AVA TROCHIANO is from New Jersey, where she began her dance training at The Academy of Dance Arts. Her training also includes The Juilliard School, American Ballet Theatre, Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet, Ballet Hispánico, Martha Graham, Paul Taylor, and BalletX. She graduated summa cumlaude from the Ailey/Fordham BFA program with a minor in communications in 2024. Ava has placed and advanced to finals at Youth American Grand Prix. In 2022, Ava performed in the Ailey Spirit Gala at Lincoln Center and in Alvin Ailey’s opening night gala at City Center. She also performed the lead of Alvin Ailey’s Night Creature in the Ailey School’s 2023 Spring Concert. Ava has been fortunate to work
with choreographers Jennifer Archibald, Yin Yue, and Amy Hall Garner, and studied under Ana Marie Forsythe, Renee Robinson, Clifton Brown, and Jacqulyn Buglisi. This is Ava’s first season with Alison Cook Beatty Dance.