Daphne Lee (Rahway, NJ) began her dance training at the Rahway Dance Theatre under the direction of Ms. Jay Skeete-Lee. She is currently a senior in the Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. Program and is a recipient of the Denise Jefferson Scholarship award. Ms. Lee received scholarships to Jacobs Pillow, Boston Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem and is a regional gold medal recipient in dance for the NAACP ACT-SO competition. Ms. Lee performed works by Robert Battle, Elisa Monte, Scott Rink, Nathan Trice, and Andrea Miller. She has danced at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland and was a cast member in the sixth season of Dance212's online reality series. This is her first year with Ailey II.