Miranda Haywood-Curry (Executive Director) serves also as a Choreographer, Ballet Mistress, Teacher, and Dancer for FRDC.  Miranda is a native of Ada, MI  received her dance training on scholarship with the Grand Rapids Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet schools.  Mrs. Curry also studied at the School of American Ballet in New York City, NY. She has performed with the Grand Rapids Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Charlotte Total Theatre and the Moving Poets Theatre of Dance. She has also been a guest artist for Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey and Ablemarle Academy of Dance where she was the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker.  Mrs. Curry served as the first dance team coach for Providence Day High School (Charlotte, NC) in 2003. Since 1998, she has served on the faculty for many of North Carolina and Michigan finest ballet schools:  the school of the North Carolina Dance Theatre, Charlotte School of Ballet, Community School of the Arts, Charlotte City Ballet, Miller Street Dance Academy, Weir Dancin', Las Americas, Turning Pointe and Classic Pointe.   

Joseph Curry (Artistic Director) originally from Greensburg, PA, has danced professionally for fifteen years.  He also carries the title of Choreographer, Teacher, and Ballet Master.  He obtains a bachelor of fine arts degree from North Carolina School of the Arts.  Mr. Curry spend five years with the North Carolina Dance Theatre followed by eight years with the Moving Poets Theatre of Dance.  He also guest performed, choreographed and taught dance classes for West Michigan Youth Ballet Company, New York City Opera, Mia Ballet, Kunami Ballet, Augusta Ballet, Greenville Ballet, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre, Fairfax Ballet, Roanoke Ballet, and Charlotte Youth Ballet.  In March 2007, Mr. Curry directed and produced Artzilla, a Festival of the Arts in Charlotte, NC.  This festival had an array of over 65 artist that included dancers, actors, storytellers, rappers, musicians, drummers, models and mimes.  Joseph has also dedicated his life to working with children in dance by teaching and creating outreach programs for an number of schools which include North Carolina Dance Theatre, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, Roanoke Ballet, and Savannah Dance Theatre.  

Nicholas Schultz (Professional Guest Artist & Summer Teacher) is in his seventh season with the Grand Rapids Ballet Company. He studied at the School of the Grand Rapids Ballet and danced with both the Junior and Senior Professional Trainee programs and was an apprentice to the Professional Company. Nicholas has also studied with the National Ballet School of Canada and Joffrey Summer Programs. Nicholas has danced guest roles with Alma College, the Underground Arts Connection, and with the Farrell Ballet Theatre.

Marissa Endres (Summer Teacher & Professional Guest Artist) started dancing at the age of two at Ada Dance Academy where she continued throughout all of high school. She has danced many roles with the West Michigan Youth Ballet Company and Blue Lakes Youth Ballet. Her roles have ranged from Cinderella to various parts in the Nutcracker, Giselle and many more. She spent many summers at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and spent one month traveling to Germany, France, and Denmark. After she graduated from high school in 2008 she attended the University of Michigan as a dance major. On December 23rd, 2009 she was blessed with a baby boy, Carter James Endres.  With an additional to her family, she wanted to be closer to home so she returned to her hometown of Ada, MI. Ms. Endres is now currently a student at Grand Rapids Community College and will be transferring to Grand Valley State University in a year where she will be studying to become a special education teacher.

David Schultz (Professional Guest Artist) is in his first season with Hubbard Street Dance of Chicago.  He previously danced with the Grand Rapids Ballet Company for four seasons. He began his dance training with the School of the Grand Rapids Ballet thirteen years ago and was a member of the Junior and Senior Professional Trainee programs for seven years. David has also danced as a guest artist with Farrell Ballet Theatre.  

David has performed as a prince in Twelve Dancing Princess and the Dream Weaver in the ballet Good Night Moon with the Flat River Dance Company.

Jon Upleger, (Professional Guest Artist) originally for Ann Arbor, Michigan, began training seriously in 1997 under the direction of Petrus Bosman and David Keener at the Virginia School of the Arts. Upon graduation, he received the school's prestigious Dean's Award and then joined Nashville Ballet as an Apprentice in 2000. He is in his his tenth season with the company.

Some of Jon's notable roles include Romeo in Paul Vasterling's Romeo and Juliet, the Cavalier in Nutcracker, Jonathan in Paul Vasterling's Dracula, and performing Twyla Tharp's Sinatra Suite. Other leading roles include Salvatore Aiello's Satto, Sarah Slipper's Ploughing the Dark, and Paul Vasterling's Awaiting Redemption and Lizzie.

For the past seven summers Mr. Upleger has performed with Terpsicorps Theater of Dance in Asheville, North Carolina. He has also danced with Configurations Dance Theater in New York and Nashville in Motion.New paragraph

He will be made his debut performance with the Flat River Dance Company as Pecos Bill.

Amber-Rose Cox (Professional Guest Artist & Summer Teacher) a resident of Nashville, TN, has been dancing for thirteen years. She was a junior and senior member with the Grand Rapids Ballet Company and has dance training at North Carolina School of the Arts, National Ballet School of Canada, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. She is currently a back up hip-hop dancer for Gotee Recording artist,Troma. Amber can been seen in the music video in Danielle Peck's, "Isn't that Everything", and Resurrection Life Church" Let there be Joy". Amber has been in more than 50 ballets, operas, and musical theater productions. In Greenville, Amber has performed with Flat River Community Players in The Fantasicks (Louisa), and has choreographed for Annieand Once Upon a Mattress. She has also worked with Grand Rapids Civic Theater, Circle Theater, Actors Theater, Opera Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Ballet, Forest Hills Central High School, Pinewood Middle School, Rogers High School, and Grand Valley State University. Ms. Amber currently teaches ballet, tap, jazz and pointe at Bellevue Dance Center in Nashville, TN. She obtains a Associate degree in Music and a BA in Business Administration. 

Jody Jaglowski (Professional Guest Artist & Teacher) has attended San Francisco Ballet School on scholarship and joined the Cleveland San Jose Ballet under the direction of Dennis Nahat.  Jody performed numerous soloist and principal roles while in Cleveland, while working with many world renowned choreographers and artists including Fleming Flindt, Donald McKayle, Rudy VanDanzig and Michael Smuin.  Two of Nahat's roles that were danced by Ms. Jaglowski included Marilyn, a dramatic solo based on the life of Marilyn Monroe which he created for Jody, and The Swan, which was a tribute to Anna Pavlova.  She also performed principal roles in audience favorites such as Nahat's Blue Suede Shoes and Flindt's Phaedra.  More recently, Jody spent two seasons with Ballet Tucson, where she danced prominent roles in productions such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Graduation Ball and Swan Lake.  Ballet Tucson also presented Ms. Jaglowski's choreography in an evening of works created by dancers of the company. 

Attila Mosolygo (Professional Guest Artist) was born in Budapest, Hungary where he received his early training at the National Ballet Institute. After moving to the United States, he joined the Joffrey Ballet School. He has performed as a guest artist with Mobile Ballet, Bravo Dance, Harrisburg Ballet, Ballet Theatre of Chicago and the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. Attila has performed with the Grand Rapids Ballet Company for twelve seasons.  

Calin Radulescu (Professional Guest Artist) is originally from Bucharest, Romania, where he graduated with high honors from the Romanian National Ballet School. After graduation he spent four years in the Romanian National Ballet, where he danced as a principal dancer and toured with the company all over the world, performing in Switzerland, Germany, South Korea, Italy, Greece, France, Turkey, Bulgaria and Luxembourg. Next he traveled to Germany, dancing for Pfaltz Theater Kaiserslautern. In the United States he was invited to join Cincinnati Ballet where he spent two seasons. He also danced with Tulsa Ballet and Grand Rapids Ballet, all together completing ten years of professional career. He has been teaching since 1996 accumulating a lot of experience in this domain. Some of his teaching credits include Grand Rapids Ballet School, Aquinas Collage, Toledo Ballet, Burklyn Ballet Theater, Cecchetti Council Of America, Plymouth-Canton Ballet Company, Metro Shores Ballet Company, Dance Masters Of Michigan, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp among others. Returning for his fifth year as a Visiting Professor and Ballet Master at Grand Valley State University, Calin enjoys teaching and choreographing.

Calin has appeared as the Cavalier in the Nutcracker, The Soldier in Twelve Dancing Princesses, and Star pas in Good Night Moon with the Flat River Dance Company.

Anton Kandaurov (Professional Guest Artist) is in his first season with the Grand Rapids Ballet Company.  Born in the Ukraine, he graduated from the Kiev State Choreography College and the Academy of Arts in Kiev.  Anton took second place in the "Youth of Ballet" International Ballet Competition in Kiev.  He has performed with the Croatian National Theater and National Opera House of Ukraine, performing roles in many ballets including Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet and Swan Lake.

Fernando Rodriguez (Professional Guest Artist) is currently a student at Grand Valley State University. In August 2009 he will be joining Missouri Contemporary Ballet.  Mr. Rodriguez is also a massage therapistfor Grand Valley State Fiteness and Wellness Center.