Brian “Mirage” Washburn, born In Providence, Rhode Island, has been dancing since the age of 7 and performing since the age of 13. At 15 he participated in his first full stage production, The Urban Nutcracker, filling which he attended Northwest School of the Arts in Charlotte, NC. Upon graduating he returned to the Northeast and began his career as an arts educator, teaching various forms of dance as well as acrobatics in Boston Public schools as well as various dance studios in and around the Boston area.