Jason Hartley,of Des Moines, Iowa, is in his ninth season with The Washington Ballet after dancing with American Repertory Ballet, Ballet Austin, BalletMet Columbus and Trey McIntyre Project. Mr. Hartley trained at North Carolina School of the Arts, where he won the Level I Award from the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts in 1995. He received the Princess Grace Award for Dance in 1997. In July 2002, The Washington Ballet premiered Mr. Hartley’s choreography Crosswalks and Train Stations in Telluride and Aspen, Colorado. In 2003, his works Sanctified Shells and Nocturne Monologue premiered at The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage as part of the Prelude Festival. For The Washington Ballet’s production 7x7, Mr. Hartley created Underneath. In 2007, Jason was honored to be named the resident choreographer of ARKA Ballet.