Trebien Pollard is a graduate of Florida A&M University, BS in Mathematics Education and NYU Tisch School of the Arts, MFA in Dance. He received training at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Florida A & M University, Florida State University, Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, and from a number of gifted teachers and choreographers. Trebien has performed with many dance companies, including RIOULT, the MET (Metropolitan Opera Ballet), Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, Bebe Miller Company, Urban Bush Women and Pilobolus.

He has been on faculty at the American Dance Festival, Queens College, Adelphi University, the University of Southern Mississippi, Goucher College, Middlebury College, Marymount Manhattan College, Montclair State University and the University at Buffalo. Currently. Trebien is an Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, as well as a licensed certified GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® trainer.