Dance

A native of Washington D.C. Dominique Angel began her ballet training with Ballet Russe premiere danseur Oleg Tupine and his wife Tania Rousseau, after receiving a full time scholarship at age fourteen Ms. Angel moved to New York City where she continued her studies at the Joffrey Ballet School ultimately joining the Joffrey II Dancers under the direction of Sally Brayley Bliss and The Joffrey Ballet under the direction of Robert Joffrey. While with The Joffrey Ballet Ms. Angel danced in works choreographed by Paul Taylor, Frederick Ashton, Agnes DeMille, Mark Morris, Jiri Kylian, John Cranko, Pilobolus, and resident choreographer Gerald Arpino.

James L. Boyd III is an artist born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. He has toured and entertained the world with the knowledge of ten (10) professional styles of dance under his belt. James is a Douglas Anderson School of the Arts graduate and received his B.F.A from SUNY Purchase College in 2010 in Dance and Choreography. Since graduation he performed with Elton John, Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige, and Bruce Springsteen. James was a guest artist with the hit dance show, “So You Think You Can Dance” and a semi-finalist on the well-known show, “America's Got Talent”. While performing around the world, entertaining in 30 countries and over 80 cities with the Bad Boys of Dance and Bad Boys of Ballet, he shared the stage with greats such as Misty Copeland, Joseph Gatti and Rasta Thomas.

After high school in 2006, Adrienne entered the Ailey/Fordham BFA program in New York City. Approached by Dr. Jack Hawkins in 2007, she transferred to help bring dance to Troy University and became one of six who laid its foundation. Graduating Summa Cum Laude 2011, Adrienne moved to Atlanta, signing with Xcel Talent Agency, became a member of Project 7 Contemporary Dance Company, and was cast in America's Got Talent group, iLuminate. She performed in multiple world tours with the company before she danced off-Broadway in iLuminate's Artist of Light for three years, where she served as dance captain. In 2015, Adrienne joined Bad Boys of Dance in their European Tour of Romeo and Juliet. So far, Adrienne's dance career has taken her to 15 countries and 5 continents. She is on faculty for Manhattan Dance Project, Beyond the Stars, and Impact Dance Adjudicators, and is thrilled to have just joined the Department of Theatre and Dance at Troy University. She graduated May 2019 with her MFA in Choreography.

Jerome L. Stigler, a native of St. Louis, MO. began his training at the Katherine Dunham Children's Workshop and the Center of Contemporary Arts. He has a BFA in Dance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a MFA in Dance from the University of Iowa. Mr. Stigler has received scholarships to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Milwaukee Ballet, and American Dance Festival. He has taught and choreographed for numerous schools throughout the United States. Mr. Stigler has performed with the dance companies of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC), Albany Berkshire Ballet, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Columbia City Ballet, Florida Dance Theatre, Dallas-Fort Worth Ballet, St. Louis Ballet, Charlotte Adams & Dancers, Walt Disney World, Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Douglas Dunn & Dancers, Jeanne Ruddy Dance Company, Viewsic Expressions, VQ Productions, Mountjoy Productions, Balance Dance Theater, and Jennifer Muller/The Works. Mr. Stigler has taught throughout NYC and danced with the companies of 360° Full Circle Dance Company and The Von Howard Project. Currently, Mr. Stigler is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Troy University.