From the company:

PENNSYLVANIA BALLET

Artistic Director: Roy Kaiser Executive Director: Michael Scolamiero
Ballet Master: Jeffrey Gribler PA Ballet II Director: William DeGregory
Ballet Mistress: Tamara Hadley Music Director: Beatrice Jona Affron

COMPANY ROSTER
2003-2004 SEASON

PRINCIPALS Amy Aldridge Alexei Borovik
Dede Barfield Alexander Iziliaev
Martha Chamberlain David Krensing
Arantxa Ochoa

SOLOISTS Valerie Amiss James Ady
Tara Keating Edward Cieslak
Riolama Lorenzo James Ihde
Meredith Rainey

CORPS de BALLET Laura Bowman Thomas Baltrushunas
Natalia Charova Alexei Charov
Christine Cox Philip Colucci
Heidi Cruz Brian Debes
Charity Eagens Yosbel Delgado
Ashley Flood Jamar Goodman
Jennifer Gall Neil Marshall
Jessica Gattinella Matthew Neenan
Meredith Reffner Juan Carlos Penuela
Hawley Rowe Jonathan Stiles
Jennifer Smith
Emily Waters

APPRENTICES Elysia Lichtine Michael Patterson
Elaine Matthews André Vytoptov
Barette Vance
Gabriella Yudenich


PA BALLET II Rebecca Azenberg Michel Antoine Braun
Victoria Gates Jermel Johnson
Abigail Mentzer Keith Mearns
Sandra Williams

Thanks for the posting and for keeping us up to date.

Does PA Ballet II work in the same manner as the ABT Studio Company?

I think that's the eventual goal of the program- for the moment, my understanding is that Pennsylvania Ballet II does a lot of school performances (lecture-demos, that sort of thing.) I don't know if they have their own shows open to the public or not, though I think they perform at the Kimmel Center in festivals and things like that. I know that they've revived some old choreography for the group, stuff that the main company has not performed in many years, but I don't think they've had anything new created for them in the way that the ABT studio company has. They (PA Ballet II) also dance in the main company's Nutcracker and other ballets requiring large casts- does the ABT studio company appear in ABT productions? I would imagine they probably do.