Birthplace: Overland Park, KS. Training: Ballet Chicago, Miami City Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre. Joined Trockadero: July 2023. Previous companies: City Ballet of San Diego, Queer the Ballet.

RESI OACHKATZLSCHWOAF was born on a locomotive speeding through the Alps in her native Bavaria. She quickly realized the limitations of her native folk dancing and quaint handicrafts. After her arrival in America, she learned everything she now knows about ballet from a seminar entitled “Evil Fairies on the Periphery of the Classical Dance.”

ILYA BOBOVNIKOV, the recipient of this year’s Jean de Brienne Award, is particularly identified for his Rabelaisian ballet technique. A revolutionary in the art of partnering, he was the first to introduce crazy glue to stop supported pirouettes.