David Sun, Director/Founder, began SundanceX to explore original classically based choreography. He studied with the late Richard Thomas and Barbara Fallis at the New York School of Ballet after attending Boston Conservatory of Music. He performed as a dancer with the Houston Grand Opera, and danced with numerous regional groups in New York and New England. He has taught ballet extensively throughout the Northeast region, including at Boston Ballet under Bruce Marks' and AnnMarie Holmes' administration, Boston College, Boston University, Harvard University, and local studios in Massachusetts and New Hampshire including now at Edra Toth’s Northeastern Ballet Theatre. He also works as a photographer with a focus on dance, after a brief career in the fashion industry.