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Meet the pigeons
2025-2026 Dancers
Robin Cantrell (Dancer)
Robin Cantrell has a professional performing career spanning two decades, and has worked with numerous dance companies including City Ballet of San Diego, Rioult, Rebecca Kelly Ballet, and, most notably, as a member of Battery Dance for 12 years. With Battery, Robin performed, taught, and presented her own choreography in over 60 countries. She is the subject of the award-winning documentary Moving Stories, about the company's cultural diplomacy work, and most recently led a successful teacher training pilot program at Vassar College during their fall semester. Robin is the Artistic Director of Indelible Dance: a Brooklyn-based dance company that creates otherworldly dance films and presents multimedia immersive dance events. Her most recent dance films, ODYSSEY, and TRIPTYCH, have garnered numerous awards and accolades, including Best Screendance of the Year at the 2022 Independent Shorts Awards. She is a native of St. Paul MN and received her BFA in ballet performance at the University of Utah. She loves her bird very much and continues to expand her mindfulness practice. Robin joined Pigeonwing Dance in 2014.
Tiffany Mangulabnan (Dancer)
Tiffany Mangulabnan (Dancer), born and raised in Manila, Philippines, was a principal dancer with the Philippine Ballet Theatre before moving to NYC in 2012. She danced with BalletNext for four years, and also performed with Claudia Schreier & Co., Emery LeCrone DANCE, Gleich Dances, Trainor Dance, and Terra Firma Dance. In 2016, she co-founded konverjdans, a Brooklyn-based contemporary ballet company, with co-artistic directors Jordan Miller and Amy Saunder. She has since choreographed several works for the company, as well as for DanceLab NY, Columbia University, and Woman in Motion Dance Co; in August 2023 she created a new piece for Carolina Ballet. She also performs with The Metropolitan Opera, Indelible Dance, John Passafiume Dancers, and for the conceptual artist Brendan Fernandes. Tiffany joined Pigeonwing Dance in 2018 @tiff__em
Victoria Sames (Dancer)
Victoria Sames, originally of Annapolis, MD, graduated from the Hartt School in 2017 with a BFA focused in Dance Pedagogy. While at Hartt she performed in works by Jose Limon, Adam Barruch, Manuel Vignoulle, Gemma Bond and Norbert de la Cruz III. She is currently a New York City-based freelance artist working with Pigeonwing Dance and Twyla Tharp. She has performed at some of New York’s prestigious theaters such as the Minskoff Theatre (for Broadway Cares EFA) and The Joyce Theater. Featured in a collection of works in Howard Schatz’s newest book “Pairs”, she modeled for “Dance Study 1439”. Victoria is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA appearing in TV/film including The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Maestro. Victoria joined Pigeonwing in 2019. @vicsames
Kailei Sin (Dancer)
Originally from Ashburn, VA, Kailei Sin is a freelance dance artist, choreographer, and educator based in NYC. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School's Dance BFA program under the direction of Alicia Graf Mack. Kailei has performed the work of Ohad Naharin, Jamar Roberts, Shen Wei, Spencer Dickhaus, and Trisha Brown, among others. Kailei was selected to dance in Sharon Eyal's "R.O.S.E" immersive dance experience at the Park Avenue Armory in 2024 and has been a member/collaborator of Pigeonwing Dance under the direction of Gabrielle Lamb since 2019, performing in "The Carpet Series", the world premiere of "Plexus: A Work In Knots" and the upcoming "Rising" at Baruch PAC. Kailei's choreographic work has been presented at Battery Dance Festival, Aurora Dance Festival, Princeton University Ballet, and Columbia Ballet Collaborative. Kailei is a recipient of the Obremski/Works VISION Fellowship and the Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship.
Allegra Herman (Dancer)
Allegra Herman is a native New Yorker and Bessie Award winning dancer. She trained classically at Manhattan Youth Ballet and the School of American Ballet and furthered her contemporary training at the NDT summer intensive, Springboard Danse Montreal, and b12 Berlin. Allegra has been a member of Trainor Dance since 2014 and joined Pigeonwing Dance in 2022. She has performed with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, the Little Orchestra Society, OUI DANSE, and DanceLab NY. From 2018-2019, she joined the first national tour of Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Bartlett Sher and choreographed by Hofesh Shechter. Allegra is a graduate of Columbia University, where she majored in French Language and Literature, and is currently the head of contemporary curriculum at Rye Ballet Conservatory. Allegra joined Pigeonwing in 2022.
Amy Saunder (Dancer)
Amy Saunder is a Brooklyn-based artist who was born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe. She studied classical ballet at Baltimore School for the Arts and at North Carolina School of the Arts and began her professional career with The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, where she performed at The Kennedy Center for three seasons. In 2014 she moved to NYC to work with companies such as Indelible Dance, MorDance, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and Ballet Next. In 2016 she co-founded konverjdans with Tiffany Mangulabnan and Jordan Miller, and she has created numerous original works for the company as performed new works by Gabrielle Lamb, Caili Quan, Peter Cheng, Mangulabnan, and Miller. She joined Battery Dance during its 2022-23 Season. Amy is also a videographer and filmmaker, and in 2021 she was commissioned by Battery Dance to work as the DP for a new dance film by Robin Cantrell called “City of Dreams.” She joined Pigeonwing Dance in 2022. @amyjsaunder
Headshots by Charles Roussel and Joe Raffanti
Andy Guzmán is a New York City based Artist. He began his dance training at the Professional Performing Arts School in partnership with The Ailey School, where he focused on ballet and modern techniques. He further expanded his foundation through programs such as the French Academy of Ballet and MOVE(NYC). Andy went on to pursue his BFA from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College under the direction of Darrah Carr.
He has participated in a range of intensive training programs including S.W.E.A.T., GALLIM, Ballet Hispánico, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham – and most recently took part in Springboard Danse/Pittsburgh, where he performed work by Sidra Bell and Majella Bess. As a performer and collaborator, Andy has worked with artists such as Chalvar Monteiro, Connie Shiau, Loni Landon, Greg Lau, Roderick George, Maleek Washington, Donnie Jr. Duncan, Earl Mosley, Matthew Rushing, and Norbert De La Cruz III.
Andy joined Pigeonwing Dance in 2026
Andy Guzmán (Dancer)
Other Collaborators
Christian Allen
Giorgia Bovo
Chelsea Bonosky
Cody Berkeley
Billy Cannon
Jane Cracovaner
Arimee Gambill
Forrest Hersey
Kody T. Jauron
Caitlin Marks
Patrick O'Brien
Caili Quan
Blue Richardson
James Budinich (Composer)
Christine Darch (Costumes)
Robert Sirota (Composer)
The Neave Trio (musicians)
Mike Nowatarski (guitar)
Derek Ratzenboeck (violin)
Barry Steele (Lighting)
Itohan Edoloyi (Lighting)
Photos: Jeremy Kyle Gruner, Charles Roussel
