Charlotte Ballet is the oldest professional ballet company in North Carolina. It was founded by Robert Lindgren former Dean of Dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 1970. It currently has 22 dancers and is the parent company of Charlotte Ballet Academy.
Artistic Staff [ edit ]
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux - President & Artistic director
Douglas Singleton - Executive Director
Patricia McBride - Associate Artistic Director & Master Teacher
Sasha Janes - Associate Artistic Director
Dwight Rhoden - Resident Choreographer
Dancers [ edit ]
Company [ edit ]
Name
Hometown
Seasons With Company
Training
Melissa Anduiza
Miami, FL
3
New World School of the Arts and BFA in Dance from the University of South Florida
Sofia Arencibia
Miami, FL
1
Elizabeth Acuña-Nuevo and Lissette Salgado Lucas at Artistic Dance Center
Naseeb Culpepper
Florence, SC
2
University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy
Gregory Dearmond
Lake Forest, CA
1
Golden State Ballet, Saddleback Dance Center, Ballet Pacifica and the University of California , Irvine
Jamie Dee
Orange, CA
4
Orange County Regional Ballet
Anna Gerberich
Pennsylvania
8
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
Josh Hall
Syracuse, NY
1
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Patricia Keleher
Huntington Beach, CA
1
Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington DC and San Francisco Ballet School
Christina Laforgia
Summerville, SC
1
University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Jordan Leeper
Jamestown, NY
2
San Francisco Ballet School
Addul Manzano
Santiago De Cuba, Cuba
7
The National Ballet School of Cuba
David Morse
Charlotte, NC
3
North Carolina Dance Theatre School
Emily Ramirez
Katy, TX
1
Houston Ballet Academy, The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Gregory Taylor
Cumming, GA
1
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities
Frederick Leo Walker II
Jacksonville, FL
3
Dansations Performing Arts Center and Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts
Sarah Hayes Watson
Asheville, NC
5
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Apprentices [ edit ]
Name
Hometown
Seasons With Company
Training
Grayson Driver
Apex, NC
2
University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Chelsea Dumas
Fort Wayne, IN
1
New American Youth Ballet and Conservatory and Indiana University (Jacob’s School of Music for Ballet)
Alexa Goldberg
Columbus, OH
3
Columbus City Ballet School
Alexis Matthesen
Atlanta, GA
1
Metropolitan Ballet Theatre
Elizabeth Truell
Columbia, SC
1
South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Trainees [ edit ]
Repertoire [ edit ]
Charlotte Ballet has performed an extensive repertoire over the years.
Balanchine Work [ edit ]
The Four Temperaments
Agon
Stars and Stripes
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Divertimento No. 15
Stravinsky Violin Concerto
Apollo
Serenade
Rubies
Who Cares?
Twyla Tharp [ edit ]
Nine Sinatra Songs
The Golden Section
Other Classics [ edit ]
Nutcracker (Choreographed by Salvatore Aiello, then Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux)
Cinderella (Choreographed by Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux)
Romeo and Juliet (Choreographed by Septime Webre)
Carmina Burana (Choreographed by Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux)
The Little Mermaid (Choreographed by Mark Diamond)
Education [ edit ]
Charlotte Ballet is the parent company to the Charlotte Ballet Academy, formerly the North Carolina Dance Theatre School of Dance. The school was originally 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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