Reed Tankersley, from Northern California, earned his BFA from the Juilliard School in 2014. Shortly after, Reed joined Twyla Tharp’s 50th Anniversary Tour and has continued to perform with the company in numerous Tharp works including In the Upper Room, Nine Sinatra Songs, How Long Blues, The Fugue, Brahms Paganini, Ocean’s Motion, and Eight Jelly Rolls. He has also worked as a repetiteur for Tharp’s Baker’s Dozen. In 2019, Reed ran away to the circus and toured the country as the lead performer in Cirque Du Soleil’s Volta. Reed is a YoungArts Winner and one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch.”