Erik Debono was born and raised in San Francisco where he began training at the age of six. He attended Ruth Asawa School of the Arts while furthering his training with Gregory Dawson, Lynn Brilhante, Claudia Hubiak, and Viktor Kabaniaev. Erik is currently a student in the Adelphi University BFA program in New York on full scholarship, and working with Frank Augustyn from Nation Ballet of Canada, Orion Duckstein from the Paul Taylor Company, and Marnie Thomas from the Martha Graham Dance Company. Erik is grateful and honored to be working with dawsondancesf.