Balanchine-Based Ballet Instruction for Children, Adults, and Pre-professionals Dancers
 
Ballet Chicago Alumni
 
Where are they now...


Ballet Chicago Alumni are spanning the globe!
Since 2001, when our first students began branching out on their own, they have joined companies, attended universities, become professional dancers, teachers, choreographers, actors and designers, doctors, lawyers, writers, business professionals in many areas, and most of all, wonderful human beings. We are proud of each and every one of them and are honored to have helped them on their way.


Companies Joined

Alabama Ballet
American Ballet Theatyre II
American Repertory Ballet
Ballet Austin
Ballet Austin II
Ballet Magnificat
Ballet Memphis
Ballet Met
Ballet NY
Ballet St. Polten
Balletto del Sud
Carolina Ballet
Cedar lake Ensemble
Charleston Ballet Theatre
Cincinnati Ballet
City Ballet of San Diego
Colorado Ballet
Company C
Continuum Contemporary Ballet
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Georgia Ballet
Grand Rapids Ballet
Introdans
Jessica Gaynor Dance
Los Angeles Ballet
Louisville Ballet
Madison Ballet
Mama Mia/Las Vegas
Miami City Ballet
Milwaukee Ballet
Milwaukee Ballet II
Minnesota Dance Theatre
Nashville Ballet
New Mexico Ballet Co.
New York City Ballet
Oakland Ballet
Oklahoma City Ballet
Pennsylvania Ballet
Pennsylvania Ballet II
Quad Cities Ballet
Richmond Ballet
River North Dance Chicago
Royal Danish Ballet
Sacramento Ballet
Staatstheater Schwerin
St. Louis Ballet
Suzanne Farrell Ballet
Tyego Dance Project


Universities Attended

Bard College
Brigham Young University
Butler University
Columbia University
Cornell University
DePaul University
Duke University
Fordham University
Georgetown University
Harvard University
Indiana University, Bloomington
John Marshall Law School
Loyola University
MIT
Middlebury College
Northwestern University
New York University
Oxford University
Pomona College
Princeton University
Sarah Lawrence College
Southern Methodist University
Texas Christian University
Thurgood Marshall School of Law
University of IL - Champaign Urbana
University of IL - Chicago
University of Nebraska
University of New Mexico
University of Pennsylvania
University of Utah
University of WI - Madison
Yale University


"I can honestly say that without the School of Ballet Chciago and the Ballet Chicago Studio Company, I would not have a career in professional ballet. The Balelt Chicago organization did for me what it did for a number of my contemporaries: it welcomed those of us who possessed the mere desire and determination to dance, and proceeded to mold and shape our talent into a tangible force. Along the way, I believe that Daniel Duell and Patricia Blari cultivated in each of us skill - poise, commitment, and confidence amoung them - that have served us all well regardless of the slpecific path we each ultimately chose. I feel privileged to ahve grown up in the Ballet Chicago family - and it is a family - and know that I am a more completely developed dancer and fully realized individual as a result of my years there."
-Genevieve Custer Weeks, Ballet Chicago Alumna


"I could never have made it this far without the foundation I gained at the School of Ballet Chicago. I am forever indebted and grateful."
-Lara O'Brien, Principal Dancer, Carolina Ballet
 
Contributing Photography - Susan Aurinko, Mark Niekrasz, Vincent Chaigne, Daniel Duell and Margo Ruter
All choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust
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