Megan Carter was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia in Furlong, Pennsylvania where she began her formal dance training at the age of 3. She grew up training in Bucks County at Ballet Arts of Bucks County under the direction of Kathleen Dwyer as well as at Dance Arts Collaborative under the direction of Reina Faith. She continued her training by moving, first, to Pittsburgh in 2020 to train at Point Park University as a BFA Dance Major with a modern concentration, performing works by Daniel Herman and Pearlann Porter. After a year, in 2021, Megan moved to New York City to train in the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program. During her time at The Ailey School and in the BFA program, Megan has had the privilege to have performed works by Rebecca Margolick, Hollie Wright, Maleek Washington, Adrienne Hurd, Roderick George, Earl Mosley, and Rena Butler. Outside of the BFA program, Megan has had the honor to perform works by Tracie Stanfield and Lauren Pagano as well as perform in the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade with the Sharpe Family Singers. She has also presented her own choreography in New York City at The Ailey School and JCE Jazz Dance Project at Peridance Capezio Dance Center. Megan is a 2024 graduate of the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and in Digital Technology and Emerging Media in May of 2024. Megan is currently a company member with Project Moshen Dance Company in Philadelphia, PA and represented by YOU Talent Agency in New York City.

Lisa Botalico, Director/Principal/Dancer/Choreographer of Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre has performed in theatres and festivals throughout NJ; she toured the USA for the National Theater of the Performing Arts as Director/Principal Dancer of La Compañía Folklórica Latina and was featured dancer for Alborada in NJN’s Emmy award winning program, The History of the Spanish Guitar. Lisa is Founder/Director/Instructor of the Arts Council of Princeton’s Youth and Adult Flamenco Dance Program (1999-present) & their 2014 Artist in Residence. She has been a guest lecturer/instructor for Rider University and taught Flamenco at Princeton and Rutgers Universities as well as many dance residences throughout NJ. Lisa was nominated for Best Choreographer Perry Award from the New Jersey Association of Community Theaters for the NE USA Premier of the Gypsy King’s musical, Zorro (Kelsey Theater). Lisa was choreographer/dancer for Boheme Opera Company’s production of the opera Carmen
performed at Kendall Hall TCNJ; she performed her solo choreography, Soleá at NJPAC in the
JerseyMoves Dance Series; created and performed the role of the Gypsy Fortune teller as guest artist for Roxey Ballet’s Carmen Ballet; presented choreography at Morven Museum and
Grounds for Sculpture. Lisa conceived and directed the History Lecture/Demo: Remembering
Paul Robeson, Spain 1938 for the Paul Robeson Center of the Arts in Princeton. In 2024 the Arts
Council of Princeton honored Lisa for her 25 th Anniversary of founding their Flamenco Dance
Program by naming their dance studio for her: Lisa Botalico Dance Studio.
 

Olivia was three years old when she began dancing at Position One School of Dance in her hometown of Portsmouth, RI. In high school, she joined the Newport Academy of Ballet, home of Newport Contemporary Ballet, with whom she performed in the Nutcracker at Rosecliff Mansion. In 2017, Olivia graduated summa cum laude from Muhlenberg College with her Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Spanish. At Muhlenberg, she performed works by Jeffrey Peterson, Teresa VanDenend Sorge, Megan Flynn, and Paul Taylor Dance Company’s Orion Duckstein.

After graduation, Olivia moved to Philadelphia, where she performed with esteemed companies and choreographers such as Anne-Marie Mulgrew, Grounded Aerial, Matter Movement Group, Asya Zlatina, and Anito Gavino. In 2022, Olivia joined Yu.S.Artistry as a company dancer and associate director, where she performed works by Artistic Director Yuki Ishiguro and guest choreographer Yoshito Sakuraba. Olivia has appeared as a guest artist with Aru dell’Arte in Washington D.C. and was one of Ballare Carmel’s inaugural Dance Fellows, where she was delighted to work with Alex Ketley, Nicole Hennington, and Lillian Barbeito. Olivia speaks fluent Spanish, holds a Level 1 Bungee Dance Certification from Grounded Aerial, and is a teaching artist for Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers’ CHI Dance Program.