Michael Montgomery of Long Beach, CA, trained at the Orange County High School of the Arts and studied at the Alvin Ailey School in the Certificate program from 2006-2007. He joined the Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA at Dominican University of California in 2008 and graduated in Spring 2011. In 2008, Michael was awarded the American College Dance Festival Association's best student performer award for the Southwest Region and in 2010 was named a Shenson Performing Arts Fellow. This is Michael's second season.