Brianna Dunlap joined Ballet Theatre Company in 2021. Brianna is a results-oriented leader who specializes in growing and maintaining organizational development programs. She loves connecting people to what they are passionate about, so she is focused on building and stewarding strong relationships with our BTC supporters. 

Brianna earned her Master's degree in Public History at Central Connecticut State University (2016). She is the author of Connecticut Valley Tobacco, a History Press book on the history, culture, and people of cigar tobacco agriculture.

Originally from Uganda, Victoria Jaenson has been dancing for 19 years, professionally for 4 years, and has been teaching for 6 years. When she was 16, Victoria went to the Rock School for Dance Education to pursue pre-professional ballet training. 

One of the programs she was involved in as a student was the RockReach outreach performances. She performed excerpts of pieces from The Nutcracker, a special piece honoring black baseball player Octavius Catto, and other pieces for local greater Philadelphia area schools. These performances really opened up Victoria’s eyes to the accessibility problem in the dance world. Some of the children at these schools had never been able to see a professional caliber dance performance before, especially ballet. Victoria was only able to pursue this dream with many scholarship opportunities over the years and she only hopes to be able to do the same for other kids. 

As a member of the Charlotte Ballet’s 2nd Company, she also performed Lecture Demonstrations to the Greater Charlotte Area school systems. These included a Storybook show, a Jazz Show, and a Black History Month show which included mixed repertoire. 

Season 23 began Victoria’s work with Ballet Theatre Company’s outreach program as the teacher for the “Everybody Dance Now” program, in collaboration with the Miracle League of Connecticut. For Season 24, she is excited to take on the role of Outreach Coordinator and keep expanding the outreach programs in BTC for the Greater Hartford and West Hartford areas!

Nicoletta Consales is an Italian-American, classically trained dancer and choreographer from northern New Jersey who has been moving since the age of three. She started at a local dance studio with creative movement, then moved to Nunnbetter Dance Theatre where she immersed themselves in the study of ballet, variations, modern, theater, jazz, contemporary, and hip-hop.

Nicky has worked with many prominent names in dance including Eleanor D’Antuono, Margo Sappington, Lili Griffiths-Jenkins, Leath Nunn, Thom Clower, and Yael Levitin Saban. From 2014-2016, she attended Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet and Kaatsbaan International Dance Center’s summer programs. In 2019, she attended Ballet Hispanico’s summer program where she worked closely with Michelle Manzanales, Mario Alberto Zambrano, and Bennyroyce Royon. 

Nicky graduated in May 2022 from Smith College with a BA in dance and linguistics.

James Felton II, from Lapeer, Mi., graduated from Western Michigan University in the Spring of 2021. In the Fall of 2021, James served as a Company Artist and Representative for a fledgling organization in Pittsburgh, Pa, acting as liaison between fellow Artists, Staff, and Board Members alike. In 2022, he joined the Resident Company and Faculty at Ballet Theatre Company and School of Ballet Theatre Company. James is thrilled to share his devotion for arts to the Greater Hartford area in addition to the stunning programs BTC has in store for Season 24 as their Social Media Content Creator!

Laurel's relationship with Ballet Theatre Company began 20 years ago when her 5 year old daughter Lianna took ballet lessons at the Masonic Hall on Main Street, the rented studio where the fledgling BTC ran classes and performances. Soon after, BTC hired her to do some marketing and graphic work to promote their growing business and productions. Since then, the partnership has flourished and brought Laurel deep into the pulse of the West Hartford Arts community and enriched her professional and personal life with many opportunities and friendships.

Her formative years were spent in Mexico, Brazil, Peru, California, and Connecticut. Formal schooling included Bucknell University and University of Connecticut, earning a BA in English Literature with minors in Botany and Astronomy. An abiding interest in art and design lead to lifelong studies in graphic design. Still learning!

Laurel currently shelters at home in West Hartford with her husband of 29 years, a civil rights attorney and Yale law professor, Stephen Pevar. They have somehow managed to raise two extraordinary daughters who remain the apples of their eyes. They enjoy gardening and heating their home with wood that Stephen chops himself. But that is a different story.

Yvonne is a Senior at the University of Hartford majoring in Management at the Barney School of Business. She has also completed a minor in Dance Performance at the University of Hartford’s, Hartt School. She is a member of the Barney Leadership Council and has held numerous leadership positions in Delta Gamma Fraternity. Yvonne looks forward to combining her passion for dance and business through her internship at Ballet Theatre Company.

Sofia Brummitt is a member of BTC's Junior Corps de Ballet as well as a student at The School of Ballet Theatre Company. In addition to her talents as a dancer, she is also a talented artist who has created a plethora of illustrations for the organization. She joined BTC as an intern in 2020 and since then has created materials for BTC's Snow White feature-film, Dance-A-Thon event, The Nutcracker, Aladdin and BTC's Community Youth Outreach Program.

Kai Whalen is a member of BTC’s Junior Corps de Ballet as well as a student at The School of Ballet Theatre Company. In addition to being a dancer, they are also a skilled photographer who captures moments from BTC rehearsals and performances. They recently joined BTC as an intern in 2022 and go to high school at William H. Hall High as a junior.