Miye Bishop began dancing at the age of eight in Hiroshima, Japan. After moving to Washington State three years later, she started dancing intensively at Northwest Ballet Theater and attended workshops at American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Bellevue, and International Ballet Theater. She also studied with the Kirov Academy and Dance Open in Russia. After high school, Bishop danced with Bellingham Repertory Dance for four seasons, where she performed works by Molly Scott, Mark Haim, Josh Beamish, and Cyrus Khambatta. She also performed professionally with Ballet Bellevue, Seattle Opera and Skagit Opera. In the past few years Bishop has performed in Japan, Korea, India, Taiwan, and various cities throughout the U.S. She is now a faculty member at Dance Wisconsin and Central Midwest Ballet Academy, as well as a freelance yoga instructor.

Darwin Black started dancing as a teenager. In 2006, he graduated from Newark Arts High School, under the direction of Ronnie D. Carney and Kim Richardson. Black furthered his training under Nancy Turano, at the New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble. After a year of training at Alvin Ailey American Dance, he began his professional career with the Miami Contemporary Dance Company, performing repertory by Ray Sullivan. Black later joined the Sacramento Ballet, performing works by George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, Trey McIntyre, and Matthew Neenan. After three years with the Sacramento Ballet, he joined Rioult Dance NY, dancing and touring throughout the United States. Black danced for Alaska Dance Theatre, Lustig Dance Theatre, Montgomery Ballet, and Nimbus Dance Works. He also toured throughout Europe with Momix. Black later joined TU Dance, under the leadership of Toni-Pierce Sands and Uri Sands. Black is now spreading his wings as a choreographer. His first original work, Off the Base, was performed by the Saint Paul Ballet in 2017.

Katie Sovik took her first ballet class at age 4. She found that she had a passion for it and was fully committed to dance by age 6. She grew up in Clayton, California and took classes at Lareen Fender The Ballet School Performing Arts in Walnut Creek. After graduating from high school, Katie furthered her dance education by earning her BA in Dance in 2021 from California State University, Fullerton. She trained under Lisa Long, Alvin Rangel-Alvarado, Debra Noble, and Muriel Joyce. Katie had the honor of performing works created by Anna Sokolow, David Hochoy, Charlotte Griffin, and Colin Connor. She is excited to continue to grow as a dancer in her post graduation life. This is her first season with Kanopy Dance.

Hannah is originally from Seattle, WA where she started her early dance training under the guidance of Anne Green Gilbert with Kaleidoscope Dance Company and Marie Chong with Arc School of Ballet. In 2015 Hannah received a B.F.A. in Dance and the Excellence in Choreography Award from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. During her college career she was generously funded by grants from the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program and her choreographic research was presented at the 2014 National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Hannah also attended summer programs at San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Mark Morris Dance Group, Keigwin + Company, and Paul Taylor Dance Company. After college, she taught dance classes for the Maryland Public School District and performed with Metropolitan Ballet Ensemble. Hannah spent last year training with Kanopy 2. This is her second season with Kanopy Dance Company.

Alex Trofka graduated from UW-Stevens Point with a Bachelors of Arts in Dance and a minor in Professional Communication. Alex trained with Joan Karlen, Michael Estanich, Jeannie Hill, Pamela Luedtke, and Sarah Olson. Alex studied abroad at the University of Limerick in Ireland training with Ursula Robb, Jazmin Chiodi, Sophie Bailey, Jennifer de Brun, and Kelsey Schuhle. Alex has worked with choreographers Michael Estanich, Nick Pupillo, Joan Karlen, Pamela Luedtke, Sarah Olson, Ursula Robb, Amy Roby, Elena Hausmann and others. Alex is a dancer with Madison Contemporary Dance. This is his first season with Kanopy Dance.