Rianna Talento most recently danced as a company artist with Ballet Memphis from 2023 to 2025, where she performed featured roles in Donizetti Variations by George Balanchine, staged by Darla Hoover, and Many a New Day by Durante Verzola, resident choreographer of Miami City Ballet.Prior to that, she was a trainee with Grand Rapids Ballet during the 2022–2023 season, performing in Balanchine’s Who Cares? and Serenade, both staged by Rebecca Metzger. She spent the two preceding seasons as a trainee with BalletMet, appearing in Balanchine’s Western Symphony and Edwaard Liang’s Giselle. Rianna is grateful to be joining Azara Ballet for her second season.