Born in NYC into a family of performing artists, Abigail Simon began began to dance at age three. Just 13 years later she’s a professional with one of the worlds top companies, American Ballet Theater (ABT). After years in NYC dancing with ABT, Ms. Simon relocated to The Joffrey Ballet in Chicago in 2006, and after numerous principal roles and international travels, left in the spring of 2013 to start her most exciting chapter yet. Abigail can now be found dancing all over the world as a Principal Guest Artist, modeling in international dance magazines, and as a Professional Athlete Sponsored by Capezio.

Some of her roles include: The principal in Balanchine’s Baiser de la Fee, Divertimento #15,Who Cares,The French Girl in American in Paris, Sir Frederick Ashton’s Monotones I, The Pas de deux from Bourneville’s Flower Festival, Principal in Raymonda, The Diamond pas de deux in Sleeping Beauty. With the Joffrey Ballet, Abigail has performed the roles in Balanchine's Tarentella, Kettentanz,Mobiles,Lilac Garden, Green Table,Cinderella,The Merry Widow and Twyla Tharp’s Water Baby Bagatelle.

She has danced new choreography by Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon, Yuri Possokhv,Edward Liang,Sean Curran, Stephen Mills, Jessica Lang, Benjamin Millepied, Brian Reeder, Melissa Barak and Katarzyna Kozielska.

Special Appearance by Abigail Simon and Yosvani Ramos at the BALLET & PERFORMANCE DAYS on 2nd and 3rd of May 2014

Yosvani Ramos was born in Camagüey, Cuba and trained at the National Ballet School, going on to dance with Jeune Ballet de France and Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris after winning the Gold Medal at the Paris International Ballet Competition in 1998. He joined English National Ballet as a Soloist in 1999 and was promoted to Senior Soloist in 2000, then Principal Dancer in 2003 after his performance as Franz in Coppélia. He danced with ENB until 2008 when he joined The Australian Ballet as a Principal Artist, where he remained until April this year.

He has danced the lead roles in all the mayor classical ballets like Giselle, Swan Lake, Coppélia, Romeo & Juliet, Don Quixote, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, The Merry Widow, Manon, La Silphíde as well as in ballets by Balanchine, Ratmansky, Duato and many others and is currently freelancing and guesting all around the world.

Special Appearance by Abigail Simon and Yosvani Ramos at the BALLET & PERFORMANCE DAYS on 2nd and 3rd of May 2014