Alumni

We will be updating this page in the next few months and adding current information.

 One measure of the quality of the Ithaca Ballet is in the accomplishments of our alumni. Dancers who trained and performed with the ballet have gone on to successful careers both in and out of dance. Below is a partial listing of alumni:

Katita Waldo, Principal Dancer, San Francisco Ballet. Read an interview with Katita that describes the impact of her training at the Ithaca Ballet.

Currently dancing (2021)

Laura Carstensen, Former Apprentice, Oklahoma City Ballet

Yellie (Dannielle) Chermak (Shustack), Artistic Director Rochester Dance Companyhttp://www.rochesterdancecompany.org/

Sonia Dvorak, Dancer/Demi-Soloist, Wiener Staatsopper, Vienna https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/artists/ballet/detail/artist/2303-dvorak-sonia/

Peter Doll, Artistic Associate, Los Gatos Ballet

Rosie Grady, Former Dancer, Ballet Austin

Michael Hill, Former Apprentice, Ballet West

Micki Kolberg, Dancer/Teacher/Choreographer, Hawaii Ballet https://ballethawaii.org/faculty/

Beth Mochizuki, Teacher, Tony William Dance Center http://tonywilliamsdancecenter.com/

James Potter, Dancer/Coryphee, Semperoper Dresden https://www.semperoper.de/en/ensemble/personen/peid/james-potter/5220.html

Koura Wright, Dancer, Contemporary West Ballet Theater

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