Performing Company

Vadne DomeikaVadne Domeika - Principal: joined the Company in 2003 and has been featured in DTN's Les Sylphides, Giselle Pas De Deux and as the Snow Queen and Spanish Dancer in Nutcracker. Vadne has an extensive background in dance. She continues both to train and to teach at DTN. Vadne has also choreographed numerous student pieces for DANCE THEATRE NORTHWEST where she also acts as a rehearsal assistant.

 

 

Chhay MamChhay Mam - Principal: joined the Company as a scholarship student in 2002. He has been featured in DANCE THEATRE NORTHWEST'S Swan Lake as Prince Siegfreid, Sylvia Pas De Deux, Paquita, and in Nutcracker as Prince of Snow, the Cavalier, and Jumping Jack. He has also been featured in DTN's Of Times Gone By, Spanish Adagio, Andante, Glass, Gates of Balance, Don Quixote Pas De Deux, Giselle, Blue Bird Pas de Deux, Mambo Jambo,Swing, and Adagio for Strings.

 

 

 

Katie NeumannKatie Neumann - Principal: recently featured in Paquita and the Sylvia Pas De Deux, Katie joined the company as an apprentice member in 2004 after performing for several years with the Jr. Dance Ensemble. She has performed the dual roles of Odette/Odile in DTN's SWAN LAKE, Princess Aurora in DTN's Sleeping Beauty Pas De Deux, Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen, Dew Drop Fairy, Clara, Arabian and Russian, Chinese and Columbine Doll in DTN's Nutcracker. She has also been awarded The DTN Student of the Year Award and multiple scholarships in Dance. Katie has participated in several summer dance camps and intensive training programs at DTN and has also traveled with the company to New York for advanced training.

Lauren Trodahl: Advanced Junior Company Member: Lauren has been a featured performer in DTN original works, in Paquita, and as Clara in Nutcracker. She has been the recipient of the May Bell Hansen Scholarship Award, has performed in several works with the Junior Dance Ensemble including Swan Lake.


Martha Roidl-Ward: Advanced Junior Company Member: Martha was recently featured in Paquita and was awarded the Ellida K. Lathrop Scholarhip Award in 2012 for advanced study with the Company in New York. She is currently studying to be a certified teaching assistant and assistant dance captain.

 

Allison Zakharov - Advanced Junior Company Member: Allison has been featured in numerous solos, performed in Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Paquita, at Cultural Outreach and Arts Are Education Performances and is presently studying to become a certified teaching assistant and assistant dance captain. She received the Award for Outstanding Student and has also been the recipient of the Ellida K. Lathrop Scholarship Award two years in a row.

 

Anne CarpentarAnne Carpenter - Associate Company Member: Anne Carpenter joined Dance Theater Northwest in the adult ballet program after previously studying ballet as a child. She performed as a student guest for several years and was promoted to associate company member in 2010. Anne is the band director at Drum Intermediate School and also performs on the flute in the King Street Quintet.