JACQUES D'AMBOISE joined the New York City Ballet at fifteen, became a principal dancer at seventeen, and remained so for the next thirty-five years. During his career he had more works choreographed for him by George Balanchine than any other dancer. Among the most remarkable Diamonds, with Suzanne Farrell. D'Amboise now leads the field of arts education with a model program that exposes thousands of school children to the magic and discipline of dance. In 1976, he founded National Dance Institute in the belief that the arts have a unique power to engage and motivate individuals towards excellence. He is the author of Teaching the Magic of Dance and his recent memoir, I was a Dancer. For previous Balanchine Foundation archival videos he coached leading roles in excerpts from Apollo, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, Episodes, Stars and Stripes and Who Cares?

MERRILL ASHLEY was awarded one of the first Ford Foundation Scholarships to attend the School of American Ballet. In 1967, Balanchine invited her to join the New York City Ballet and in 1974, just prior to her promotion to soloist, she debuted in Diamonds, which she performed thereafter for over two decades. In 1977, the year Balanchine choreographed his first ballet for her, Ballo della Regina, Ashley was promoted to principal dancer. In 1980, Balanchine created Ballade on her, one of his last ballets. Ashley retired on November 25, 1997 at a gala celebration. In summing up her career, the Wall Street Journal said, "she basically taught the world how ballet is danced." Currently, Ashley stages Balanchine ballets and teaches at schools and companies all over the world. For the Interpreters Archive she previously taught and coached Ballo della Regina and Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2.

LAUREN FADELEY began her dance training in Orlando, FL and later moved to New York City to study full time at the School of American Ballet. Fadeley was invited by Peter Martins to join NYCB and after two years with NYCB, she decided to further her academic and dance education by attending Indiana University. In May 2007, she graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Ballet Performance with an outside field in Kinesiology. From there, she joined the Pennsylvania Ballet in the fall of 2007, was promoted to Soloist for the 2011 season and soon after to Principal Dancer. It was during her nine seasons at Pennsylvania Ballet, she was taught Diamonds by Merrill Ashley. Fadeley joined Miami City Ballet as a soloist in 2016 and was promoted to principal soloist in 2017.

CHASE SWATOSH began his dance training in Agoura Hills, CA. In 2007, he became a trainee at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City before attending the summer and winter terms of the School of American Ballet (2009-2010). In addition to a diversified dance background, having trained in tap, jazz, contemporary, musical theater and modern, Swatosh also was a Junior Olympic swimmer, an All-American qualifying diver in high school, and an awarded classically trained pianist. He joined Miami City Ballet as an apprentice in 2010 and was promoted to corps de ballet in 2012. He was promoted to soloist in 2016.

WENDY WHELAN is a former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and performed with the company for 30 years. She was a guest artist with The Royal Ballet and the Kirov Ballet and has performed all over the U.S., South America, Europe, and Asia. Whelan has also been an influential guest artist with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company. In 2019, she was named Associate Artistic Director of New York City Ballet.

NANCY REYNOLDS, a former dancer with New York City Ballet, has been the Director of Research for The George Balanchine Foundation since 1994. She conceived and continues to direct the Video Archives program. She is also the author of several dance books. In 2013, she received a "Bessie" award for "outstanding service to the field of dance."

PAUL BOOS, since 2015 the Video Archive Project Associate, is a former dancer with NYCB and répétiteur for the George Balanchine Trust. He teaches abroad and locally.

VIRGINIA BROOKS, Professor Emerita of Film at Brooklyn College/CUNY and director of several dance documentaries, has been an editor of the Balanchine Foundation's Video Archives since its inception in 1994.

GUS REED, a New York City-based filmmaker, specializes in creating video for and with dance. He has served as an editor of the Balanchine Foundation's Video Archives since the fall of 2014.