Ms. Clark joined Milwaukee Ballet as a principal dancer in 1990.  Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella in Cinderella, are among notable roles she has performed in her career.

Upon retiring in 1996, Ms. Clark became Ballet Mistress with Milwaukee Ballet.  Prior to 1990, she was a principal dancer with Atlanta Ballet, danced with the Ballet Repertory Company in New York City, danced in the film version of Hair, and was a prizewinner in the International Dance Competition in Osaka, Japan.

Ms. Clark co-directed Ballet Midland with Anthony Ferro and continues to be a guest ballet instructor for Milwaukee Ballet and other companies in the USA.

She was ballet-trained in Midland, received a BA in Ballet/Theatre from TCU, and enjoyed a professional career in New York City with the Radio City Music Hall Ballet Corps.

Judy has toured with musical theatre stock companies, danced with a children's dance theatre group out of Washington, DC, and appeared in film and television productions.

She is trained and instructed in the Pilates method of dance injury rehabilitation and exercise.

Returning to Midland in 1984, Judy taught for and danced with Ballet Midland and James Cramer and Friends, Midland College and YMCA gymnastics, and has choreographed for local stage productions. She also leads a liturgical dance group.

She opened Coleman Academy in 1991 and formed Midland Festival Ballet as a non-profit Company two years later. MFB first staged The Nutcracker with the Midland-Odessa Symphony in 1995. Judy led the Company to acceptance in Regional Dance America/Southwest in 1999.

As part of her responsibilities, she obtains guest soloists and negotiates fees. She also oversees local auditions and casting and coordinates choreography and continuing education for dancers for fall, winter, spring, and summer.

Jennifer is a Chicago native who has worked with several different schools, companies, and choreographers such as Greg Begley, Julie Cartier, and Corey Nagel in the Chicagoland area

 
She has danced with Ballet Entre Nous under the direction of Marc E. Nevins doing such works as The Nutcracker, The Little Mermaid, and Spring Gala. In addition, she studied at The University of Iowa working with Armando Duarte, George de la Pena, Alan Sener, and Rain Ross. 

 
She has also spent several summers on scholarship at The Milwaukee Ballet School working with Nadia Thompson.

Casey Bryan began her dance training at the age of five and has trained at Dance Institute of Dallas, Ballet Conservatory, Dallas Dance Academy , and Dancers Studio ETC. She continued her training at Oklahoma City University where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Dance and Arts Management in July 2009. She has received training in several styles of dance from ballet to hip hop to theatre dance, and she has trained with Joseph Goodman, Jo Rowan, Mary Price-Boday, Alana Martin and Tiffany van der Merwe to name a few.

She has performed in productions of The Nutcracker, Giselle, Le Corsaire, and Cinderella, and has also performed with OCU’s American Spirit Dance Company. After graduating from OCU, Casey participated in Walt Disney Worlds’ College Program and worked as a character performer for six months. She has also become involved in musical theatre and was the Dance Captain and member of the ensemble for Denton Community Theatre’s production of The Producers and was also a member of the ensemble in Music Theatre of Denton’s production of Funny Girl.

Casey is excited to be in Midland , and thrilled to be working with Midland Festival Ballet and teaching ballet and contemporary.

Joseph began training at age 17 with director Thom Clower of Yuma Ballet Theatre in Arizona. After three years, he danced professionally with Greensboro Ballet, Fort Worth Dallas Ballet (now known as Texas Ballet Theatre), Paradise Ballet and has danced with many civic and pre-professional companies across the United States.

Curry began her serious dance training at the Ballet International Academy (formerly Indianapolis Ballet Theater).  She continued her training in the Mount Holyoke College dance department, studying with Paul Dennis, Jennifer Weber, and Peter Jones - to name a few.

Curry has performed with the Seattle based Lingo Dance Theater and studied at the Gus Giordano Dance School in Chicago, the Streb Lab for Action Mechanics (S.L.A.M.) in Brooklyn, and worked as an outreach instructor with Boston Ballet's Citydance Program.