Reid Bartelme grew up in New York City. He attended SUNY Purchase and was a trainee at Pacific Northwest Ballet before dancing with Ballet Met (2001-2004), Alberta Ballet (2004-2007), Shen Wei Dance Arts (2007-2009), Lar Lubovitch Dance Company (2009-2012), and project based dance work for Jack Ferver, Pam Tanowitz, Kyle Abraham, Douglas Dunn, Gwen Welliver and Liz Santoro among others. Reid graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 2012 and now works with Harriet Jung designing costumes for dance productions. They have designed numerous works for Pam Tanowitz, Justin Peck, Kyle Abraham and Jack Ferver among others.