•HIS STORY•

Born in Georgia, the son of a military family, Calvin spent his early years moving from one army base to the next.

After his parents separated, he, his mother, and younger brother settled in Tampa Bay, Florida with his grandmother—a lover of the arts who believed creativity could open doors to new worlds.

When Calvin showed an interest in music, she bought him a keyboard, and he began to teach himself to play by ear. His introduction to dance came soon after, when he joined The Chocolate Nutcracker, a community project that awakened his love for rhythm, movement, and storytelling.

At fourteen, Calvin took his first ballet class at the Pinellas County Center for the Arts. A very “late bloomer” by ballet standards, he devoted himself to the rigorous discipline of classical training, quickly rising to the national stage.

Within two years, he was a finalist at the Youth America Grand Prix in New York City—an achievement that earned him a full scholarship to the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre (ABT) and began his climb to the top of the most prestigious classical ballet company in America —READ MORE