Charlotte Ballet Name Charlotte Ballet Previous names North Carolina Dance Theatre Year founded 1970 Website charlotteballet Artistic Director Alejandro Cerrudo Associated schools Charlotte Ballet Academy Formation
Charlotte Ballet is the oldest professional ballet company in North Carolina . It was founded as North Carolina Dance Theatre in Winston-Salem by Robert Lindgren, who was then Dean of Dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts , in 1970. It moved to Charlotte in 1990 and rebranded as Charlotte Ballet in 2014. It currently has 26 dancers and is the parent company of the Charlotte Ballet Academy.
Alejandro Cerrudo - Artistic Director Douglas Singleton - Executive Director Patricia McBride - Associate Artistic Director & Master TeacherChristopher Stuart - Director of Charlotte Ballet II Traci Gilchrest Kubie - Rehearsal Director Name Hometown Seasons With Company Training Juwan Alston Round Rock, TX 4 University of North Carolina School of the Arts Raven Barkley Bronx, NY 4 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School , Dance Theatre of Harlem's Pre-Professional Program, SUNY Purchase Chelsea Dumas Fort Wayne, IN 6 Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music , Charlotte Ballet Apprentice Colby Foss Fargo, ND 2 University of Arizona , Company member with Ballet Nouveau Drew Grant Devon, PA 3 School of American Ballet , Company member with Los Angeles Ballet , Atlanta Ballet , BalletMet , Carolina Ballet and Stadt Theater Chemnitz in Germany Josh Hall Syracuse, NY 7 University of North Carolina School of the Arts Sarah Hayes Harkins Waynesville, NC 11 University of North Carolina School of the Arts Ben Ingel Charlotte, NC 5 University of North Carolina School of the Arts , Houston Ballet Academy, Charlotte Ballet Academy, Charlotte Ballet 2 Alessandra Ball James Atlanta, GA 14 Gwinnett Ballet Academy, Company member with Colorado Ballet , Charlotte Ballet 2 James Kopecky Lake Villa, IL 3 Butler University , Company member with Ballet San Jose Sarah Lapointe Bel Air, MD 4 Rock School for Dance Education, YAGP Finalist, National YoungArts Dance Finalist, Guest artist with the Washington Ballet Peter Mazuroski Bow, NH 3 Boston Ballet School, Billy in Billy Elliot the Musical on Broadway Maurice Mouzon Jr Baltimore, MD 3 Baltimore School for the Arts , SUNY Purchase David Preciado Los Angeles, CA 2 San Francisco Ballet School Trainee, Los Angeles Ballet Academy, YAGP Finalist, Charlotte Ballet 2 Amelia Sturt-Dilley Gypsum, CO 4 Walnut Hill School , Juilliard School Elizabeth Truell Columbia, SC 5 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, Charlotte Ballet 2 Shaina Wire Sussex County, NJ 3 University of North Carolina School of the Arts , Joffrey Ballet School Anson Zwingelberg Myrtle Beach, SC 2 South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Juilliard School
Charlotte Ballet II [ edit ] Name Hometown Seasons With Company Training Elisabeth Baehman Palm City, FL 1 Dance Academy of Stuart, Charlotte Ballet Apprentice Elaina da Fonte La Porte, IN 2 University of North Carolina School of the Arts , Jacobs School of Music Ballet Thomas Donohue Stony Point, NY 1 Boston Ballet School Victoria Jaenson Guilford, VT 1 Rock School for Dance Education, The Hartt School at the University of Hartford Humberto Ramazzina São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil 3 The Harid Conservatory Jared Sutton Charlotte, NC 1 Charlotte Ballet Academy, Charlotte Ballet Pre-Professional Division, University of North Carolina School of the Arts Andrès Trezevant Las Vegas, NV 1 Hubbard Street Professional Program Karlee Vadalabene-Donley Marthasville, MO 1 Charlotte Ballet Pre-Professional Division, Saint Louis Ballet Macyn Vogt Newburgh, IN 1 San Francisco Ballet School , trainee with the Joffrey Ballet
Name Hometown Seasons With Company Training Celeste Borman Charlotte, NC 4 Charlotte Ballet Academy Erinn Crittenden Fontana, CA 2 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School Lilly Fife Zionsville, IN 1 Boston Ballet School Nicholas Holtz Fort Pierce, FL 1 Chautauqua Institution Roxy Shackelford Macon, GA 2 Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education Julia Vinez Stuart, FL 1 Harid Conservatory Lara Bircak Charlotte, NC 2 Charlotte Ballet Academy Alexander Carrazzone Ossining, NY 1 Chautauqua Institution, The Hartt School at University of Hartford Carrington Clark Charlotte, NC 3 Charlotte Ballet Academy Sarah Clarke Pittsburgh, PA 1 Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet Gabrielle Cutrona Charlotte, NC 2 Charlotte Ballet Academy Emerson Dayton Pittsburgh, PA 1 San Francisco Ballet School , Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet Gianna DeMassio New York, NY 1 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School Will Giannuzzi Charlotte, NC 1 University of North Carolina School of the Arts Gabrielle Moore Greenville, SC 2 Charlotte Ballet Academy Kiera Morgan Redington Beach, FL 2 Sarasota Ballet School Belle Powell Columbus, OH 1 University of North Carolina School of the Arts Amelia Snyder Atlanta, GA 2 Gwinnett Ballet Theatre Olivia Vessillo Cary, NC 1 Cary Ballet Conservatory Logan Velasquez Chicago, IL 2 Next Generation Ballet
Charlotte Ballet has performed an extensive repertoire over the years. With two of the company's leaders, Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux having extensive ties to George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins and major contemporary dance choreographer Dwight Rhoden being the choreographer-in-residence, Charlotte Ballet has become a major hub for neoclassical and contemporary work.
The Groove Spun to The Sky Bop Doo Wah Alleged Dances Artifice Othello Peace Piece Sit In Stand Out Gateways Ballad Unto Broken Fantasy In the middle, somewhat elevated Sketches from Grace Lascia la Spina Cogli la Rosa We Danced Through Life Shelter You're So Fine Queen Last Lost Chance Utopia Facsimile The Weight of Darkness At First Sight Rhapsodic Dances The Four Seasons Dangerous Liaisons The Seed and Soil Chaconne Nutcracker (Choreographed by Salvatore Aiello, then Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux)Cinderella (Choreographed by Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux) Romeo and Juliet (Choreographed by Jean Pierre Bonnefoux) Carmina Burana (Choreographed by Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux)The Little Mermaid (Choreographed by Mark Diamond) Peter Pan (Choreographed by Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux) Wuthering Heights (Choreographed by Sasha Janes) Carmen (Choreographed by Sasha Janes) Charlotte Ballet is the parent company to the Charlotte Ballet Academy, formerly the North Carolina Dance Theatre School of Dance. The school was founded in September 1993. By 1997, 3 satellite locations had been established to accommodate the then 5 level divisions and an Open Division. The school now offers a conservatory program, developed in 2004, for serious dance students who wishes to incorporate their dance classes with their academics.
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