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.
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| Name | Charlotte Ballet |
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| Previous names | North Carolina Dance Theatre |
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| Year founded | 1970 |
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| Website | charlotteballet.org |
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| Artistic Director | Alejandro Cerrudo |
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| Associated schools | Charlotte Ballet Academy |
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- Alejandro Cerrudo - Artistic Director
- Douglas Singleton - Executive Director
- Patricia McBride - Associate Artistic Director & Master Teacher
- Christopher Stuart - Director of Charlotte Ballet II
- Traci Gilchrest Kubie - Rehearsal Director
| Name |
Hometown |
Seasons With Company |
Training
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| Juwan Alston |
Round Rock, TX |
4 |
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
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| Raven Barkley |
Bronx, NY |
4 |
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, Dance Theatre of Harlem's Pre-Professional Program, SUNY Purchase
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| Chelsea Dumas |
Fort Wayne, IN |
6 |
Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, Charlotte Ballet Apprentice
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| Colby Foss |
Fargo, ND |
2 |
University of Arizona, Company member with Ballet Nouveau
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| 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
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| Josh Hall |
Syracuse, NY |
7 |
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
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| Sarah Hayes Harkins |
Waynesville, NC |
11 |
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
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| Ben Ingel |
Charlotte, NC |
5 |
University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Houston Ballet Academy, Charlotte Ballet Academy, Charlotte Ballet 2
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| Alessandra Ball James |
Atlanta, GA |
14 |
Gwinnett Ballet Academy, Company member with Colorado Ballet, Charlotte Ballet 2
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| James Kopecky |
Lake Villa, IL |
3 |
Butler University, Company member with Ballet San Jose
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| Sarah Lapointe |
Bel Air, MD |
4 |
Rock School for Dance Education, YAGP Finalist, National YoungArts Dance Finalist, Guest artist with the Washington Ballet
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| Peter Mazuroski |
Bow, NH |
3 |
Boston Ballet School, Billy in Billy Elliot the Musical on Broadway
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| Maurice Mouzon Jr |
Baltimore, MD |
3 |
Baltimore School for the Arts, SUNY Purchase
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| David Preciado |
Los Angeles, CA |
2 |
San Francisco Ballet School Trainee, Los Angeles Ballet Academy, YAGP Finalist, Charlotte Ballet 2
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| Amelia Sturt-Dilley |
Gypsum, CO |
4 |
Walnut Hill School, Juilliard School
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| Elizabeth Truell |
Columbia, SC |
5 |
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, Charlotte Ballet 2
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| Shaina Wire |
Sussex County, NJ |
3 |
University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Joffrey Ballet School
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| Anson Zwingelberg |
Myrtle Beach, SC |
2 |
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Juilliard School
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| Name |
Hometown |
Seasons With Company |
Training
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| Elisabeth Baehman |
Palm City, FL |
1 |
Dance Academy of Stuart, Charlotte Ballet Apprentice
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| Elaina da Fonte |
La Porte, IN |
2 |
University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Jacobs School of Music Ballet
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| Thomas Donohue |
Stony Point, NY |
1 |
Boston Ballet School
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| Victoria Jaenson |
Guilford, VT |
1 |
Rock School for Dance Education, The Hartt School at the University of Hartford
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| Humberto Ramazzina |
São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil |
3 |
The Harid Conservatory
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| Jared Sutton |
Charlotte, NC |
1 |
Charlotte Ballet Academy, Charlotte Ballet Pre-Professional Division, University of North Carolina School of the Arts
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| Andrès Trezevant |
Las Vegas, NV |
1 |
Hubbard Street Professional Program
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| Karlee Vadalabene-Donley |
Marthasville, MO |
1 |
Charlotte Ballet Pre-Professional Division, Saint Louis Ballet
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| Macyn Vogt |
Newburgh, IN |
1 |
San Francisco Ballet School, trainee with the Joffrey Ballet
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| Name |
Hometown |
Seasons With Company |
Training
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| Celeste Borman |
Charlotte, NC |
4 |
Charlotte Ballet Academy
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| Erinn Crittenden |
Fontana, CA |
2 |
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School
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| Lilly Fife |
Zionsville, IN |
1 |
Boston Ballet School
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| Nicholas Holtz |
Fort Pierce, FL |
1 |
Chautauqua Institution
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| Roxy Shackelford |
Macon, GA |
2 |
Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education
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| Julia Vinez |
Stuart, FL |
1 |
Harid Conservatory
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| Lara Bircak |
Charlotte, NC |
2 |
Charlotte Ballet Academy
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| Alexander Carrazzone |
Ossining, NY |
1 |
Chautauqua Institution, The Hartt School at University of Hartford
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| Carrington Clark |
Charlotte, NC |
3 |
Charlotte Ballet Academy
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| Sarah Clarke |
Pittsburgh, PA |
1 |
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
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| Gabrielle Cutrona |
Charlotte, NC |
2 |
Charlotte Ballet Academy
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| Emerson Dayton |
Pittsburgh, PA |
1 |
San Francisco Ballet School, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
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| Gianna DeMassio |
New York, NY |
1 |
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School
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| Will Giannuzzi |
Charlotte, NC |
1 |
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
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| Gabrielle Moore |
Greenville, SC |
2 |
Charlotte Ballet Academy
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| Kiera Morgan |
Redington Beach, FL |
2 |
Sarasota Ballet School
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| Belle Powell |
Columbus, OH |
1 |
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
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| Amelia Snyder |
Atlanta, GA |
2 |
Gwinnett Ballet Theatre
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| Olivia Vessillo |
Cary, NC |
1 |
Cary Ballet Conservatory
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| Logan Velasquez |
Chicago, IL |
2 |
Next Generation Ballet
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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.
