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Special Ambassadors

Brandon GRAY

BRANDON GRAY was born in Maryland and began dancing at age 13. He graduated from Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington DC and attended Towson University. He studied at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on scholarship.

Brandon is a brand ambassador and has modeled for GAP, MCM Worldwide, Patrick Church, and Buoy Collective.

Brandon has been a part of podcasts on topics of racial and gender equality, acting as a voice and example for others to continue his goal of representation for all young men to be exactly who they want to be, no matter what. Brandon is in his 5th season with Complexions Contemporary Ballet and is signed to MSA agency.

Senior Ambassadors

Markéta Vomáčková

Markéta Vomáčková is 20 years old and comes from Czech Republic. She is currently dancing with Czech National Ballet as an apprentice.

It was her dream to get into this company since she was little. She works to achieve her dreams and to be improving day by day.

She loves learning new things and she’s interested in healthy lifestyle which include improving and understanding our soul, mind and body. It is a never ending story of improvement and She is doing mistakes as well as everyone else but she likes to talk and think about it not let it happen again. She likes to inspire others and be inspired.

Let’s follow our dreams until we make them come true.

rui cruz

Rui Cruz grew up in a small town in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He began his dance training at the age of thirteen at Núcleo de Dança- Ador’art, and at fourteen he moved to the capitol of Rio de Janeiro, continuing his studies at Grupo Cultural de Dança-Ilha under the direction of
Patrícia Marques. For five years he studied and participated in several national and international competitions including Youth American Grand Prix Finals in New York City, the 2020 Prix de Lausanne, and the 2021 Prix de Lausanne, where he qualified as a finalist and received the Contemporary Dance Award by Minerva Kunststiftung.

Rui has been awarded numerous scholarships from top training facilities including Miami City Ballet School, Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, Boston Ballet School, Tulsa Ballet, Alvin Ailey, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Paris Marais Dance School and the Joffrey Ballet Studio Company.

At 19, Rui was named company apprentice at Miami City Ballet. He was extended an offer to join MCB as corps de ballet member shortly thereafter in 2021.

The rising Stars

Pilar Gamboa

Pilar Gamboa is 10 years old. She ‘s started dancing ballet at 3.5 years of age at El Paso Ballet Theater under the Artistic director Martz Katz.

Pilar is a brand ambassador for Ballet Papier, Apollo Performance, and Joffrey Ballet School NYC Summer Intensive Program 2021.

Although Pilar has never entered a ballet competition yet due to her young age, Pilar won an echappe challenge through instagram with Nikolay World. Pilar was the youngest of 3 dancers to receive a one hundred percent ballet scholarship to A & A Ballet Center For Dance in Chicago as a prize from the echappe challenge. After the intensive Pilar was formally invited to join A & A Ballet Center for Dance Pre-professional program under artistic directors Anna Reznik and Alexei Kremnev.

Pilar also received a one hundred percent ballet scholarship from Joffrey Ballet School Summer Intensive during her very first audition at age eight.

Currently, Pilar dances at The Art of Classical Ballet, under artistic director Magaly Suarez.

Pilar’s passion is to become a professional dancer and to someday open a ballet school. She would love to teach dance to everyone in a safe and loving environment. Pilar would love to start an adaptive dance curriculum in her school for children with disabilities. Pilar says ballet is her voice and would like to give children with disabilities a voice through movement.