Long Beach native Skylar Burson trained at Lauridsen Ballet Centre under Diane Lauridsen and, after graduating from Long Beach City College, joined Utah Metropolitan Ballet, performing classics and new works by Alan Hineline and Heather Gray. Returning to California, he worked as rehearsal director at Lauridsen Ballet Centre and performed with Wonderbound, Oakland Ballet, and Ballet Tucson. Now a freelance artist, he collaborates with Ballet Project OC, Kenneth Walker Dance Project, and American Contemporary Ballet.