Guest Artists

Dianna Warren – Sugar Plum Fairy

A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Dianna received her training at the Chicago City Ballet School, and later on scholarship at the Joffrey Ballet School. She has been a member of the Washington Ballet, American Repertory Ballet, Cleveland Ballet, Ballet Met, and Das Berner Ballet of Switzerland where she performed various soloist roles. In addition, Ms. Warren has guested in the U.S. and abroad, in the Opening Ceremonies of the Nagano Olympics, and in the Kennedy Center Balanchine Celebration. She is currently back in New York City, working with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet.

Oswaldo Muniz – Cavalier

Oswaldo Muniz trained at the School of American Ballet on scholarship. He has performed as a principal dancer with the Eglevsky Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Edward Villella and Dancers, Ballet Oklahoma, Richmond Ballet, Ballet Chicago, The Garden State Ballet, Les Grands Ballets de Loony, and The Metropolitan Opera Ballet, and has been a guest artist with many other companies.

As a costume designer, Mr. Muniz has successfully created costumes for soloists from the New York City Ballet, Ballet Chicago, The Garden State Ballet, Les Grands Ballets de Loony, Ballet Grandiva and the Pennsylvania Ballet. He was featured on television’s Wide World of Sports for his work with figure skating star and gold medal Olympian Sarah Hughes. He has received excellent notices in magazines and newspapers including the New York Times, which said of his costumes, “After Mr. Muniz retires from dance he will not have to worry about a second career.” His work has been seen in magazines such as Vogue and Martha Stewart Weddings Magazines where a wedding gown that he created was shown.

Armando Neri – Spanish

Señor Neri, a native of San Bernardino, California, is an accomplished artist in the dance form of Flamenco. He began his Flamenco studies at an early age with Eduardo Cansino (father of Rita Hayworth) and various members of the Cansino Family. He became a member of the Luisa Triana Dance Company and traveled throughout the United States and Canada as a featured dancer in that company. During the last several years, he has been associated with Lupe Del Rio, teacher/dancer in Hollywood, who for ten years was the lead female dancer for Jose Greco.

Luigi de Nuñez – Spanish

Luigi began his Flamenco training with Armando Neri at the age of thirteen. For several seasons, he appeared in the Mexican-American Pageant at Valley College of San Bernardino with Senor Neri’s company Los Flamencos. He continued his studies with Lupe Del Rio in Hollywood during which time he performed on the Walt Disney Channel. Other performances have been in the musical production of Luisa Fernanda with opera singer Hernan Pelayo at the Downey Opera House, and in the San Bernardino Civic Light Opera’s production of The Man of La Mancha as Jose. He has also appeared as a guest artist with Margo and her Dance Company.

Nathan Hynum – Nutcracker, Arabian

Nathan started his dance career in 1996 at the Lake Arrowhead School of Dance. He performed with the Lake Arrowhead Classical Ballet Company in La Fille Mal Gardee, Nutcracker, Stars and Stripes, Neue Liebeslieder Walzer, Peter and the Wolf, and The Union Jack. After graduating from high school, he attended the Rock School of Pennsylvania Ballet on full scholarship. Upon leaving the Rock School, Nathan pursued a B.A. in ballet performance from Belhaven College in Jackson, MS. During his four years there, Nathan performed and choreographed for numerous dance and theatre productions, including God Gets the Glory, Bach to Basics, Mara, Eternity, Cinderella, Fiddler on the Roof, Secret Garden, The Fantasticks, Romeo and Juliet and others.