad for more than two and a hal…

Elizabeth Schulze

With passion, verve and illuminating musicianship, Elizabeth Schulze has been conducting orchestras and opera companies, advocating for music education, and electrifying audiences in the States and abroad for more than two and a half decades…

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Nicole Graniero of New York City is in her eighth season with The Washington Ballet.She studied at Studio Maestro, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, and summer intensives at American Ballet Theatre, Stiefel and Stars and Chautauqua Ballet Festival. In 2004, Graniero joined American Ballet Theatre as a Studio Company member, after two seasons was promoted to a full company member in 2006….

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Oscar Sanchez is in his seventh season with The Washington Ballet. Sanchez was born in Havana, Cuba in 1991 and started training at the age of 15 at The National Ballet School “ENA.” After graduation, Sanchez continued onto The National Ballet of Cuba where he danced many roles, including Hilarion from Giselle, Mazurka in Coppélia, Majisimo and others….

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Mitch Stark is the Founding Creative Director at Theatre Avenue. As an art director and designer, Mitch created nationwide corporate and non-profit campaigns including print, web, illustration, and motion graphics for NBC News, Global Down Syndrome Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, and Deep Rock Water. He worked for 16 years with over 100 clients as a graphic designer, illustrator, interactive and motion designer….

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