Janelle Gilchrist Dance Troupe

Stephen Behan

Stephen James Behan trained at The School of American Ballet in New York City and American Dance Theater in Herricks, NY. Stephen trained at The Ailey School as a fellowship scholarship student and graduated from State University of New York (S.U.N.Y.) Purchase College in White Plains, NY with a B.F.A. in Dance. Stephen spent summers training with Miami City Ballet, Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet, Ballet Austin, and Dance International New York in Spain and New York. He performed with Kazuko Hirabayashi Dance Theater, apprenticed with the Staatstheater Nürnberg Ballett in Nurnberg, Germany. Danced as a member of the Second Company at Ballet Hispanico.

Stephen has also performed with the Eglevsky Ballet and the RG Dance Project.Stephen has been a company dancer with VERB BALLETS, Ballet Nebraska (American Midwest Ballet), Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre, City Ballet of Boston, Janelle Gilchrist Dance Troupe, North Atlantic Dance Theatre, and Margot Parson’s Dance Vision. Stephen was a featured dancer in Greta Gerwig’s Motion Picture “Little Women” and worked with Monica Bill Barnes and Flannery Gregg. 

Juliet Brown

Juliet is from Norwell, MA and trained at the Boston Ballet School and South Shore Ballet Theatre. 

She danced with Columbia Classical Ballet in South Carolina for two seasons. Before she joined the Paris Opera Ballet in 2020 she performed with City Ballet Boston in the Urban Nutcracker. She is currently freelancing in the Boston area. Her repertoire includes Sugar Plum and Snow Queen from The Nutcracker, Shades Pas De Trois from La Bayadere, Cinderella in Cinderella, her portrayal of Lucille Grahn in Pas de Quatre and original choreography by Gianni DiMarco.

Emily Entingh

Emily Entingh trained in Southern California and at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. She joined Houston Ballet II in 2010, Boston Ballet II in 2012 and became a company member in 2014. In 2019 she was promoted to Second-Soloist. Her repertoire includes Florence Clerc’s La Bayadere; Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty; Mikko Nissinen’s Swan Lake; John Cranko’s Onegin; Leonid Jakobson’s Rodin and Pas De Quatre. Harald Lander’s Etudes; Sir Fredrick Aston’s Cinderella; Justin Peck’s Increases; Jerome Robbins’ The Concert, Glass Pieces and Fancy Free; George Balanchine’s Symphony in C, Serenade, Coppelia, Jewels, Symphony in Three Movements, Episodes, and Theme and Variations. Entingh has performed featured roles in William Forsythe’s Pas Parts 2018 and Blake Works I; Jorma Elo’s Bach Cello Suites; Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker; and as “Myrtha” in Larissa Ponomarenko’s staging of Marius Petipa’s Giselle.

Spencer Keith

Spencer Keith was born in Romania and raised in Honolulu, HI.  He received his training at Academie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace, Woodbury Ballet and Hawaii State Ballet and was taught by instructors Randyl Errica, Marika Besobrasova and John Landovsky.  In 2008 Spencer was invited to participate in the Bolshoi Ballet Academy’s Gala performance in Moscow Russia. He was awarded a gold medal for pas de deux in the Connecticut Classic Competition in 2011 and a silver medal for variation in 2012.  Spencer has danced with Josè Mateo Ballet Theatre in Cambridge Massachusetts from 2011-2018 and continues to dance and teach for many schools in the New England area.

Avery Saulnier de Reyes

Avery Saulnier de Reyes is a freelance dancer in the Boston area, recently performing with SundanceX, City Ballet of Boston, Dance Currents, and Columbia Pictures. She received her classical training at Boston Ballet, American Ballet Theater and Lexington School of Ballet. Avery is grateful for the love and support of her family, friends, directors and colleagues, and is happy to be working with Janelle Gilchrist Dance Troupe.

Kirsten Glaser

Kirsten Glaser is a native of Cape Cod who began dancing at age three with Cape Cod School of Ballet. She then went on to attend Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts which she graduated from in 2009. After graduation she attended the New York International Ballet Competition and was given the opportunity to dance with Colorado Ballet’s studio company. After a season in Colorado she moved to Charlottesville,VA where she danced with the Charlottesville Ballet for several seasons. In 2014 she moved to Boston after having her son and began teaching in the area. Kirsten has also had the opportunity to dance with several choreographers in the area including Kathy Hassinger, Lynn Modell and Gino di Marco. She is currently in her second season with City Ballet Boston. Kirsten is very excited to be performing with Janelle Gilchrist Dance Troupe.