FALL SHOWCASE
November 8–9, 2025 at Peter Martin Wege Theatre
The 2025 Fall Showcase will feature both classical and contemporary works choreographed by Grand Rapids Ballet Company members Jimmy Cunningham, Julian Gan, Nigel Tau, and Nathan Young. Join us as we celebrate our Ballet 4, Ballet 5, and Pre-Professional student’s growth, dedication, and artistry on stage!
FALL SHOWCASE | DATES & TIMES
Saturday, November 8, 2025
- Matinee performance at 2 p.m.
Sunday, November 9, 2025
- Matinee performance at 2 p.m.
FALL SHOWCASE | CHOREOGRAPHERS
Jimmy Cunningham
What has it been like creating choreography for our GRBS students?
It has been a pleasure to work with the Pre-Professional level for their classical piece. I have found them very attentive and ready to receive information. I try to keep rehearsals lighthearted, yet full of hard work. The piece has a lot of unison, and also moments where each student can shine. It has been nice to approach the process through both lenses and give them a fresh take on team work. I’m very proud of what the students are accomplishing.
What do you enjoy most about working with students in this way?
I enjoy getting to know each student as individuals and pulling out their strengths. As I identify what each student can master, I am also able to give them the attention to refine their technique and performance in areas where they can grow.
What are you hoping the students learn from their experience working with you?Toggle Title
I hope that they all benefit from looking at dance in a new way. This group is ready to move beyond the counts and basic shapes that the body is taught through their training. I hope that they have a new appreciation for how to texturize movement, and deepen their artistry. Sometimes, classical ballet can be dry and boring for students. So, I hope to show them that there is a lot more to say with the body through this historic genre of dance, beyond what is emphasized in their technique classes.
Julian Gan
What has it been like creating choreography for our GRBS students?
It’s always fun to create something new for the students. I have created other choreographies for the students in previous years for the final show but there’s something different with creating one this early into the year. It really pushes them and I believe that they’ve not only grown but have shown great enthusiasm in the entire process.
What do you enjoy most about working with students in this way?
Definitely piecing people and parts together. Once it comes together in this seamless fabric, it not only shows their individuality but also the unison of the dancers.
What are you hoping the students learn from their experience working with you?
I hope they learn to push themselves individually while finding a camaraderie among their peers. To be able to grow by yourself while also helping and supporting your friend is a skill that is not only commendable but admirable and often desired.
Nigel Tau
What has it been like creating choreography for our GRBS students?
It’s been a joy. My group of students have displayed an incredible talent not only for achieving the goals they’ve been given, but also for pushing themselves beyond what was given.
What do you enjoy most about working with students in this way?
I love the choreographic process generally, but it’s even more fulfilling working with dancers who do not always get opportunities to be part of the creation process. It’s a great chance to break down movement in a way we don’t often get time to do as professionals.
What are you hoping the students learn from their experience working with you?
I hope they learn that dance can be as arduous as is it is fun. That we can be very precise, particular, and energetic, while also embodying a feeling or story and moving an audience.
Nathan Young
What has it been like creating choreography for our GRBS students?
The students have been incredible. Open minded, fast learners, enthusiasm for learning the steps, and a demand to learn more steps. I can tell the Level V students love being a part of this work, their peers, and dance in general. It’s clear they treat every rehearsal like a performance and are giving me 110% for the time I’m with them each week.
What do you enjoy most about working with students in this way?
I enjoy their enthusiasm for the work I’m making on them. Their feedback and excitement makes me feel like I’m making something they really want to be a part of and feel lucky to perform. This ultimately makes me more enthusiastic too, and I want to continue to create interesting steps that I know they can handle.
What are you hoping the students learn from their experience working with you?
I hope they learn that being proficient in dance styles other than ballet goes a very long way. I’m pushing them in the contemporary genre and being able to morph into that kind of dancer for that kind of repertoire is important and equally rewarding.
Attila Mosolygo
Biography
Born in Kisvarda, Hungary, Attila received his early training at the National Ballet Institute in Budapest. 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 spent sixteen years as a company dancer and is currently in his sixth season as Ballet Master. As a company dancer, a few of his notable roles include The Prodigal Son in George Balanchine’s Prodigal Son, Max in Septime Webre’s Where The Wild Things Are, Charlie Chaplin in Gordon Peirce Schmidt’s Flickers, Tibalt in Mario Radacovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, and Melancholic in George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments.
Attila became the Director of the Grand Rapids Ballet School Junior Company in 2011 and School Director in 2017. Since becoming the Director, Attila has choreographed Snow White, Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, Carnival of the Animals and Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes for the Junior Company. He and his wife Mindy have one daughter and one son, Vivian and Cameron.
Mindy Mosolygo
Biography
Mindy has been teaching at the Grand Rapids Ballet School since 1996. She received her early training under the instruction of Charthel Arthur and Robert Estner at Grand Rapids Ballet School. Mindy danced professionally with Grand Rapids Ballet for 15 years before retiring in 2009. She was the company’s Ballet Mistress for 2 years before becoming the School Curriculum Coordinator in 2011. Mindy is married to Attila Mosolygo (School Director and Junior Company Director). They have a daughter, Vivian, and a son, Cameron.
