Rheya Shano is a Boston native, trained at The Brookline Ballet School under the direction of Trinidad Vives and Parren Ballard. As a student, she participated in numerous ballet competitions, most notably the Prix de Lausanne in 2019, and the USA IBC in 2018, where she was a Bronze medal prize winner. She went on to dance in the second company of Tulsa Ballet for the 2019-2020 season.

Currently, Rheya dances and performs as a guest artist with several local, regional and national companies. Her roles include Sugar Plum Fairy, Aurora and Snow Queen, among others.