Company

Dylan Allen

Main Company Artist

Dylan Allen is from Houston, Texas and attended HSPVA as a dance major. He was also a Houston Met Too. Graduated Point Park University performing works by Ruben Graciani, Matt Pardo, Kiesha Lalama, James Gregg, Douglas Bentz, Adam Hougland, and Jason McDole. Professionally, he has worked with MetDANCE, American Neoclassical Ballet, and Ad Deum Dance, performing works by Kristy Nilsson, Erin Boon, Kate Skarpetowska, Joshua Manculich, Randall Flinn, Caleb Mitchell, Steve Rooks, and Jenifer Mabus. Dylan is in his fifth season with Ad Deum.

Rachel Chouinard

Main Company Artist

From Maryland, Rachel Chouinard has her bachelor's in dance and business from Messiah University. Prior, she trained with Washington Ballet alumni, Ballet Magnificat, and in London. She choreographed a 30-min. work and danced in musicals, operas, dance films, in Switzerland, England, Maryland, and Houston. Rachel teaches dance at several studios in Houston. Rachel is in her third season with Ad Deum.

Sarah Hill

Main Company Artist

Sarah Hill is from Arroyo Grande, California. During her early years of training, she performed for 6 years with the San Luis Obispo Movement Arts Collective under the direction of Ryan and Maartje Lawrence. Her summer studies included Ballet Magnificat!, Boston Ballet, Ballet 5:8, and Ad Deum Dance Company. She also attended masterclasses and intensives taught by Abraham Kyle, Julia Rowe, Laurie Richaby, Laura O’Malley, Britt Juleen and Jenifer Tinsley-Williams. After graduating highschool, Sarah joined Ad Deum Dance Company as a Main Company member at the age of 18. She has had the opportunity to perform works by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Ryan Lawrence, Maartje Hermans-Lawrence, Steve Rooks and Randall Flinn. Sarah is in her second season with Ad Deum.

Addison Hand

Main Company Artist

Raised in Central Florida, Addison trained in classical ballet from a young age. She continued her dance education at Palm Beach Atlantic University earning a BFA in Dance and a minor in Exercise Science. During her time at PBAU, Addison was thrilled to work with outstanding faculty and guest choreographers such as Christopher Huggins, Cheryl Cutlip, and Jon Lehrer. She also spent a semester studying dance at the University of Roehampton in London, England. Addison was named Outstanding Graduate for the Dance Department at PBAU and graduated with honors through the National Honors Society for Dance Arts. As an emerging Reformer Pilates instructor, Addison is passionate about helping others discover the joy of movement and develop strength and awareness to prevent injuries. She is humbled to be known by Christ and grateful to proclaim his excellence through dance.Addison is in her first season with Ad Deum.

Jillian Quiner

Main Company Artist

Jillian Quiner grew up dancing in New Jersey where she trained at the Art of Dance under Valerie Harman and the North Jersey School of Dance Arts under Christine Taylor Schmelz. She attended numerous conventions and competitions including New York City Dance Alliance, JUMP, NUVO, 24 SEVEN, Adrenaline, Artists Simply Human, Onstage New York, and Turn It Up Dance Challenge, where she received various scholarships and awards. Jillian and her five sisters own the YouTube channel Quiner Sisters which follows their journey as dancers. In connection with their social media presence they had the opportunity to perform together on FOX 29’s Good Day Philadelphia. Jillian is also a dance instructor with experience teaching contemporary, ballet, tap, jazz, and hip-hop. Jillian is in her first season with Ad Deum.

Alli Tomsik

Main Company Artist

Alli Tomsik was born and raised in Medway, Massachusetts. She began her ballet training at Franklin School for The Performing Arts under the direction of Cheryl Madeux Abbott. She has attended multiple summer training programs including Complexions Ballet, Ballet Austin, American Ballet Theatre, and BalletX. In May 2024, Alli graduated Summa Cum Laude from The University of Hartford and received a BFA in Dance Performance from The Hartt School. During her time at The Hartt School she worked with renowned choreographers Desmond Richardson, Hope Boykin, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Didy Veldman, and Norbert De La Cruz III. Her repertoire included iconic works from Jose Limon's, There is A Time and classics like Giselle, where she commanded leading roles. In 2023, Alli had the opportunity to spend two weeks in Amsterdam, Netherlands attending workshops by Crystal Pite, Joan Inger, and William Forsythe. There, she explored and deepened her knowledge of improvisational techniques and composition. Alongside her training at The Hartt School, Alli received her Comprehensive and Mat Pilates Teacher Training Certification through Polestar Pilates. This 500 hour transformative certification enhanced her dancing by heightening her awareness of mobility, stability, and breath. Alli recently spent a year in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii freelancing and teaching at various training programs, imparting her knowledge of ballet and movement to dancers of diverse skill levels.

Reese McWilliams

Main Company Apprentice

A Houston native, Reese received her early training in several studios across her home town, and continued her education at Palm Beach Atlantic University where she earned her BFA in Dance. During her time at PBA, she was blessed to learn from some of the industry’s greatest, and dance works by renowned choreographers such as Jon Lehrer, Branndi Lewis, Leandro Damasco, Randall Flynn, and Cheryl Cutlip. Reese was also incredibly blessed to start her professional dance career with Ericka Squire // The Dance Company in West Palm Beach, FL, where she danced works by Ericka Squire across South Florida for 3 seasons. Reese is grateful and excited for the opportunity to dance in her hometown again with other Christ-minded artists, and hopes that she could play a small part in glorifying the Lord through the gift of movement!

Emma Monsen

Main Company Apprentice

Emma Monsen began her early training in Houston, TX at the Rowland School of Ballet, as a member of Kingwood Dance Theatre. She spent her summers training at Gelsey Kirkland Academy and attended summer intensives at Houston Ballet, Indiana University, and Texas Ballet Theater. Emma attended the Alonzo King LINES BFA Ballet program at Dominican University of California, where she performed original works by Kara Davis, Gregory Dawson, Nick Korkos, and Carmen Rozestran. There, Emma was a member of the Dominican University of California Honors College and was on the Dean’s List. Additionally, Emma transferred to the TCU School for Classical & Contemporary Dance as a ballet major. Her performance highlights in the SCCDance include original works by Professors. Adam W. McKinney and Keith Saunders, as well as guest artists Kara Wilkes and Bernard H. Gaddis. She is a recipient of the Fine Arts Scholarship and is on the Dean’s List, as well as having served as a student representative for the SCCDance Class of 2023. Emma also served as Co-Director of Community Engagement for the Chi Tau Epsilon Dance Honor Society. At TCU, Emma’s choreographic work “Collective” received second place at the Horned Frog Scholar. Upon graduating with her BFA, Emma spent two seasons at 6o'clock Dance Theatre performing original works by Jen Mabus and Zach Ingram. In addition, she had the opportunity to perform in an original immersive evening-length work by Jen Mabus entitled "Gardens and Graveyards". Emma is grateful for the opportunity to move to Houston and begin her first season with Ad Deum. She looks forward to joining their mission of sharing redemptive art with the world.

Bianca Bolanos

Company Collective Artist

Bianca Bolanos is a choreographer, dancer, and teacher from the Houston area who recently graduated from Sam Houston University with a BFA in Dance. She recently presented her choreography Forma Cruel at the 4th Annual Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival. In 2023 she attended Dance Italia summer abroad program where she worked with Alex Clair. During her time at Sam Houston State University, she has worked with notable choreographers such as Dual Rivot, Andrew Noble, Lauren Serrano, and Dionne Noble. Her goal as a dancer is to able to share dance as a way to create questions and generate thoughts regarding what contemporary society implies as normal while using dance as an outlet to praise God. Bianca is in her first season with Ad Deum.

Paiter Van Yperen

Company Collective Artist

Paiter van Yperen of Deep River CT, company artist with Ad Deum Dance Company. Studied, in his beginning years, at the Ekklesia School of Ballet under Elisa Schroth. Later he accepted his first professional contract as a company artist with Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet in 2013. During his seven years with Ekklesia he served as Company Artist, Principal Dancer, resident choreographer, and Assistant Director. van Yperen is a Certificate graduate of the Ailey School in New York and is thankful for the years of artistic and technical training, and life giving friendship of his mentors Randall Flinn, Steve Rooks, Matthew Rushing, and Freddie Moore. Professionally he has performed, taught, and choreographed, nationally and internationally with Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet, Ad Deum Dance Company, Open Sky Arts Collective, Inlet Dance Theater, Freddie Moore’s Footprints, Ballet Hartford, The Ailey School, and the Alvin Ailey America Dance Theater. van Yperen also works closely with artists, and scholars such as Dr. Ellen Davis, Makoto Fujimura, Andrew Nemr, Morley van Yperen, and others from Duke Divinity School and Duke Chapel to explore the intersection of movement, art, humanity, and faith. He is passionate about how art "moves", tells story, and innately creates space and opportunity for the deepening of every kind of relationship.

Bria Adom

Company Collective Artist

Bria Adom is from Madison, MS. She received all of her dance training from the world’s first professional Christian ballet company, Ballet Magnificat, in Jackson, MS. She was in their School of the Arts, and then their professional Trainee Program. She was a part of the Events Company that traveled to dance and teach in Honduras, Guam, South Korea and China. Bria moved to Houston in the fall of 2017 to join Ad Deum II, and then was promoted to the main company in the Spring of 2019. She is a dance teacher for different studios in Houston.