Charlotte Ballet
| Charlotte Ballet |
|---|
 |
| General information |
|---|
| Name |
Charlotte Ballet |
|---|
| Year founded |
1970 |
|---|
| Website |
|
|---|
| Artistic staff |
|---|
| Artistic Director |
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux |
|---|
| Other |
|---|
| Associated schools |
Charlotte Ballet Academy |
|---|
| Formation |
|
|---|
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
- 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
Company
| 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
| 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
| Name | Hometown | Seasons With Company | Training |
| Rachel Dunn | Des Moines, IA | 1 | North Carolina Dance Theatre School of Dance |
| Sara Falstad | Atlanta, GA | 1 | The Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education and The New Orleans Ballet Theatre’s Schramel Conservatory |
| Jessica Friedman | Bristow, VA | 1 | Dance Theatre of Harlem Residency Program |
| Kira Greer-Rice | Spartanburg, SC | 2 | North Carolina Dance Theatre School of Dance |
| Miranda Hashemi | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1 | Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet |
| Blake Johnston | Gastonia, NC | 2 | Gaston Dance Theatre and The North Carolina Dance Theatre School of Dance |
| Nicole Shank | Greenville, NC | 2 | The Greenville Civic Ballet |
| Elizabeth Webb | Troy, MI | 1 | Miami City Ballet School |
Repertoire
Charlotte Ballet has performed an extensive repertoire over the years.
Balanchine Work
- The Four Temperaments
- Agon
- Stars and Stripes
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Divertimento No. 15
- Stravinsky Violin Concerto
- Apollo
- Serenade
- Rubies
- Who Cares?
Petipa
Twyla Tharp
- Nine Sinatra Songs
- The Golden Section
Other Classics
- 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
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 and been established to accommodate the then 5 level divisions and an Open Division.
The school now offers a conservatory program, developed in 2004, for the serious dance student who wishes to incorporate their dance classes with their academics.
References
External links