The Ailey School

Ava Trochiano is from New Jersey, where she began her dance training at The Academy of Dance Arts. Her training also includes the American Ballet Theatre, Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet, The Juilliard School, Ballet Hispánico, Martha Graham, Paul Taylor, and BalletX. She is a 2024 graduate of the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in Dance with a minor in Communications. Ava has several distinctions at the Youth American Grand Prix competitions, being awarded first, second, and third place in contemporary, advancing to finals in New York City. Ava has been selected to perform in the 2022 Ailey Spirit Gala at Lincoln Center in Robert Battle’s piece Awakening and in the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 2023 opening night gala at New York City Center Theater. Performance credits also include the lead role in Alvin Ailey’s Night Creature in The Ailey School’s 2023 Spring Concert, and The Nutcracker, dancing the principal roles of Sugar Plum and Dew Drop. Ava has been fortunate enough to work with choreographers Jennifer Archibald, Yin Yue, Amy Hall Garner, and Madison Hicks and studied under Ana Marie Forsythe, Renee Robinson, Clifton Brown, and Jacqulyn Buglisi.