Wesley Ensminger, originally from Santa Cruz, CA, holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Dance Performance and Choreography from California Institute of the Arts. He has collaborated with a vast range of professional companies and choreographers as a performing artist and has taught, performed and choreographed throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. His own choreographic work has been presented at New York Live Arts, The Gibney Dance Theater NYC, The Dance Teacher Summit, The Joffrey Ballet School, The Roy and Edna Disney Lund Theater LA and at various venues around New York City. He is currently on faculty at the Joffrey Ballet School in NYC and is guest faculty at Barnard College at Columbia University where he teaches Contemporary Release Technique and Composition alongside teaching at multiple studios all over NYC and the US.