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COMPANY MEMBERS
Briana Blair Kelly
Founder/Artistic Director/Choreographer/Performer
(2019)
Briana Blair Kelly is a multidisciplinary artist and dance educator in Fredonia, NY. She holds an MFA in Choreography and Performance from SUNY Brockport and a BFA in Musical Theatre from SUNY Fredonia. Kelly is a Lecturer in Dance at SUNY Fredonia. She is the Founder/Artistic Director of ROCeltic, a Rochester-based dance company, and a freelance photographer (BriBlairKell Photography) and musical theatre choreographer. Recent choreographic credits: Rhythm in Motion (Fredonia Dance Ensemble 2025), Legally Blonde (SUNY Fredonia), ROCeltic: Sláinte, Raise A Glass to 5 Years! (Rochester Fringe Festival 2024), Cabaret (Main Street Studios) Beautiful Imperfections & Resilience (Fredonia Dance Ensemble 2024), Amalgamation & When Expectations Fade, I Find Me (Niagara University Dance Theatre 2023), ROCeltic: Hybridity, Identity, and Roving Irishness (Rochester Fringe Festival 2023). www.brianablairkelly.com
Emily Augello
Performer (2024)
Emily Augello started dancing for the Johnston School of Irish Dance when she was 4 and still considers her friends and teachers to be a second family! She graduated from Niagara University in 2022 with BFA in Theatre Performance.
Samantha Balbi
Performer/Choreographer (2019)
Samantha Balbi has been dancing since she was three years old and is trained in Tap, Jazz, ballet, contemporary, modern, lyrical, Irish, musical theater, tumbling, and African. She is going into her senior year at SUNY Brockport, where she is pursuing her BFA in Dance. Samantha has been a company member since 2019 and can't think of a more perfect company to be a part of. Previous choreographic credits include: CryBaby (Main St. 56 Theater) and Godspell (Main St. 56 Theater).
Laura Barcomb
Performer (2023) Choreographer (2025)
Laura Barcomb is a contemporary/tap dancer from Buffalo NY. She is a graduate of Niagara University with a BFA in Theatre and History, where she studied tap, jazz, ballet, and musical theatre. Additionally, she had the opportunity to choreograph for the 2024 choreography class showcase. She has been a member of ROCeltic since 2023 and has appeared in Rochester Fringe and Niagara Celtic Fest. In addition to dance, she is currently pursuing a master's in Early Childhood/Childhood Education at the University at Buffalo
Gracie DiPalma
Performer (2023) Choreographer (2025)
Gracie DiPalma has been dancing for 11 years and trains at Draper Center for Dance Education. She is going into her freshman year of high school and considers ROCeltic to be a wonderful opportunity and company to be apart of.
Fiona Kier
Choreographer/Performer (2019)
Fiona Kier holds a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Buffalo State University and her undergraduate degree in Dance from Nazareth University. She was a competitive Irish dancer for 23 years and even placed 12th in the nation. Kier joined ROCeltic in 2019 as a performer and choreographer and has become an integral company member. She is a third-grade teacher at the French Road Elementary School in Rochester, NY.
Lys Kirby
Performer (2024) Choreographer (2025)
Lys Kirby is a Brockport-based performer and choreographer. They graduated with their MFA in Dance from SUNY Brockport 2024. Kirby currently teaches at Genesee IGNITE, a higher education experience program for adults with intellectual & developmental disabilities at SUNY Genesee Community College. They are also studying to become a Certified Movement Analyst with the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies in Brooklyn, New York. Kirby’s recent choreographic credits include their MFA thesis concert “Layers of Us” (2024), “Inside” (New Dancers Showcase 2022), and “Reactive” (DANCE/Hartwell 2021).
Leigh LeFevre
Performer (2021) Choreographer (2023)
Leigh LeFevre first began dancing at the Main St. 56 Dance Company and took classes in tap, ballet, and contemporary. She was most interested in tap dancing and continued to tap dance for over five years. Leigh joined ROCeltic in 2021.
Allyson Mohrman
Choreographer/Performer (2023)
Ally Mohrman is an open championship dancer for Rochester Academy of Irish Dance. She is currently a student at SUNY Fredonia studying Childhood Inclusive Education, while continuing to compete. This is her third year with ROCeltic and she's excited to perform in the Rochester Fringe Festival later this year!
Makayla Mohrman
Choreographer/Performer (2023)
Makayla Mohrman is an open championship level Irish dancer from Rochester Academy of Irish Dance and currently studying Social Work at SUNY Fredonia! She's been Irish dancing competitvely for 12 years. Makayla loves performing with ROCeltic and hopes to continue dancing with the company for many more years!
Kayla Stone
Performer (2019) Choreographer (2022)
Kayla Stone is an Open Championship level dancer with Rochester Academy of Irish Dance. Kayla started dancing at 3 years old learning ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, and hip-hop. At 7 years old she started learning Irish dance which she has stuck with for the past 12 years. Kayla has been a member of ROCeltic since 2019. She loves dancing with ROCeltic and is excited to watch the company and members grow!
Aurora Cabral
Performer (2025)
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Corrina Piccarreto
Performer (2025)
Corrina Piccarreto has been dancing for eleven years - she started at the age of two years old and began dancing competitively when she was only five. She trains at Flower City Dance in tap, ballet, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop, and acro. Her favorite styles are tap and acro. This is her first year performing with ROCeltic and she’s so excited for this opportunity!
