The Ailey School

David Adrian Freeland, Jr. is from Jacksonville, FL. He began his dance training at LaVilla School of the Arts under the direction of Michelle Ottley-Fisher and Susan Jennings.  He then attended Jacksonville Centre of the Arts where he received much of his training under the direction of Kezia Rolle.  Mr. Freeland has received full scholarships to summer intensives at the Nashville Ballet and The Juilliard School and attended the Conservatory of Dance at the State University of New York at Purchase College.  Mr. Freeland was a member of Ailey II for three seasons, performing works by Alvin Ailey, Judith Jamison, Robert Battle, Troy Powell, Dwight Rhoden, and Jennifer Archibald, as well as a dancer with the Metropolitan Opera. His is currently a member of Mordance.