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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 |
City Ballet of San Diego |
Nashville Ballet |
| American Ballet Theatre II
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Colorado Ballet
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New York City Ballet |
| American Repertory Ballet
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Company C
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North Carolina Dance Theatre |
| Ballet Austin
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Dance Theatre of Harlem
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Oakland Ballet
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| Ballet Austin II
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Georgia Ballet
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Oklahoma City Ballet
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| Ballet Magnificat
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Grand Rapids Ballet
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Richmond Ballet
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| Ballet Memphis
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Los Angeles Ballet
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River North Dance Company
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| Ballet Met
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Louisville Ballet
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Royal Danish Ballet
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| Ballet NY
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Luna Negra Dance Theater
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Sacramento Ballet
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| Carolina Ballet
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Madison Ballet
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St. Louis Ballet
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| Cedar Lake Dance Ensemble
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Mama Mia/Las Vegas
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Pennsylvania Ballet
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| Charleston Ballet Theatre
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Miami City Ballet
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Pennsylvania Ballet II
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| Cincinnati Ballet
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Milwaukee Ballet
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Suzanne Farrell Ballet
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Minnesota Dance Theatre |
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Universities Attended
| Bard College
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Harvard University
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Princeton University
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| Brigham Young University
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Indiana University, Bloomington
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Sarah Lawrence College
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| Butler University
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Loyola University
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Thurgood Marshall School of Law
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| Cornell University
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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University of IL - Champaign
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| DePaul University
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Middlebury College
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University of Nebraska
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| Duke University
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Northwestern University
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University of WI, Madison
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| Fordham University
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NYU - Tisch School of the Arts
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Yale University
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Pomona College
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Summer Programs Attended
| American Ballet Theatre NY and Midwest
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Lines Ballet
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| Ballet Austin
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Miami City Ballet School
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| Boston Ballet School
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Milwaukee Ballet School
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| Burklyn Ballet
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Pacific Northwest Ballet School
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| Chautauqua School of Dance
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Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School
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| Complexions Contemporary Ballet
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The Rock School
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| Exploring Ballet with Suzanne Farrell
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The Royal Danish Ballet School
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| Houston Ballet School
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San Francisco Ballet School
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| Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
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Saratoga Summer Dance Institute
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| Jillana
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School of American Ballet
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| Kaatsbaan
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School of Ballet Chicago
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I can honestly say that without the School of Ballet Chicago and the Ballet Chicago Studio Company I would not have a career in professional ballet.
The Ballet 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 Blair cultivated in each of us skills - poise, commitment, and confidence among them - that have served us all well regardless of the specific path we each ultimately chose.
I feel privileged to have 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.
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- Genevieve Custer-Weeks, Ballet Chicago Alumna
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