Amanda Treiber
Artistic Director and Choreographer

Amanda Treiber is a choreographer, teacher and freelance dancer in NYC. Formerly a principal dancer with New York Theatre Ballet, she has been featured in masterworks by many legendary choreographers including Jerome Robbins, Antony Tudor, Agnes DeMille, Merce Cunningham and Jose Limón and has originated roles in premieres by NYC’s luminaries such as Pam Tanowitz, Gemma Bond, Richard Alston and Antonia Franceschi. Additional performance credits including Gemma Bond Dance, Co•Lab Dance, David Gordon’s Pick Up Performance Company, Tom Gold Dance, The International Collective, on television in FX’s Pose, and in Park Avenue Armory's production of De Materie. Other honors include performing in the 11th Annual Classical Ballet Gala in Managua, Nicaragua, 15th Festival Internacional de Ballet de Trujillo, as well as the ribbon cutting ceremony for Blake's Barn at Jacob's Pillow.
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Amanda’s choreographic work has been presented by New York Theatre Ballet, The Little Orchestra Society, Kutztown University, The International Collective, CounterPointe and Battery Dance Festival. She has been awarded grants from the NY City Artist Corp, choreographic residencies at Sky Hill Farm Studio, and was a semi-finalist in the Goodmesh Concours 2023 international competition. Amanda’s work celebrates collaboration across all art forms. She has collaborated with composers Phyllis Chen, Lauren Vandervelden, Kornel Thomas, Chilean bassist Manuel Figueroa-Bolvarán and visual artist Marcy Rosenblat. Dance Enthusiast said “Witnessing the blending and melding of people and art was an unforgettable experience, one that left a lasting impression on the audience.” ​

As a teacher, Amanda is on faculty with Covenant Ballet Theatre, Dance with Jax, FLEUR Dance Convention, and has taught master classes across the United States. She is a STOTT Pilates instructor and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Florida State University. Taught as a total art form with equal attention on technical proficiency and theatricality, her ballet classes are communal and inclusive, focusing on proper alignment, rhythm and musicality, and ease of movement all within the framework of the Cecchetti technique; while also exploring character development, breath and gesture. Amanda's introduction to modern dance class draws inspiration from her unique experiences as a performer in NYC. Having worked with world renowned coaches in the Merce Cunningham and José Limón techniques while also assisting and dancing for pioneers David Gordon and Ruth Maleczech, her classes blend ideas from these experiences, focusing on dropping weight, going in and out of the floor and dynamic movement.

Alexis Branagan
Managing Director and Dancer

Alexis Branagan is thrilled to collaborate with Amanda Treiber + Co. She trained at New Jersey School of Ballet and spent summers at The Juilliard School, American Ballet Theatre, Kaatsbaan, and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. She received her degree in English with an emphasis on theater studies and dance from Princeton University, where she also founded Princeton University Ballet. She danced with New York Theatre Ballet from 2012-2022. She has also performed with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, Armitage GONE! Dance, and New Jersey Ballet and in Battery Dance and Westfest Dance Festivals to perform work by choreographer Amanda Treiber. She has performed works by Sir Richard Alston, Merce Cunningham, Susan Marshall, Agnes de Mille, Clove Galilee, Liza Genaro, Robert LaFosse, José Límon, Donald Mahler, Keith Michael, Jerome Robbins, Pam Tanowitz, Antony Tudor, and William Whitener. She has also danced in opera productions, in productions of Shakespeare in the Park by the Public Theater, at Carnegie Hall with the NY Pops for Holiday and Broadway hits concerts, and for television. Alongside her dancing, Alexis managed the Ballet Connoisseurship program at School of American Ballet, programmed book talks at 92NY, worked in marketing for American Repertory Ballet, and currently works in communications for Princeton University Concerts and as Administrative Director for Amanda Treiber + Co.

Michael Scales
Music Director and Pianist

Michael Scales is a musician for dance in New York City, where he serves as pianist at New York City Ballet, the School of American Ballet, and formerly at American Ballet Theatre and New York Theatre Ballet. Michael is pianist for Vail Dance Festival, and has collaborated with Martha Graham Dance Company and Limón Dance Company. Michael has performed at numerous venues around New York City including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, NY City Center, the 92nd Street Y, Rockefeller Center, and in halls across the country and internationally. Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, where he studied with Dr. Maria Asteriadou, and a Masters of Music degree from James Madison University, where he studied with Dr. Lori Piitz.