President
Carlos Torres
Carlos has over thirty years of dance experience and has performed with numerous Ballet companies.These include but are not limited to Sacrament Ballet, American Festival Ballet, State Street Ballet.
While dancing, Carlos became very aware of the responsiveness, support and durability of different performance surfaces and floor/stage construction. With the performer, artist and athlete in mind, Carlos became involved in the construction of floors that addressed many of the issues and concerns such as prolonged physical impact while enhancing the pleasures of movement and expression.
Some of Carlos’ floor construction experience can be found at the Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet in Dumbo Brooklyn, Nautilus Chamber in Guanajuato, Mexico. Ballet 101 dance studio in South Korea, Sacramento ballet, Mckeever School of Irish Dance, and many more.
Carlos firmly believes that he could continue to dance forever while dancing on the Ground Control Floors. He hopes to make this dream a reality for as many performers as possible.
Vice President
Bill Prouty
Bill is originally from Annapolis, Maryland and trained at the Washington School of Ballet and the Joffrey Ballet School. Bill has danced professionally for over 20 years with companies such as the Cleveland/San Jose Ballet, Washington Ballet, American Repertory Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, and the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. Bill also danced nationally as a free-lance guest artist.
For the past eighteen years, Bill has been Vice-President of MBA Productions Inc. Trienawear. A dance clothing line based in NYC. As vice president of operations for Ground Control Floors, he has been involved in all areas of operations including order management, floor production, and quality control. He has been with the company since 2014.
Marketing Director
Zuni Cheong-Torres
Zuni has a background both in Art & Design and business. She worked as a star marketing merchandiser for the e-commerce team at SBSi a broadcasting companies in South Korea. Upon moving to the United States, she studied Art & Design and received a Bachelors Degree from UC Berkeley in Art Practice. Although she loves all forms of art, she is especially passionate about photography and video with a passion for dance as an art form.
Her marriage to Carlos has brought a passion and better understanding of ballet. Her participation in ballet training has brought a better understanding of movement, surface and space to her. Zuni’s photography for GCF has captured the best in dancers, performers and athletes.