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Artists of The Georgia Ballet
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 Elizabeth
Chapman (7th season)
Elizabeth
began her training with The Springfield Ballet
Company in her hometown of
Springfield,
Illinois, where she has often
returned to perform guest roles. She has also
studied with American
Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet
School, The Rock School of
Pennsylvania Ballet,
and Nashville Ballet, where she danced for two
years prior to joining The Georgia Ballet. Now
in her seventh season with The Georgia Ballet,
Elizabeth
has especially enjoyed dancing the title role in Paquita,
as well as the Snow Queen and Dew Drop Fairy in The
Nutcracker. In
addition, she has loved the challenge of dancing
George Balanchine’s Serenade,
Concerto Barocco, and Valse-Fantaisie. When
not performing, Elizabeth's
passion lies in sharing her knowledge and love
of dance through teaching students of all ages.
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 Whitney
Edwards (2nd season)
 Whitney
received her early training from The Duluth
School of Ballet and North Atlanta Dance
Academy. After
graduation, Ms. Edwards moved to
New York City to dance
for The Dance Theatre of Harlem where she
received additional training from Arthur
Mitchell, Eva Evdokimova, and Raymond Lukens.
Whitney performed at the Kennedy Center Protege
Project in 2006. Whitney also danced for
the Nashville Ballet and was a company member
with Nevada Ballet Theatre. Whitney is
excited to be back in her home state to explore
new endeavors in life while still being able to
express her love of dance with The Georgia
Ballet.
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 Amanda
Farris
(5th season)
Growing
up in California, Amanda
received her training at Valley Oak School of
Dance and Central West Ballet, and studied
on scholarship at the Boston Ballet and Ballet
Pacifica summer programs. While studying
anthropology at Cal State, Long Beach on full
academic scholarship, Amanda also received
training in ballet under Sophie Monat, Lorin
Johnson, and Alaine Haubert, and in modern
dance. There she created lead roles in
several new contemporary works, and was coached
for her role in Balanchine’s
Serenade
by Zippora Karz. In 2004, she won the
bronze medal at the Russian Pointe USA National
Youth Ballet Competition. Since joining
The Georgia Ballet, Amanda has especially
enjoyed performing featured roles in
Giselle, Pas de Quatre,
Going Bach,
and Paquita, and both dancing and choreographing in
Spectrum.
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Juliana Fisher
(2nd season)
Juliana received her formal training
in her hometown of
Phoenix,
Arizona, as well as at The Rock
School for Dance Education, the
Joffrey San Antonio Workshop, The School of
Ballet
Arizona, and with scholarship
offers from State Street Ballet of Santa
Barbara and the Milwaukee Ballet School.
As a scholarship student, she graduated
summa cum laude from the University of Oklahoma with a BFA in Ballet Performance
and a Spanish minor. Juliana performed with
the Oklahoma Festival Ballet for four
seasons under Mary Margaret Holt and
also appeared with the OU Opera Theatre, OU
Summerdance, Contemporary Dance Oklahoma and the Arizona School of Classical
Ballet. She was previously a founding
company member of Convergence Ballet Company
in
Phoenix,
Arizona. Her repertoire includes
La
Bayadere, The Firebird, Rodeo,
Valse-Fantaisie, and
Paquita, along with various contemporary
works.
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 Miriam
Golomb
(2nd season)
Miriam was born in
Philadelphia
where she began her early training in the
Vaganova style with Olga Kresin, and Lev
Vladimirovitch. At age 14 she was a participant
in the 5th International Ballet Competition held
in
Moscow, in the legendary
Bolshoi Theater. She continued her education in
ballet at the North Carolina School of the Arts, dancing under
renowned teachers Melissa Hayden, Nina Danilova,
and Gyula Pandi. Miriam has danced with numerous
companies including the Ohio Dance Theater,
Louisville Ballet, Columbia Classical Ballet and
The Alabama Ballet. She has spent summers
training in Washington,
Boston,
Atlanta, Budapest
and
Odessa, Ukraine. In addition to dancing,
Miriam has been teaching since she was 16 to
children of all ages.
She
is certified in Power Pilates beginner mat with
Studio Lotus, and
looks forward to continuing her education and
incorporating it both into her teaching, and her
dance.
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 Ashleyanne Hensley (7th season)
Ashleyanne, a native of Cleveland,
Tennessee
received her training at North Carolina Dance
Theatre, Nashville Ballet, and Ballet West, among
other prestigious schools. She joined The Georgia
Ballet after a season as a trainee with North
Carolina Dance Theatre, where she performed in
Salvatore Aiello’s Nutcracker and Mark
Diamond’s Fuego Del Mundo. Ashleyanne
attended
Belhaven
University where she
pursued a BFA in ballet and jumpstarted her
costuming career as their costume mistress. At The
Georgia Ballet, she has enjoyed originating the role
of Cricket
in Janusz Mazon’s
Pinocchio,
dancing in Balanchine’s
Serenade,
Concerto Barocco and
Valse-
Fantaisie, and choreographing works for
Spectrum.
In addition to dancing, Ashleyanne debuted
her fashion line in the fall of 2009 and graduated
in the spring of 2010 with summa cum laude
recognition from American InterContinental
University with a BFA in
Fashion Design and Marketing. In addition,
Ashleyanne thanks her family and husband, Sam, for
the continued support in all the endeavors she
pursues.
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 Jessica
Kitchens (2nd season)
Jessica Kitchens grew up in Plano, Texas,
where her mother Sherri was her first ballet
teacher. She continued her training at Boston
Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, School of
American Ballet, Virginia School of the Arts, and
Ballet Workshop of New England. Her
professional career started in 2004 with Louisville
Ballet as a trainee. There, she appeared in
Nutcracker, Theme and Variations,
Swan Lake, and Giselle. She
then spent two years with Milwaukee Ballet Second
Company, where she performed in Nutcracker, Don
Quiote, Midsummer Night's Dream, Raymonda, and
La Bayadere. In 2008 she joined Rochester
City Ballet, where she danced the Snow Queen in
The Nutcracker and the Bird in Peter and
the Wolf. She performed in Cleopatra,
Dracula, and Nutcracker with Columbia
City Ballet. With The Georgia Ballet, Jessica has
danced in Pinocchio and The Nutcracker
and choreographed "Affliction" for
Spectrum.
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 Mara Mandradjieff
(1st season)
Mara began her ballet training with Pittsburgh Youth
Ballet, where she performed principal roles in
George Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes, Serenade, Valse
Fantaisie, and Garland Waltz. Her
summers were spent training at various programs such
as the School of American Ballet, Chautauqua
Institute, and Miami City Ballet. Mara went on to
receive her
bachelor’s degree at the
University of
Pittsburgh in English
Literature with a minor in Dance. Attending the University of Pittsburgh
presented Mara with numerous opportunities such as
becoming a board member, teacher, and choreographer
for the Pitt Dance Ensemble where she worked
with Susan Gillis, choreographing and dancing for
Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, and interning for
Attack Theatre. Mara completed
her Masters in Education at
The University of Pittsburgh where she continued to
choreograph and teach as a part-time faculty member,
in addition to offering her talents to
Point Park University
and Ballet Academy of Pittsburgh. In 2009, Mara
joined Bodiography as a company member and performed
in Maria Caruso's premier of Heart. In 2010,
she began dancing with Columbus Dance Theatre
and also performed with
Opera Columbus. Mara moved back to Pittsburgh to be part of
Alan Obuzor’s Texture Contemporary Ballet’s opening
performance. This is Mara’s first season dancing
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 Abby
McDowell (5th season)
Abby began her formal training at the age of twelve with the School of
North Carolina Dance Theatre.
There, she studied under Patricia McBride, Mark
Diamond, and Kathy Moriarty and later was
appointed an apprentice, performing in many works
with the company. At age eighteen, Abby was awarded
a full tuition scholarship for Pacific Northwest
Ballet School’s professional division and later a
fellowship with Atlanta Ballet. She looks forward to
performing new roles with The Georgia Ballet.
Abby is also a part-time student at Kennesaw State
University, where she maintains a 3.75 GPA. In
her spare time, Abby enjoys spending time with her
friends and family, and playing with her dog, Bella.
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 Katie
McMillen Stull (6th
season)
Katie
received her early training at the
Academy
of
Ballet Arts
in
Marietta.
She graduated summa cum laude from
Texas Christian University in 2006 with a BFA in Ballet and News-Editorial
Journalism. At TCU she had the opportunity to
perform in original works by
Fernando Bujones and was
also able to present several pieces of her
own choreography. Katie has danced in Ballet
Concerto’s summer dance concert in
Fort Worth,
Texas. She
has enjoyed growing as a dancer through diverse and
challenging opportunities with Georgia Ballet. In
addition to dancing, Katie enjoys teaching ballet
and supporting arts and culture throughout the city
through her work with Atlanta PlanIt.
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 Karina
Nolan (5th season)
Born in upstate New
York, Karina left home at 14 to attend
North Carolina
School
of the Arts where she received several merit-based
scholarships including the Alexandra Danilova
Endowed Scholarship for 3 years. While there, Karina
studied with such esteemed teachers as Melissa
Hayden, Warren Conover, and Gyula Pandi, and had the
honor of dancing in George Balanchine's Stars and
Stripes and Symphony in C as well as
Michel Fokine's Les Sylphides. She then spent
one year on full scholarship at The School of
Nashville Ballet and went on to join Atlanta
Festival Ballet for two seasons. Since
joining The Georgia Ballet, Karina has enjoyed
performing in such ballets as Janusz Mazon's A
Young Dancer's Guide to the Orchestra, Balanchine's Concerto
Barocco, and Nicolas Musin's Going Bach. Karina
continues to maintain the highest academic standing
at
Georgia
State
University
where she is currently pursuing a double major in
Marketing and Hospitality Administration, and is
excited to be back for her fifth season.
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 Victoria
Norman (1st season)
Victoria began her training in Tulsa, Oklahoma at Oklahoma
Performing Arts. She focused on many
forms
including ballet, tap, jazz, acrobatic, singing, and acting. After
graduating from high school, she moved
to
Salt Lake City to attend the University of Utah on a merit scholarship.
Ms. Norman was a member of the
University's Utah Ballet and Character Dance Ensemble. She had an
opportunity there to train as a teacher
and choreographer. In May 2010, Victoria graduated with a Bachelor in Fine
Arts. She has performed with several
companies including Tulsa Ballet, Aspen
Santa Fe Ballet, and for a period of
time she was the principal performer at Yakov's Moscow Circus. This is Ms.
Norman's first year as a member of The
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 James
Sciarrotta (1st season) |
 Kelsey
Stanhope (1st season)
Kelsey, a Marietta native,
received her training at The British Academy of
Performing Arts (BAPA) and The Georgia Ballet.
Throughout her training, Kelsey has enjoyed
performing in Giselle, Coppélia, and
The Sleeping Beauty. She has attended summer
intensives at the Atlanta Ballet, The Georgia
Ballet, and Carolina Ballet. Kelsey is excited to
join the professional company this year. In addition
to dancing, she plans on attending Kennesaw State
University.
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 Sean Steigerwald (2nd season)
A Marietta
native, Sean-Tristan Steigerwald trained at the
Academy Dance Company and Roswell Dance Theatre.
He received additional training at the Nutmeg
Conservatory, Houston Ballet, and Orlando Ballet.
Sean earned a B.F.A. from University of North
Carolina School of the Arts in 2010, where he
trained with world-renowned artists Melissa Hayden
and Gerald Freedman.
While at UNCSA, he performed roles in
Raymonda, Rodeo, and West Side Story.
Sean thoroughly looks forward to his second
year dancing with The Georgia Ballet!
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 Sophie
Lange (2nd season)
Sophie grew up on a farm in
Nebraska. She received her
early dance training at Heartland School of Dance.
At 16 she trained for two years at Central
Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. She also trained for a
year and a half with Madame Adrianne Dellas who was
a founder of the Kirov
Ballet
School in Washington D.C
and was on scholarship at Atlanta Ballet Centre for
Dance Education in 2009. She has spent her summers
training at Ballet Magnificat, Atlanta Ballet,
Louisville Ballet, Kaatsbaan Extreme Workshop (Adv.
Session) Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre, and Central
Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. She was a guest artist at
Belvue Dance Academy
dancing the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the
Snow Queen in the Nutcracker. She has enjoyed
her parts in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker,
Cinderella, The Princess and the Pea,
Alice and Wonderland and Coppelia.
Sophie is thrilled to be part of The Georgia Ballet
and looks forward to her future.
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.jpg) Andrea
Lucas (1st season)
Andrea holds a Bachelor of Arts degree
with Honors (2009) in Dance Pedagogy
from Butler University
in
Indianapolis, Indiana, where she attended on a Talent Award
Scholarship.
Ms. Lucas began her training with
Alexandra Zaharias in
St. Louis, and attended
summer programs with American Ballet
Theatre (New York
City),
Joffrey Ballet,
North Carolina Dance Theatre,
Kansas City Ballet, Ballet
Internationale, and Radio City Rockettes.
She continued her studies at Butler
University
under Marek Cholewa, Michelle Jarvis,
Rosanna Ruffo, and Stephan Laurent,
among others.
In addition, she has trained
abroad in St.
Petersburg, Russia and Poland, where she performed on the
stages of the five National Opera
Houses. Some of Ms. Lucas’ notable roles
include Dark Angel (Elegy) in George
Balanchine’s
Serenade, Dew Drop Fairy (The
Nutcracker),Fairy Godmother (Cinderella),
Lilac Fairy (The
Sleeping Beauty), and Odette (Swan
Lake, Act II). Additionally, she has
danced featured roles in multiple
productions of
Giselle,
Coppélia, La Fille Mal Gardée,
and
The Nutcracker, as well as original
choreographic works by Marek Cholewa,
Stephen Mills, Robert Kelley, Trinette
Singleton, Leslie Browne, and Kennet
Oberly. Ms. Lucas has performed as guest
artist with Alexandra Ballet and
Indianapolis Opera, and has worked as a
print model for both Motionwear and
Dancewear Solutions.
Andrea is excited
to join The Georgia Ballet.
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 Scarlett
Wynne (1st season) |
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