Co-founder, Artistic Director

Hipolito directs the artistic and educational vision of the organization, drawing on his extensive ballet experience, a proven record of producing professional dancers, and a solid foundation in business from his B.A. in Business Administration. He trained on full scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet, School of American Ballet, Houston Ballet and Royal Danish Ballet. He was the first recipient of the Jerome Robbins Scholarship and a Level II Award recipient for ballet from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. In 2010, Hipolito was nominated for the Princess Grace Award in Dance. Professionally, Hipolito performed with the Pacific Northwest Ballet and Ballet Arizona, dancing principal roles within the classical canon including Prince Siegfried in Ib Andersen’s Swan Lake, Romeo in Ib Andersen’s Romeo & Juliet, and Cavalier in Kent Stowell’s Nutcracker. He has danced works by renowned choreographers George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, William Forsythe, Jirí Kylian, Crystal Pite, Alexei Ratmansky, Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris, Christopher Wheeldon, Alejandro Cerrudo, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Justin Peck, and Kent Stowell.

Hipolito is a current ballet instructor for Pacific Northwest Ballet School and the former Men’s Program Coordinator with the Ballet Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ. As a teacher and coach, Hipolito’s students have been accepted to some of the most prestigious schools and companies around the world including; New York City Ballet, Académie Princess Grace (Monaco), Dutch National Ballet Academy (Amsterdam), Boston Ballet II, San Francisco Ballet School and Kansas City Ballet II.

Co-founder, Executive Director

Chan leads business development, finances, and operational execution. She holds a Master’s degree in Entrepreneurship from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, where she graduated top of her class. Drawing on her background as a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, she brings deep expertise in team leadership, vision-setting, and executing initiatives.

She is trained in ballet across Vaganova, RAD, and Balanchine styles, and has taught intermediate-level recreational ballet at the University of Waterloo. Her performance background includes choreographing and dancing for live broadcasts on Fairchild TV —the leading Chinese-Canadian television network— and serving as a backup dancer for renowned Hong Kong artists, including Alan Tam (譚詠麟) and Sam Hui (許冠傑).