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Danny Boulet
Danny
began his performing career as an actor in community theatre.
He was later introduced to the dance world and has pursued it
ever since. This is Danny's first season with the Evergreen
City Ballet and we welcome him as a member of the Company. He
is excited with the upcoming season. He has studied at the
Prairie Dance Center as well as having studied at a variety of
schools in Olympia, Chehalis and Seattle. Danny has
performed with Ballet Northwest and has been featured in the
role of the Jester in Cinderella, the Prince in The
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Sylvain
Boulet
This is
Sylvain's first year with the Evergreen City Ballet. He joins
us this season as a member of our Company. Sylvain first began
studying ballet at the Prairie Dance Center. He has studied
with a variety of respected teachers and choreographers. He has
performed with Ballet Northwest and has danced the role of Dance
Master in Cinderella and was featured as the Cavalier
in Firebird. Sylvain has won various awards at
regional dance competitions. He would like to thank his first
dance teachers Andrea Levanti and Erin Price for everything they
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Andi Bryndza
Andi has danced with the Evergreen City Ballet for twelve years and has
trained with the American Ballet Theatre and Walnut Hill summer
intensives. She has also had the opportunity to travel to
Amsterdam and Salzburg, Austria, where she danced and performed
with the Salzburg Ballet. This will be her fourth year in the
Company and she has enjoyed many soloist and featured roles.
Her favorite roles include Andromeda in Mr. Wade's original
ballet, Journey, the Sugar Plum Fairy in The
Nutcracker, and the title role in Cinderella. |
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Melissa Ellison
After many years as a Performance Division member, this is Melissa's
third season as a Company member with the Evergreen City Ballet. Melissa has
been featured in many performances including the principal role
in Giselle, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, and the
Snow Queen and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker.
Last season, Melissa added the lead in Cinderella to her
credits. She has attended summer programs a the Jillana
School in New Mexico, The Rock, School of the Pennsylvania
Ballet and Walnut Hill in Massachusetts.
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Erika Klein
Erika started dancing at the Evergreen City Ballet in 2001. She has
also studied at Metropolitan Ballet in Tacoma, at Suzanne
Farrell and spent three years in the Professional Division at
Pacific Northwest Ballet. There she performed as a guest
Apprentice in The Nutcracker, Midsummer Night's Dream,
Firebird, Sleeping Beauty, Jewels and Swan Lake to mention just
a few. Last year Erika studied as an Apprentice with Oregon
Ballet Theatre and performed in The Nutcracker, The Concert,
Four Temperments and Sleeping Beauty. She has attended summer
programs at the Houston Ballet, School of American Ballet, Joffrey and American Ballet Theatre all in
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Maggie George
Maggie danced with
the Evergreen City Ballet in the Performance Division for 5
years, after she trained in University of Utah's ballet
department for a year and a half. This is Maggie's first year in
the company at Evergreen City Ballet. In the past Maggie has
performed such prestigious roles as Snow Queen and Dew Drop
Fairy in The Nutcracker. She has also attended many summer
programs including Ballet Austin, Milwaukee Ballet, Pittsburgh
Ballet Theatre, and Evergreen City Ballet. |
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Jessica Llapitan
Jessica has danced with the Evergreen City Ballet for six years and this
is her second season in the Company. She has attended Whitman
Colleges' summer dance program on full scholarship and has also
studied at Ballet Austin. Jessica has danced a variety of roles
including both the Chinese and Russian soloist in The
Nutcracker, Little Red Riding Hood in Sleeping Beauty
and enjoyed her role as a step-sister in last season's
Cinderella. |
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Rachel Smith
Rachel has been
with the Evergreen City Ballet for twelve years and has trained
at The Rock, School of the Pennsylvania Ballet, Boston Ballet
and at Whitman College. This is her fourth season as a member
of the Company. Rachel has danced numerous soloist and lead
roles, a few including the Snow Queen, the Dew Drop Fairy and
the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Aurora and the
Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Odette in Swan Lake,
the title role in Giselle and Madame Bouffinia in
Cinderella. |
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Shalina Baldwin
Shalina
has trained at Pacific Northwest Ballet for eleven years. This
is her second year as a Performance Division member with the
Evergreen City Ballet. She has attended summer programs at
Oregon Ballet Theatre, Ballet Chicago, North Carolina School of
the Arts and Cornish College of the Arts. Shalina danced the
Spanish soloist role in last seasons The Nutcracker. |
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Charmaine Butcher
Charmaine has been
with the Evergreen City Ballet for five years and this is her
first year in the Performance Division. Charmaine has danced
the soloist roles of the Spanish Doll and the Marzipan Doll in
The Nutcracker as well as the lead of Clara last
season. She has attended Evergreen City Ballet's summer program
for the past five years. |
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Rachel Clark
Rachel
has been dancing for many years. She joined the Evergreen City
Ballet three years ago and this is her first season in the
Performance Division. Last season, Rachel danced the soloist
role of the Arabian Doll in The Nutcracker. She has
attended summer programs at the Evergreen City Ballet and at the
Jillana School in New Mexico. |
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Gabby Danson
Gabrielle
has danced with Evergreen City Ballet for four years. She was
also involved with Evergreen City Ballet Summer
Intensive program within those four years. This is her second
year in the performance division. She recently danced with
Auburn Dance Academy and was lead Sugar Plum Fairy in their
winter production. Gabrielle, as well, is dancing at Pacific
Northwest Ballet in their outreach program called REACH! |
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Theresa Daumit
Theresa has danced since age 9. She has been with the Evergreen City
Ballet for five years and this is her third season as a
Performance Division member. She has trained at several summer
program including the Evergreen City Ballet and Ballet Austin.
Theresa had danced the role of the Spanish Doll in The
Nutcracker, as well as being featured in the lead role of
the Snow Queen in for the past two seasons. |
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Laura Foley
Laura
has danced for many years, the past three with the Evergreen
City Ballet. She has trained at summer programs at the
Evergreen City Ballet, Whitman College and at Walnut Hill in
Massachusetts. This is Laura's first year in the Performance
Division. She has performed the lead of Clara in The
Nutcracker as well as the roles of the Chinese Doll and the
Russian Doll. |
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Kimberly Frankele
This is Kimberly's
second year as a member of the Performance Division. Kimberly
danced at Seattle Civic Dance Theatre for thirteen years and
began her training with the Evergreen City Ballet three years
ago. She has attended Evergreen City Ballet's summer intensive
program for the past three years. Kimberly performed as the
Russian lead in The Nutcracker and was also featured in a lead
role in last season's
New Northwest Works. |
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Dade Glaser
Dade has been dancing for thirteen years, the last two years as a
Performance Division member with the Evergreen City Ballet.
Dade has danced the various roles including both the Russian
lead and the Arabian lead in The Nutcracker. He has
studied at summer programs at the Evergreen City Ballet and at
the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. |
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Aline Golden
Aline
has been with the Evergreen City Ballet for twelve years. This
is her second year as a Performance Division member. Aline has
attended summer programs at the Evergreen City Ballet and at
Pacific Northwest Ballet. She has performed a variety of roles
that include Clara in The Nutcracker as well as the
Chinese Doll. Last season, Aline danced the role of the
Marzipan soloist. |
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Wisten Klein
Wisten
has trained with the Evergreen City Ballet for the past seven
years. She has attended summer programs at New York's School of
American Ballet, Joffrey, the Jillana School in New Mexico,
Pacific Northwest Ballet and the San Francisco Ballet. This is
Wisten's fourth year in the Performance Division. A few of
Wisten's soloist roles include the Arabian lead in The
Nutcracker. She also was featured as the Dew Drop Fairy in
last season's The Nutcracker, and in her comedic
step-sister role in Cinderella. |
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Ashlee Montague
This
is Ashlee's thirteenth year with the Evergreen city Ballet and
her third year as a member of the Performance Division. She has
performed with the Burklyn Ballet in Scotland and has attended
summer programs at the Evergreen City Ballet, Ballet Pacifica in
California and at The Rock, School of the Pennsylvania Ballet.
Some of Ashlee's past lead roles include the Blue Fairy in
Cinderella, Marzipan lead in The Nutcracker, and
in last season's The Nutcracker, Ashlee made her debut
as the Dew Drop Fairy. |
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Allison
Montgomery
Allison has been with the Evergreen City Ballet for ten years and this is
her first year as a member of the Performance Division. Past
roles have included the lead of Clara in The Nutcracker
as well as dancing the soloist role of the Chinese Doll for the
past two seasons. In addition to the Evergreen City Ballets'
summer programs, Allison has studied at Oregon Ballet Theatre,
Ballet Magnificat in Mississippi and American Ballet Theatre in
California. |
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Jenna
Nelson
Jenna
began dancing at the Evergreen City Ballet three years ago and
this is her second season as a Performance Division member.
Jenna has attended the Evergreen City Ballet's summer programs
as well as studied during the summer at Ballet Pacifica and
American Ballet Theatre in California and at Pacific Northwest
Ballet on scholarship. She has performed the soloist role of
the Russian Doll and the Marzipan lead in The Nutcracker. |
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Zoe Pearson
Zoe began dancing with the Evergreen City Ballet
when she was seven. She joined the Evergreen City Ballet as a
member of the Performance Division during the 07-08 season. Zoe
has performed the lead role of Clara as well as the soloist
roles of the Marzipan Doll and the Spanish Doll. She has
attended summer programs at The Rock Ballet School in
Pennsylvania and at the Evergreen City Ballet. |
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Erin Stevens
This
is Erin's fourth year as a member of the Performance Division.
She has danced with the Evergreen City Ballet for eleven years.
In addition to the Evergreen City Ballet's summer programs, Erin
has studied several summers at Ballet Austin and the Houston
Ballet. In The Nutcracker, she has danced the roles of
the Chinese lead and the Marzipan lead and last season Erin made
her debut as the Sugar Plum Fairy. |
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Hayley Szehner
Hayley
has been dancing with the Evergreen City Ballet for seven
years. The past three years as a member of the Performance
Division. She has attended the Evergreen City Ballet's summer
program for the past six years. Hayley has danced the lead of
Clara, and for the past two seasons, danced the role as the
Spanish soloist in The Nutcracker. |
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Bryn Wells
This is Bryn's first year at the Evergreen City Ballet. She has trained
at the Ballet Workshop for eleven years and spent one year
training at Pacific Northwest Ballet. She has studied at summer
programs at Walnut Hill Youth Intensive, Chicago Ballet, Long
Beach Ballet and at North Carolina School of the Arts. |
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Kaitlin West
Kaitlin has been
dancing with ECB for 6 years. She has danced many soloist roles
including a Lead Fairy in Cinderella, the Pink Fairy in Sleeping
Beauty and the Snow Queen in the Nutcracker. Kaitlin also had
the opportunity to dance in Summer Intensives at Pacific
Northwest Ballet, Walnut Hill, Ballet Austin and Boston Ballet. |
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Joanna Farmer |
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Claire Flemming |
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Ana Luiza
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Lindsey Kornowske |
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Maddie St. John |
