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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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