Mary Talmi holds a B.F.A. from the Juilliard School. Mary received two NEA Choreography Fellowships and a Choreography Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts.

Akiva Talmi holds an M. A. and B. A. from Juilliard, and has studied Philosophy at Harvard University and Boston University. He is a 5 Year winner of the Richard Rogers Award, a winner of the Leonard Bernstein Award, and the AICF Award-Isaac Stern, President. Talmi composed the music for the feature Length  films "Two" (CoImar) "Longest Journey" (Columbia ), "Carnival" (CPTV). Akiva Talmi is a Fine Arts and Special Events Impresario who currently produces the Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker.