DanceBoissiere has recently expanded!
We are happy to announce that Sarah Hillmon and Frankie Quintanilla joined DB in June. They will both be performing with us in September.
Sarah Hillmon is a native of Rochester, NY. There, she trained with Garth Fagan, Timothy M. Draper and was a member of the Rochester City Ballet. She graduated with a BFA in Dance from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she had the privilege of performing works by talented artists including Sidra Bell, Lucinda Childs, Gus Solomons Jr, and Charles Weidman. While in New York City, Sarah has danced for Lucinda Childs Dance Company, Suzanne Beahrs Dance, BodyStories, AMS Project, MATYCHAK and was a founding member of RedCurrant Collective.
Francisca Quintanilla is a graduate from Mason Gross School of the Arts. She hails from North Bergen, NJ. She trained at Yolanda’s Academy of Music and Dance in West New York, NJ. She received training in Classical Ballet and Pointe, Jazz, Tap, Flamenco, Modern, and Contemporary styles. She’s attended intensives with Shen Wei Dance Arts, The Ailey School, David Dorfman, Maxine Doyle and recently with the Cunningham Trust. She has also performed works by Reggie Wilson, Yvonne Rainer, Doug Elkins, Chien Ying Wang, Maxine Doyle, Christian Von Howard, Donna Uchizono, Kimberly Bartosik, and Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Company. In 2018 she received the Patricia Mayer Scholarship for Academic and Technical Excellence. She received her Pilates Mat Certification from Polestar Pilates Education in August 2018.