Susan Cade - Artistic Director, Choreographer, Co-Founder: BA Music/Dance, Ithaca College; MEd Early Childhood Education, University of Illinois. While working in Washington D.C., performed various soloist roles in The Nutcracker, La Sylphide, Pas De Quatre, Paquita, Concerto Barocco, and contemporary choreography with The Arlington Ballet, Fairfax Ballet, McLean Ballet, and Arlington Dance Theater. In addition, performed Stravinsky's "The Soldier's Tale" and was an extra with ABT in Sleeping Beauty and Romeo and Juliet at the Kennedy Center.

In 2010, Susan staged "The Nutcracker" with Turks and Caicos Friends of the Arts Foundation in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos on 70 local children and adults. She continues with other PTP members to travel there each summer (2008-present) to work with the youth conducting drama and dance workshops. She also teaches ballet/chair fitness classes to seniors (independent, assisted living and memory care) in retirement communities in the Philadelphia area.

Tom Blair - actor, dancer, web designer: A former professional dancer with the Los Angeles Ballet, today Tom is an actor, dancer, choreographer, and web designer. He has choregraphed Kiss Me Kate, Bye Bye Birdie, The Music Man for King Of Prussia Players and Pippin for Playcrafters. His recent acting roles include The Major General in Pirates of Penzance, Jerry Evans in Dancing At Lughnasa at Stagecrafters, George Condomine in Blithe Spirit at King Of Prussia Players, Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sir Andrew in Twelfth Night, and in ballet many wonderful character roles including Herr Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker, Coppelius in Coppelia, and Don Quixote in Don Quixote.

Tom is the owner of Robin Goodfellow Web Designs and designed and maintains this Pages To Pirouettes website.

Scott Cannon: Scott Cannon is the manager of the Performing Arts Theater at Shannondell of Valley Forge. He has read for Pages to Pirouettes since 2008, and currently plays Mr. Stahlbaum in P2P's Nutcracker. He designs lights and sets for dance, circus, theater and opera. He is the Production Manager for the Pulcini Dance Studio's Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, and upcoming Swan Lake. With P2P in Turks & Caicos, Scott directed Anasi's Way and teaches acting at the Youth Centre. While living in San Francisco, Scott technically directed the San Francisco Ballet Theater, stage managed Michael Smuin's Curse of the Werewolf, and production managed the Magic Theater's The Late Henry Moss, directed by Sam Shepard. Scott graduated from Brown University with a degree in European History.

Laura Chadwick: Laura received her primary training from the Nutmeg Ballet Company in Connecticut. She served as a model for Sharon Dante's extensive and comprehensive Vaganova teachers seminars over the course of her 10 years there. Under the coaching of Sharon Dante, Eleanor D'Antuono, and Joan Kunsch, she was one of three members of the American team at the Prix de Lausanne, and an awardee at the Arts Recognition and Talent Search. She then attended North Carolina School of the Arts and studied exclusively with Melissa Hayden. Laura was personally chosen by Hayden to teach her classes during her absence.

Laura continued her training under the White's as a performing member of The Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet Society. Laura has had the opportunity to work with Broadway choreographer Danny Hermann on a full season of Mark Twain, The Musical. This segued her career towards acting and led to her joining American Family Theater for two seasons on tour as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. After taking a ten year hiatus to pursue a career in biotech and her most challenging and rewarding role as "Mommy" to Margaux, John, and Mary, Laura is thrilled to be performing on stage again.

Especially exciting was the opportunity with her Pages to Pirouettes family of sharing her love of dance and acting with students at the Youth Center in Turks and Caicos that caters to Haitain refugees and expatriate children who would otherwise never have been exposed to ballet. Currently Laura teaches privately, is a member of Opus 1 Contemporary Dance Company, and enjoys entertaining and educating young audiences with Pages to Pirouettes!

Rebecca Chadwick:

Rachael Condello: Rachael dances the roles of Mazipan and Spanish in The Nutcracker, Lilan Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, and stepsister in Cinderella.

Deborah L. Culhane: Deborah began studying ballet at the age of 9 in New York. Later she moved to the Philadelphia area and continued her training at the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet and Symmetry Dance Wellness. She holds a B.A. in English and Spanish from Villanova University and a J.D. from Villanova Law School. Away from the studio, Deborah practices public interest law in Philadelphia. She is excited to be making her debut as Coppelia this season.

Alex DiMatia: Alex DiMattia began his dance training at the age of 14 with the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet. At the time, Alex was also involved in several scholastic and club sports teams, including the Philadelphia Junior Flyers. In the summer of 2003 Alex furthered his ballet studies at the Kaatsbaan International Dance Center with Martine van Hamel, Bonnie Mathis and Kevin Mckenzie. In 2004 he competed in the first annual American Ballet Competition in Miami, Florida where he won a scholarship to Cincinnati Ballet's Otto M. Budig Academy. Upon graduation from the Haverford School, Alex was accepted into Houston Ballet II after having danced on full scholarship in their summer program. While in Houston, Alex performed in several pieces including Ben Stevenson's "The Nutcracker," "Romeo and Juliet," and the world premiere of "Bolero" by Stanton Welch. Alex left Houston in 2005 to enroll in West Chester University, and further his dance training with Brandywine Ballet and West Chester University's Certificate in Ballet Program. Since 2005 Alex has perfomed several principal roles with Brandywine Ballet including original works by Nancy Page, Matthew Neenan, Christopher Fleming, and Meredith Rainey. Alex graduated Magna Cum Laude from West Chester University and began his professional career in the tax practice of Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC). Alex left PwC in June, 2011 to focus on his performance career and continue dancing with Brandywine Ballet.

Erin Gallagher: Erin Gallagher began her dance training at Swarthmore Ballet Theatre in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. She continued on scholarship at the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts in Connecticut and later at the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet in Narberth, Pennsylvania. In 2004, she began her professional career with Ballet Oklahoma under the direction of Bryan Pitts and Laura Flagg-Pitts. There, she danced corps de ballet, soloist, and principal roles, including Sugar Plum Fairy and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, Queen Anne in The Three Musketeers, and the Lily variation in Romeo and Juliet.

After four seasons with Ballet Oklahoma, Erin returned to the Philadelphia area to perform locally. Since then, she has had the opportunity to dance in Pennsylvania Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker as well as with Opus 1 Contemporary Dance. Today, she continues to study, perform, and teach in the Philadelphia area while pursuing her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Temple University. Since 2002, Erin has had many opportunities to dance with Pages to Pirouettes, and she always looks forward to performing with such a wonderful organization.

Kim Richards: Kim has studied dance since the age of 6 on Long Island. She graduated with a B.A. in Dance and Psychology from Muhlenberg College in 2003 and a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Columbia University in 2006. She moved to the area in 2008 from New York and works as a Physical Therapist at Performance Physical Therapy & Fitness, Inc. in Radnor.

Kim has danced the Doll in Coppelia and the Russian and Chinese dance in The Nutcracker. Kim is thrilled to be performing with the amazing cast of Pages to Pirouettes!.

Ellen Wert: A lifelong student of dance and other movement arts, native Philadelphian Ellen Wert credits teacher Martha Hanson and pianist Ruth Green for instilling her love of ballet, an older classmate of many years back for inspiring her to dance “forever,” and teachers Elisabetta Barbagli and Rita Gramigni for encouraging her to find joy in performing. At present, she studies with Nancy Malmed and Elena Tiuriakulova at Wissahickon Dance Academy. She serves on the board of the International Ballet Exchange, has a PhD in English from Temple University, and is a freelance copyeditor, working primarily with nonprofit organizations and academic authors and publishers. Ellen made her debut with P2P in early 2012 as the stepmother in Cinderella, and has since played Carabosse in our Sleeping Beauty and the Mouse Queen in The Nutcracker..

Ruben Ybarra: Ruben hails from Yuma, Arizona where he trained at the Yuma Ballet Theatre under the Directorship of Jon Cristofori. He also trained with the Academy of Ballet in San Francisco and the Contra Costa Ballet in Walnut Creek California. During the summer months, Reuben was offered scholarships to Pacific Northwest Ballet and School of American Ballet, Universal Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet. He has performed with the Pennsylvania Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, Lexington Ballet, and the Lake Erie Ballet. Reuben has been an extra with the Royal Ballet and the South Jersey Ballet.

Currently, Ruben studies and performs with the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet. Ruben is featured in the Spanish and Arabian Variations from The Nutcracker. He is an integral member of Pages to Pirouettes where he has performed principal roles as Franz in Coppelia, Prince Florimund in Sleeping Beauty, Basil in Don Quixote, Prince Seigfried in Swan Lake, Prince Charming in Cinderella, and the Prince in The Nutcracker.