Eduard Sargsyan - Dracula
@_stone_born_
Eduard was born in Armenian Yerevan and studied at the Yerevan State Choreographic College. After finishing school he served in the special military dance ensemble “Sardarabad” in Armenia as a Soloist. He was a Principal Dancer at the Armenian National Ballet Theatre and Israel Ballet Company.
During his career, Eduard has produced many dance events and productions as well as participated in more than 150 dance events. He has worked and trained under the mentorship of topnotch legendary ballet masters and choreographers such as Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasilev, Yury Grigirovich, Vilen Galstyan, Ido Tadmor, Berta Yampolski, Itzik Galili, Dwight Roden, Michael Chapman, Bruno Collins, and more.
Eduard has won awards in multiple dance competitions with Ballroom Theatre Arts and Cabaret Division. He was the Ballet Master and Choreographer at Heritage Dance and Cultural Center in Granada Hills, CA, and is the 2021 recipient of the Excellence in Dance Arts Award from the City of Torrance and LA County. Eduard is also a Certified American Rhythm and Smooth dance teacher.
He is the current Ballet Master and a Principal Dancer at Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre as well as a Principal with Petrosyan Theatre Dance Company. He teaches ballroom and is a choreographer at Monarch Ballroom in Torrance, CA. This is Eduard's fifth annual performance as Dracula with West Coast Ballet... and you never know when it's his last!
Leah McCall Noyer - Lucy
@leah_mccall
Leah McCall was born in Parker, CO and began her training at the National Ballet Academy of Denver. At 15, Leah left home to begin training professionally at Miami City Ballet School and eventually Boston Ballet School. Leah has also trained with Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and the School of American Ballet.
Today, Leah is a freelance professional dancer based in Los Angeles, CA. Leah has danced with Los Angeles Ballet, Boston Ballet, Ballet Project OC, Ballet Collective San Diego, and a variety of other project based dance companies. Leah's repertoire includes soloist and principal roles in pieces choreographed by George Balanchine, Aszure Barton, Alejandro Cerrudo, Menghan Lou, Jock Soto, and Christopher Wheeldon.
Additionally, Leah is represented commercially and has danced in a variety of commercial projects. Her credits include: Jennifer Lopez: Vax Live Global Concert, Kevin Hart: What the Fit, The Masked Singer, The Driver Era at The Greek Theater, The Chainsmokers, Sting, Shelea, and Isabella Rossellini. Leah's educational background includes a degree in Interdisciplinary Professional Studies with an Emphasis in Business Administration from Colorado State University.
Madeline McMillin - Mina
@madsmcmillin
Madeline McMillin is from Dallas, Texas and began her ballet training at Hathaway Academy of Ballet. She attended Booker T Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and also has trained at San Francisco Ballet School, School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, European School of Ballet in Paris, William Forsythe’s ART Of in Zurich and Boston Ballet School on scholarship. At the age of 17, Madeline moved to Seattle to join the professional division of Pacific Northwest Ballet on scholarship where she trained and performed with the company for 2 years. From there she joined Nevada Ballet Theatre for one season in Las Vegas and had the opportunity to dance in collaboration with Cirque du Soleil. The following year Madeline joined Los Angeles Ballet where she danced in the corps de ballet for 6 years. Madeline is currently a freelance dancer and guest artist based in LA. Some of her favorite performance experiences include George Balanchine’s Serenade, Swan Lake, and the principal role in Christopher Wheeldon’s Scenes de Ballet.
Natalie Palmgren - Renfield
@natalie.palmgren
Natalie Palmgren, a Northern California native, began dancing at the age of four at Sonoma Conservatory of Dance. In 2016, she attended Marin Dance Theater, under the direction of Margaret Swarthout. After several years dancing in Marin, Natalie entered UC Irvine as a dance major. During her time at UCI, she studied with many distinct professors including Lar Lubovitch, Vitor Luiz, and Tong Wang. Natalie performed both classical and contemporary repertory and choreographed for numerous department shows before graduating in 2022 with two BFA degrees in Dance Performance and Dance Choreography. Natalie is currently a freelance dancer and choreographer in California performing with various dance companies including Ballet Red, Oakland Ballet, West Coast Ballet, and Pacific Ballet Dance Theater.
This is Natalie's fourth annual performance as Renfield with West Coast Ballet.
Carmen Callahan - Dracula's Bride
@carma44
From Seattle, Washington, Carmen studied at Pacific Northwest Ballet School under the direction of Peter Boal. While at PNB school, she attended summer programs at San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, and Miami City Ballet on full scholarship. She also studied under Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre as a member of their graduate program from 2015-2018.
In 2018 she moved to Los Angeles, joining American Contemporary Ballet as an apprentice, and was promoted to the main company in 2019. While at ACB, Carmen had the opportunity to originate many corps and soloist roles in original works, as well as perform many neoclassical masterpieces by George Balanchine, including ‘Concerto Barocco’ and ‘Who Cares’. She danced with ACB for 5 seasons before departing in 2023 and is now dancing with Hollywood Ballet and The Realm Company.
Carmen has also worked as a guest principal artist with San Pedro City Ballet, and as a dancer with Laurie Sefton Creates, where she has been fortunate enough to originate a world premiere by choreographer Laurie Sefton. Since moving to LA, she also takes great pride in her work as a ballet instructor, teaching advanced ballet to talented students all across Los Angeles.
Mirell Sork - Dracula's Bride
@mirellycakes
Mirell Sork, Estonian-born and California-raised, began her training with Yuri Grigoriev in Los Angeles before continuing pre-professional studies at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet under Marcia Dale Weary.
She has performed with Oklahoma City Ballet, Eugene Ballet Company, Dance Theatre of San Francisco, Cork City Ballet, and Estonian National Theatre Vanemuine, dancing classics such as Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, and Serenade, as well as contemporary works by choreographers including Giorgio Madia, Petr Zuska, Ricardo Amarante, Jevgeni Grib, and Ilya Jivoy.
After eight seasons with one of Estonia’s national theatres, Mirell returned to California, where she has performed with The Realm Company, Ballet OC, West Coast Ballet, and American Contemporary Ballet. Beyond dance, she has pursued acting, with credits in commercial, TV, and film. She continues to perform internationally across Europe and the U.S.
Mirell holds a B.A. from UC Berkeley and M.A. from the University of Tartu, Estonia.
Hallie Rumsey - Dracula's Bride
@hallierelle
Hallie Rumsey was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She trained in the Vaganova method at The Academy of International Ballet under the direction of Anastasia Babayeva and Denis Gronostayskiy.
Hallie began her professional journey as an apprentice with International Ballet Classique before joining Ballet Theatre of Maryland as a company member. She then spent five seasons with American Repertory Ballet in Princeton, New Jersey, where she performed a range of principal and soloist roles. In 2022, Hallie joined State Street Ballet in Santa Barbara California for one season before moving to Tokyo, Japan, to dance with Ballet V Tokyo.
Since returning to the United States, she has performed as a guest artist for The Grand Kyiv Ballet, Ballet 180, Garden City Ballet, Axelrod Contemporary Ballet, and Brandywine Ballet among others.
Zooey Kraemer - TBA
@zooey_kraemer
Zooey Kraemer steps into an exciting new role created for Dracula the Ballet — one that brings even more darkness, mystery, and vampire energy to the stage.
Previously announced as Mina, Zooey will now sink her teeth into this new addition to our Dracula world.
More to be revealed...
Zooey Kraemer is a professional ballerina freelancing in Los Angeles, California. Originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, she began her training with the Grand Rapids Ballet. Directly following, she went on to dance with the Nashville Ballet Company and then the Cincinnati Ballet Company. Since moving to Los Angeles in September of 2025, Zooey has danced with American Contemporary Ballet, Ballet Orange County, The Realm Company, KWDP, as well as numerous other companies and projects through Southern California.
Jacob Ray- Jonathan
@jacobray__
Jacob Ray (born Irvine, California) began his ballet journey at age 11 with the Grand Rapids Ballet under artistic director Patricia Barker. There, he joined the junior company under the mentorship of Attila Mosolygo and fondly recalls performing Fritz in The Nutcracker at DeVos Performance Hall.
He continued his training with Dmitri Kulev at the Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy (Laguna Hills, California), and further honed his craft in New York at the Bolshoi Ballet Summer Intensive in 2017 and 2018 on full scholarship. An experience that earned him an invitation to train year-round at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. At Youth America Grand Prix, Jacob earned 1st place in the Men’s Classical Division (Los Angeles, 2017) and 2nd place in the Contemporary Division for “The Highest Flood” (Denver, 2018).
His professional ballet career began in 2019 with the Colorado Ballet Studio Company, where he was promoted to Apprentice and later to Corps de Ballet. In 2022, Jacob joined the Los Angeles Ballet, where he performed roles including Arabian and Dr. Stahlbaum in The Nutcracker, the Main Pas in Christopher Wheeldon’s A Fool’s Paradise, the Dream Pas in Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias, Frank Bridge Variations (choreographed by Hans van Manen), and George Balanchine’s Serenade.
Nick Sedano - Van Helsing
@nick.sedano
Nick began his professional training at Maple Conservatory of Dance in Irvine, California, where he was trained by Charles Maple (former soloist with American Ballet Theatre) and former principal artists from Paris Opera Ballet, Ballet West, and Shanghai Ballet. During his training, Nick attended Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Summer Intensive on full scholarship, and danced in such festivals as Regional Dance America, The Ballet Alliance, and East Meets West: International Dance Festival. Nick has danced as a freelance artist with Ballet Orange County (formerly Ballet Project OC) and has performed with SoCal Ballet Scene as a guest artist. In 2025, Nick joined Los Angeles Ballet and has performed leading roles in works by Hans van Manen and Melissa Barak.
Isaiah Sedano- Dr. Seward
@isaiahsedano
Isaiah was born and raised in Orange County, California. He grew up dancing at Maple Conservatory of Dance where he trained in the French Method, as well as ABT curriculum, under the directorship of Charles Maple (former Soloist with ABT) and Patrick Frantz (former Principle with Paris Opera Ballet).
After graduating high school, he moved to Seattle to study as a Professional Division student at Pacific Northwest Ballet, where he performed works by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Peter Boal, and others.
Today, Isaiah is an active freelance dancer, choreographer, and instructor in Los Angeles, and is excited to be performing in West Coast Ballet’s Dracula!
Robbie Downey - Artistic Director
@balletfreak @west.coast.ballet
West Coast Ballet Co-Founder and Artistic Director
Robbie spent two seasons with Colorado Ballet and has danced in professional productions with California Ballet, San Diego Ballet, Phoenix Ballet, and Ballet Project OC. Roles include Clara, Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen, Spanish, Waltz Queen, and more.
She starred in a short independent dance film, Mystery of Love, directed by Agnes Maska. She is a principal guest artist with The Redlands Nutcracker. Robbie also performed with Petrossian Theatre Dance Company in their production of "Once Again Charles Aznavour". She performed with Contempo Arts Productions in their production of Fused and toured in The White Feather (Intuitv Artship).
Robbie appears in brand and music videos including Basket Case and New Balance, Hand That Feeds (Halsey & Amy Lee of Evanescence) from the film Ballerina (John Wick).
She is the Co-Founder of West Coast Ballet and manages and directs West Coast Ballet's Dracula production.
This is Robbie's 5th year directing West Coast Ballet's Dracula. She is STILL recovering from a serious elbow fracture that happened in the Spring 2025 during a rehearsal on an unrelated project. The injury has required 5 surgeries so far plus extensive physical therapy. Robbie, unfortunately, will not be performing this year. If you would like to contribute to her recovery fund you can do so here.