Embody.Cultivate.Inspire

Ryan Bailey

Ryan Bailey is a dancer and choreographer based in the DMV & NYC. Upon graduating with a BA in dance from UMBC in 2016, Ryan was granted outstanding senior in choreography and dance after he was awarded an American College Dance Association Gala Finalist. He then furthered his education by attending training programs with dance companies in Chicago, NYC, LA, Portland, and Tel Aviv. In 2017, Ryan premiered his company Pacing Bodies first evening length show funded by Earl and Darielle Linehan which premiered at UMBC. Ryan was featured on national television on season 14 of So You Think You Can Dance that same year. Ryan has danced professionally for MADBOOTS DANCE company on various projects and performances at Gibney Dance, New York Live Arts, and at the Joyce Theater in NYC. He has also had the opportunity to dance for Project 44 Dance Company, performing at the Jack Crystal Theater in NYC. Ryan has performed with Priore Dance directed by Robert Priore based in D.C. Ryan was also a background dancer for the music video “Moons” by Micah McLaurin. Currently, Ryan teaches and choreographs dance at various studios, conservatories, and universities. Recently Ryan set work for Peabody Dance Conservatory and Howard County Dance Company. In the winter of 2024, he will be featured as a dancer in a second evening length work for Haus of Pvmnt Dance Company in NYC at Abrons Art Center. This is Ryan’s third time performing with Ballet Embody as a guest Artist! 

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Lacee Buckholz

A note from the Choreographer: ​​

How the piece came to be 

Ravel is a contemporary ballet trio set to Ravel’s Trio for Violin, Violoncello and Piano: II Pantoum. Originally set on my peers at Towson University’s Department of Dance for a composition class in 2021, when the world was still recovering from the pandemic. The assignment was to create a work to a classical piece of music exploring different choreographic structures. Due to the extenuating circumstance there were dancers who choose to still be virtual, posing a large challenge for those of us itching to create in the studio together. After creating several pieces for my composition classes, experimenting with video editing to create pieces that tell specific stories with slow pedestrian style movement that could appeal to the everyday person. I knew I needed to step out of my comfort zone this time. I told myself to make something fast, particular and completely driven by the music in movement and mood. When presenting my work in video format, due to social distancing protocol I knew this piece out of any I had created up until this point, needed to be on the stage and in space. Thankfully, with great joy and appreciation I will be having the opportunity to make my choreographic debut in this year's Dance Mosaic in a theatre where this dance has always belonged 

Turning Music Into Movement

I cannot talk about this work without first discussing the music's composition. Being completely driven by the music, this work needed to be just as ambitious and commanding as the composition demanded. I was drawn to its clear repeating motifs, and overlapping phrasing. I wanted to bring those highlighted phrases to life that might have been difficult to follow for the normal listener. An obviously overwhelming piece of music was just the thing to get me out of my comfort zone.  I wanted my dancers to cover ground and let the music carry them around the stage, change formation and make pathways, exploring the stage just how the music was telling me they should.
 

Looking deeper into the pantoum tag at the end of the title. A pantoum is a poetic form characterized by repeated lines in successive four-line stanzas or quatrains. The second and fourth lines of one stanza are repeated as the first and third lines of the next, creating a circular, echoing effect. I reflected this effect with motifs that evolve and rearrange over the course of the piece. While also considering In the well tied knot of the composition there was always one phrase coming to the forefront, without the others getting lost. The goal, create that feeling visually.

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Meet Lacee

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Full Circle Dance Company

​Full Circle Dance Company, directed by Donna L. Jacobs, is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2025. From its inception, Full Circle has been committed to presenting diverse stories, tackling real-world issues, and creating technically excellent work that engages and moves a broad audience. In addition to performing frequently throughout Maryland, Washington DC, and Virginia, Full Circle has performed by invitation in Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Arizona, and Tennessee. Tackling such issues as race, religion, body image, motherhood, and more, Full Circle’s yearlong choreography projects have received both local and national attention.

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B'More Dance Academy

Katie Reynard is the co-owner of B’More Dance Academy in Reisterstown, MD, where she grew up dancing and now shares her love of movement with dancers of all ages. She’s always looking for ways to connect with the community through dance and is so grateful to be part of the 2025 Dance Mosaic Showcase with a few of her dancers.

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Carroll County Dance Center and Ballet Conservatory

For nearly 35 years, Carroll County Dance Center and Ballet Conservatory has built a reputation as the leading dance school in Carroll, Northern Howard, and Western Baltimore Counties. CCDC is dedicated to fostering a community where every dancer not only finds the joy of movement but also develops the skills that will guide them toward becoming future leaders. Through discipline, creativity, and a commitment to excellence, CCDC empowers its students to lead with confidence, integrity, and respect both on and off the stage.

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Harry Orlove, music director

Harry Orlove started playing guitar at age 10 and did his first paying gig at age 11, where he made an astonishing $2.00. Needless to say, he was hooked. By 17, he was on the road playing and recording with brilliant songwriter Tom Rapp, in the band “Pearls Before Swine”, one of the great “underground” groups of the ‘60’s.
By 1973, Harry’s interest in the 5-string banjo and bluegrass music had become an obsession, and he worked in several ground breaking “new acoustic music” bands including, “Bottle Hill” and “The Monroe Doctrine”. This led him to a gig with Vassar Clements playing guitar on two of Vassar’s records and touring for a short time. During this period, Harry also played guitar on records by Tony Trischka and Stacy Phillips among others.
Moving to Los Angeles in 1979, Harry landed a job in the house band of the World Famous Palomino Club where he got to work with such music legends as James Burton, Jimmy Bryant, Thumbs Carlisle, “Sneaky Pete” Kleinow and Jay Dee Maness. 

During his forty two years on the West Coast, Harry has recorded with a wide range of artists like Lawrence Juber, Billy Swan, Lee Greenwood, Albert Lee, Paul Young, Robin Zander (Cheap Trick), Felix Cavalieri (The Rascals), and has also done a great deal of commercial studio work including spots for Coca-Cola and Gateway Computers. His film credits include “Deep Impact”, “Delta Force”, “Wagon’s East”, “Man Of The Year” and “The Southpark Movie”, there have also been TV sessions for “Knight Rider”, “The Promised Land”, “Murder She Wrote”, and many others. His work as a composer and arranger includes the television reality series “Cowboy 101” for the Outdoor Life Network, and Madison Mason’s “Howlin’ At The Moon”, which premiered off-Broadway at La MaMa in the Fall of 2004.
Along with appearances on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, and “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, Harry was a member of the live, on camera house band for the NBC/Dick Clark Productions show, “Hot Country Nights”, during the course of which he played with Joe Diffie, Steve Wariner, Suzy Boggus, and other great country artists.
His recent live shows include performances with Leann Rimes, Michelle Shocked, Fred Willard, Odetta, Lucinda Williams, Del McCoury, Carla Olsen, Johnny Tillotson, Mac Davis, Johnny Rivers, David Grisman, Ray Campi, Peter Rowan, James Intveld, Brian Setzer, Big Jay McNeely, Jerry Douglas and many, many more...
Harry has released three CD’s. 2004’s “Back From The Dead”, 2012’s “So It’s Come To This”,and his latest release “Mildly Popular.
For the last 30 years he has been spending part of every Summer teaching at a Music and Arts program at McDaniel College in Westminister, Md.
Harry is also very proud to have had artist endorsements from Flaxwood Guitars, The Martin Guitar Company (for whom he was also demonstration artist and clinician), Fishman Transducers and Fender Musical Instruments.
It should also be noted that Harry was named Time Magazine’s “Person Of The Year” in 2006.

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Arsen Sumbatyan

Originally from Moscow, Russia, Arsen Sumbatyan is a highly skilled trumpeter and pianist. He completed his music education at prestigious institutions like Moscow Conservatory College and Ippolitov-Ivanov State Musical Pedagogical Institute. Arsen has collaborated with renowned companies such as American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet. He also performed with jazz and symphony orchestras, including the Regent Seven Seas Cruise Jazz Orchestra. As a versatile musician, Arsen plays trumpet for various bands and jazz ensembles, including the Doc Scantlin Band and The Hot Lanes. He currently serves as a Senior Pianist and Accompanist Coordinator at MYB, showcasing his talent both as a performer and teacher.