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	Company Apprentice Trainee

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

Swan Lake
Sleeping Beauty

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 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.

References

External links

NC Dance Theatre's Facebook Page

Dance companies in the United States

Ballet	Alabama Ballet Alameda Civic Ballet Alexandra Ballet Alonzo King LINES Ballet American Ballet Theatre American Repertory Ballet Anaheim Ballet Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Atlanta Ballet Atlanta Festival Ballet Ballet Arizona Ballet Austin Ballet Des Moines Ballet Fantastique Ballet Magnificat! Ballet Memphis BalletMet Ballet Minnesota Ballet Nebraska Ballet Nouveau Colorado Ballet Quad Cities Ballet San Jose Ballet Theatre of Maryland Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Ballet West Bay Area Houston Ballet and Theatre Bay Pointe Ballet Boston Ballet California Riverside Ballet Carolina Ballet Cedar Lake Charlotte Ballet Chicago Ballet Chicago Festival Ballet Cincinnati Ballet Cleveland Ballet Colorado Ballet Complexions Concert Ballet of Virginia Dance Theatre of Harlem Dayton Ballet Eugene Ballet Folsom Lake Civic Ballet Greensboro Ballet Gwinnett Ballet Theatre Houston Ballet James Sewell Ballet Joffrey Ballet Kansas City Ballet Los Angeles Ballet Louisville Ballet Miami City Ballet Morphoses Mystic Ballet National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico New Jersey Ballet New York City Ballet Oklahoma City Ballet Oregon Ballet Theatre Pacific Northwest Ballet Pennsylvania Ballet Pittsburgh Ballet San Francisco Ballet Suzanne Farrell Ballet Texas Ballet Theater Tulsa Ballet The Washington Ballet

Contemporary	Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater AXIS Dance Company Ballet Deviare Ballet Hispanico Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Dominic Walsh Hubbard Street Lar Lubovitch Martha Graham Momix Paul Taylor The Philadelphia Dance Company Pilobolus Ririe-Woodbury sjDANCEco Urban Bush Women Whim W'Him

Other	Ice Theatre of New York The LXD The Rockettes

Ballet companies

Africa	Cairo Opera Ballet Company Cape Town City Ballet

Asia	Ballet Manila Ballet Philippines Guangzhou Ballet Hong Kong Ballet Iranian National Ballet Company Israel Ballet K-ballet Korea National Ballet National Ballet of China Philippine Ballet Theatre Shanghai Ballet Company Singapore Dance Theatre State Ballet of Georgia Tokyo Ballet Universal Ballet

Europe	Ballet Cymru Les Ballets Persans Ballet Romand Barcelona Ballet Bayerisches Staatsballett Béjart Ballet Berlin State Ballet Birmingham Royal Ballet Bolshoi Ballet Cork City Ballet Royal Danish Ballet Donetsk Ballet Dutch National Ballet Eifman Ballet English National Ballet Finnish National Ballet Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet Greek National Opera Hamburg Ballet Hungarian National Ballet Kiev Ballet La Scala Theatre Ballet Mariinsky Ballet Mikhailovsky Theatre Ballet National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Moldova The Monte-Carlo Ballet National Opera and Ballet of Bulgaria Northern Ballet Norwegian National Opera and Ballet Novosibirsk Theatre Ballet Original Ballet Russe Paris Opera Ballet Perm Theatre Ballet Polish National Ballet National Ballet of Portugal The Royal Ballet Rambert Dance Company Russian State Ballet of Siberia Saint Petersburg Ballet Theatre Scottish Ballet Spanish National Dance Company Stanislavski Ballet Stuttgart Ballet Royal Swedish Ballet Théâtre du Silence Turkish State Opera and Ballet

North America	Alabama Ballet Alameda Civic Ballet Alexandra Ballet Alonzo King LINES Ballet American Ballet Theatre American Repertory Ballet Anaheim Ballet Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Atlanta Ballet Atlanta Festival Ballet Ballet Arizona Ballet Austin Ballet BC Ballet Des Moines Ballet Fantastique Ballet Hispanico Ballet Magnificat! Ballet Memphis BalletMet Ballet Minnesota Ballet Nebraska Ballet Nouveau Colorado Ballet Quad Cities Ballet San Jose Ballet Theatre of Maryland Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Ballet West Bay Pointe Ballet Boston Ballet Les Grands Ballets Canadiens California Riverside Ballet Carolina Ballet Charlotte Ballet Chicago Ballet Chicago Festival Ballet Cincinnati Ballet Cleveland Ballet Colorado Ballet Complexions Contemporary Ballet Cuban National Ballet Dance Theatre of Harlem Dayton Ballet Eugene Ballet Greensboro Ballet Houston Ballet Joffrey Ballet Kansas City Ballet Los Angeles Ballet Louisville Ballet National Ballet of Canada National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico New Jersey Ballet New York City Ballet Oklahoma City Ballet Oregon Ballet Theatre Pacific Northwest Ballet Pennsylvania Ballet Pittsburgh Ballet San Francisco Ballet Tulsa Ballet Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Oceania	The Australian Ballet Queensland Ballet Royal New Zealand Ballet West Australian Ballet

South America	Ballet Municipal de Lima Chilean National Ballet Colon Theater Ballet Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro

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