Lyric Opera 2023-2024 Issue 3 - Daughter of the Regiment

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 28 ERVIN DIX III DANCER Lyric debut The Washington D.C. native received his BFA from University of the Arts’s School of Dance and Drama, as well as an MA from Drexel University. Performance credits include Opera Philadelphia’s Carmen , Broadway Bares: Pleasure Park , and Hershey Entertainment and Resorts. Dix was a featured dancer in the National Cherry Blossom Festival and performed on Holland America Line’s main stage shows. He was a guest artist with Dancefusion and a company member with DanceSpora Contemporary Ballet. TANNER GLOYSTEIN DANCER Lyric debut A multidisciplinary artist from Kalamazoo, Michigan, Gloystein studied film at Columbia College Chicago and has worked with Hubbard Street and PARA.MAR Dance Theatre as a videographer. Tanner began dancing at the age of 21, and has trained at the Lou Conte Dance studio in Chicago and Tye Chua Dance in Kalamazoo. VERNON GOODEN DANCER Previously at Lyric: Carmen ( 2022/23). The Chicago-based choreographer, performer, and teacher is a graduate of the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and in 2001 was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Gooden later trained at The Juilliard School under the direction of the late Benjamin Harkarvy and Larry Rhodes. He has performed with the Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre, Joel Hall Dancers, Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre, Winifred Haun & Dancers, and Chicago Repertory Ballet. MARCUS HARDY DANCER Previously at Lyric: Fiddler on the Roof (2022/23), Fire Shut Up in My Bones (2021/22). After receiving his BFA in Dance Performance from East Carolina University, Hardy joined the Inaside Chicago Dance company, where he spent ve years. He has performed as a guest artist with SueMo Dance Company, Waterstreet Dance Company, and Chicago Dance Crash. CHRISTOPHER KELLEY DANCER Previously at Lyric: Fiddler on the Roof (2022/23). The Chicago-based artist’s performance credits include the Paramount Theatre ( The Wizard of Oz , The Producers, Newsies, Beauty and The Beast, Kinky Boots, Cinderella and Rock of Ages ), the Marriott ( Gypsy ), the Muny ( Gypsy ), and Drury Lane ( A Chorus Line ). Kelley danced with Chicago Repertory Ballet from 2020 to 2023. His training includes Butler Ballet, Chicago Multicultural Dance Center, Visceral Dance Center, and the Joffrey Ballet, and he holds a BFA from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music in Music Theatre. DREW LEWIS DANCER Previously at Lyric: Fiddler on the Roof (2022/23). Originally from Oak Park, the performer, choreographer, composer, and educator graduated magna cum laude from Cornish College of the Arts. He performed extensively with Sidra Bell Dance New York from 2016 to 2019, during which time he guest lectured at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Additional credits include the Joel Hall Dancers, C-LS, Project 44, Attack Theatre, and projects by choreographers Erin Kilmurray and Lucy Riner. As a choreographer, Drew has created works for DanceWorks Chicago, Common Conservatory, Loyola University, Skidmore College, Hyde Park School of Dance, Thodos New Dances 2020, ChoreoLab, Oak Park and River Forest High School, and New Trier High School. In 2020, Lewis formed his own small ensemble, House of DOV. ISAAC ALAN LINDY DANCER Lyric debut The Philadelphia-based figure skater and contemporary dancer is currently working with Montreal-based contemporary skating company Le Patin Libre. He has danced with Opera Philadelphia, the Putty Dance Project, Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers Co., Ruckus Dance, and at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Professional skating highlights include Holiday on Ice European tours, soloist with Nathan Birch and Tim Murphy’s The Next Ice Age , and site-specific work with IceLab Leipzig. Lindy holds a BA from Vassar College. MICKEY NIXON DANCER Previously at Lyric: Fire Shut Up in My Bones (2021/22). Dance credits include works by Camille A. Brown, Francesca Harper, Lloyd Culbreath, Luis Salgado, Angel Kaba, Elizabeth Corbett, Mark Allan Davis, Robin Sanders,