ARTISTIC STAFF
Bradley Stone
Jazz Instructor
Bradley Stone is a performer, teacher, and choreographer of musical theater, dance and fitness. Performance credits include the Broadway revival of Oklahoma! directed by Trevor Nunn and choreographed by Susan Stroman, the 1st National tours of Pippin (Catherine) and Thoroughly Modern Millie, Phantom-The Las Vegas Spectacular, the Las Vegas and Hollywood Bowl productions of Hairspray, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and the world premiere of Leap of Faith. Additional credits include multiple productions with Sacramento Music Circus, Reprise! Theater Company in Los Angeles, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, St. Louis Repertory Theater, LA Opera among others. TV appearances include The Today Show, The Tony Awards, Late Night with David Letterman, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and more. Bradley has taught master classes around the country as a Broadway Connection instructor and is currently an adjunct professor of dance at Syracuse University as well as a guest choreographer for several local arts organizations throughout CNY. Bradley holds her B.A. in Performing Arts from Saint Mary's College of California, her M.A. in Arts Administration from Le Moyne College and is a member of Actors Equity Association.
Lucy Hamilton
Ballet Instructor
Lucy began dancing at the age of three with her mother and later enrolled with the school of First State Ballet Theatre in Wilmington, Delaware. There she performed with the company in the Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, and Don Quixote, and also worked with Boston Ballet’s resident choreographer Victor Plotnikov in his original choreography of Pinocchio.
At 16, Lucy moved to Florida to train at the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School with Ariel Serrano, Wilmian Hernandez, Delia Ballart, and Tania Vergara Pérez, as well as Roberto Machado of La Escuela Superior de Musica y Danza de Monterey, and Ramona De Saa and Ana Julia Bermudez, of the Cuban National Ballet School. While at SCBS, Lucy performed principal and soloist roles such as Sugar Plum, Dew Drop, Peasant Pas de Deux, Paquita Grand Pas Deux and Pas de Trois, La Bayadere, the Awakening of Flora, Mercedes in Don Quixote, and other classical variations and contemporary works. In 2015 Lucy won silver in the Encuentro Internacional de Academias in Cuba, and performed the lead in Tania Pérez’s Caminos at the same festival in April 2017.
In 2017 Lucy joined Ballet San Antonio and performed in The Enchantress in Bruce Wells Beauty and the Beast, Snow Queen in Easton and Haley Smith’s Nutcracker, Fate in Yosvani Cortellan’s Carmen, Giselle, and George Balanchine’s Rubies. In 2019 Lucy joined Texas Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company under Ben Stevenson OBE. There she performed in Stevenson’s Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker with the company, as well as other classical and contemporary works with the studio company. This is Lucy’s First seasons with Syracuse City Ballet.
Claire Solis
Ballet & Pointe Instructor
Claire grew up dancing at Ballet and Dance of Upstate NY. There, she trained and performed in many full length ballets with the company. At 16 years old, she was accepted and attended the Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia where she trained for two years. At the end of her second year, she competed in the Youth American Grand Prix and won the silver medal dancing the Black Swan Pas de Duex. Following the competition, Claire was offered a position with the Washington Ballet, and danced under the direction of Septime Webre for two seasons. Claire moved to New York City the following year and began pursuing musical theatre. She started her Broadway career by being in the lab production of a new musical called “Little Dancer” directed by Susan Stroman. In 2017, she made her Broadway debut in “CATS” the musical playing Victoria, and closed the run after being with the show for 9 months. Since then, she has been guesting with ballet schools and companies around the US. Most recently, Claire toured America with the Broadway national tour of Anastasia. Past roles with Syracuse City Ballet include: Aladdin: Jasmine, Snow White: Snow White, Peter Pan: Wendy.
Kristen Davis
Tap instructor
Kristen began her dance training at the age of 7 and spent many years training with Ballet and Dance of Upstate NY. As a member of the Syracuse City Ballet, formerly Upstate NY Ballet, she performed Corps de Ballet roles in several productions including Snow White, Peter Pan, Aladdin, and Dracula and performed both corps and soloist roles in the 2001 production of Sleeping Beauty. Kristen went on to study dance and biology at William Smith College in Geneva, NY. She now holds a Masters of Science degree from Syracuse University in Nutrition Science and is a Pediatric Registered Dietitian at Upstate University Hospital. Kristen periodically holds nutrition workshops for dancers and is available for individual nutrition counseling for both children and adults.
Abigail Stewart
Ballet & Pointe Instructor
Abigail Stewart was born in Jackson, Mississippi and began her dance training at age three with the Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet. After relocating to N.Y. in 2005, she began training with Ballet and Dance of Upstate, N.Y. Under the artistic direction of Kathleen Rathbun, she performed in the Syracuse City Ballet's first Nutcracker, and was featured as a soloist in productions of Snow White, Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake. In addition to attending summer programs with the Nutmeg Conservatory of Ballet and The Rock School for Education, Ms. Stewart attended the pre-professional division of The Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia, P.A. 2017-2019. Under the artistic direction of Bo and Stephanie Spassoff, she competed in the Youth American Grand Prix, performing variations for La Esmeralda and Aurora Act I, and was awarded as a top 25 finalist in the Philadelphia competition. In 2018, Ms. Stewart trained with IBStage in Barcelona, Spain. At the IB Stage Gales, she was featured in performances of Absence of Light, Defile, and Le Corsaire under the artistic direction of Elias Garcia and Luis Arias. During the 2019-2020 season, she trained with BalletMet, performing in Giselle, Le Corsaire, and the Nutcracker, under the artistic direction of Edwaard Liang. In August 2020, Ms. Stewart became a corps de ballet member of the Columbia Classical Ballet under the artistic direction of Radenko Pavlovich. This is Ms. Stewart’s first season with the Syracuse City Ballet. She looks forward to beginning a new chapter in her life and professional career.
Cherish Furcinito
Funk Jazz/ Hip Hop, Junior Contemporary Instructor
Cherish trained in her early years at Tawn Maries Dance Centre and Center of Ballet and Dance Arts under the direction of Tawn Campolieti and Deborah Boughton respectively. She won many competitions regionally and nationally and assisted at several conventions. She received a full scholarship to The University of the Arts under the direction of Donna Faye and attained her BFA in dance. She worked with artists such as Katie Swords, Meredith Rainey, Michael Sheridan, Mark Caserta, Justin Allen, and Sidra Bell.
She also preformed for Nigel Lythgoe and Jeff Thacker’s So You Think You Can Dance Dizzy feet Gala in California under the direction of Mandy Moore and Nick Lazzarini. She also performed for Capezio’s 125th Anniversary in New York City. She loves to create meaningful art through movement. She is passionate about teaching and seeing her students grow in all ways as artists and humans.
Bethany Dial
Ballet Instructor
Bethany Dial was born in Macon, Georgia, and trained in classical ballet, pointe, and jazz at Dance Arts Studio under the artistic direction of founder and director, Jean Evans Weaver. She assisted in beginner, intermediate, and pre-pointe classes, as well as summer dance camps. Bethany performed many roles in The Nutcracker of Middle Georgia, middle Georgia's most prestigious annual ballet, as well as various local Christmas productions. After graduating high school, Bethany trained at Peacock's Performing Arts Center, attended Ballet Magnificat’s four week summer intensive, and in 2019, became a trainee with Light of the World Ballet, a dance ministry in Syracuse, New York. Under director Ashley Rollinson Sunada, Bethany performed multiple original Light of the World Ballet repertoire, including a full length ballet, traveling across New York and other states. She received teacher training courses, taught ballet technique and conditioning classes, assisted in classes for younger students, and choreographed an original dance. After graduating from the trainee program in 2021, Bethany moved back to Georgia and continued her training at the Madison Studio of Dance Education. In the summer of 2022, Bethany returned to New York to teach at Tiffany's School of Dance and Performing Arts. Soon afterwards, she accepted a teaching position at Ballet and Dance of Upstate New York, where she is excited to continue in her passion of teaching classical ballet.
Lukas Figliozzi
Contemporary, Beg HipHop Instructor
Lukas Figliozzi began studying dance at Rae’s Institute of Movement, in Syracuse, New York. At the age of 17 he began his ballet and modern training under Rachel Mason. After building the groundwork of his technique and performing in company work, he attended the Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory in Torrington, CT. He remained at the conservatory as a postgraduate from 2017 to 2019 performing a diverse repertoire. He danced in classical works such as Swan Lake, Nutcracker and Paquita. He also thoroughly enjoyed modern and contemporary works from the minds of Kate St. Amand, artistic director of SYREN modern dance in NYC, to more abstract and whimsical works such as Solar Flares, a dynamic work from the illusionist fusion company MOMIX. Working alongside individuals such as Victoria Mazzarelli, Joan Kunsch, Eleanor D’Antuono, Kirk Petterson and Tim Melady.
He then attended Marymount Manhattan College in 2020 for a BFA in dance and BS in Behavioral Neuroscience. He later got an apprenticeship with New York Dance Project under the leadership of Nicole Duffy and Davis Robertson. Some of his most notable roles include Gerald Arpino’s Birthday variations, as well as works by Ephrat Asherie, Maleek Washington, Madison Hicks, and Brittany Markle. This is Lukas’s second season with Syracuse City Ballet as a company member.
Mary Coon
Ballet/Pointe Instructor
Mary Coon is originally from Syracuse, New York and could not be more excited than to be dancing professionally in her hometown. Mary began her ballet training at Ballet and Dance of Upstate New York under the direction of Kathleen Rathbun. Mary performed in numerous productions choreographed by Mrs. Rathbun including The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Swan Lake, Aladdin, and Sleeping Beauty.
At the age of 16 Mary was accepted into The Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she studied for two years under Bo and Stephanie Spassoff, Natalya Lushina Geiger, Aaron Orza, Justin Allen, and Jody Anderson. In 2017, Mary relocated to Sarasota, Florida to study at the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School. There, Mary had the privilege of studying under Ariel Serrano, Wilmian Hernandez, Delia Ballart, Tania Vergara Perez, as well as Ramona De Saa and Ana Julia Bermudez of the Cuban National Ballet School. Mary rehearsed and preformed principal and soloist roles including Rosa in the full-length production of Flower Festival, Precious Stones from The Sleeping Beauty, the Odalisque Pas De Trois from Le Corsaire, the Goddess of Dawn in The Awakening of Flora, and Snow Pas De Duex and Dew Drop in the Nutcracker.
Mary has attended summer intensives including New York State Summer School of the Arts, The Chautauqua Institution of Dance, The Rock School for Dance Education, The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, BalletMet, and The Sarasota Cuban Ballet School. Mary is very excited for her first season with Syracuse City Ballet.