Rick McCullough, currently assistant professor of dance at Florida State University, has professional experience that includes performing with the Netherlands Dance Theater (1975-1984), with the Harkness Ballet of New York (1971-1975) and with the North Carolina Dance Theater (1969-1971). He served as Ballet Master for the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater from 1986 to 1988. He has been the Artistic Director of the North Carolina School of the Arts “Illuminations” Dance Company on Roanoke Island from 1998 to the present. He received his BFA Degree from North Carolina School of the Arts in 1986 and he received his MFA Degree in Dance in 1995. He has guest taught at Ohio State University, Western Michigan University, Indiana University, the University of Utah, the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Chautauqua Institution, the American Dance Festival and the Pacific Northwest Ballet. He has received five choreographic fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. He received second prize at the Tokyo International Choreography Competition in 1991 and a gold medal at the Boston International Choreography Competition in 1990. His choreography has been performed by North Carolina Dance Theater, Washington Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Boston Ballet, Ballet Pacifica, Columbia Classical Ballet, School of American Ballet and North Carolina School of the Arts. This is his second presentation on Ballet Builders.