Janet Pilla received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theater from Syracuse University and a Master of Fine Arts in Dance from Temple University. She has toured nationally and internationally as a soloist of Ann Vachon/Dance Conduit for 12 years. She has been featured in performances in Czechoslovakia as a soloist and in England, Scotland and Taiwan as a company member of Terry Beck Troupe and Ed Groff/Jin Wen Yu Dancers. She has performed with numerous Philadelphia choreographers and companies including the Arden Theater, Group Motion, Danceteller, SCRAP Performance Group, Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, Trapezius Aerial Dance, Jeanne Ruddy Dance, Dance Fusion and Melanie Stewart Dance Theater.