Perfomance Division
Evergreen City Ballet's Performance Division (PD) is open to advanced students by invitation only. This rewarding opportunity guides students to further develop their technique and artistry through a rigorous training schedule and performance opportunities year-round. Student placement is required for this pre-professional program.
Performance Division students receive mentorship from the Artistic Director. They are also given the opportunity to study choreography and how to produce a show through ELEVATE, our student choreography showcase.
Many Performance Division dancers and alumni have gone on to successful professional careers dancing with San Francisco Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, The Metropolitan Opera Ballet, and on Broadway.
Whether they are pursuing a career in dance or not, each student is expected to cultivate excellence, good work ethic, professionalism, and other life skills needed to build a successful life in dance and beyond.
Meet our PDs
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ELLA TONSETH
This is Ella Tonseth's 13th year at ECB, and her 3rd as a PD. Some of her favorite roles include Snowflake and Spanish Corps in The Nutcracker, as well as Charmaine Butcher's A Crowd of Expectations. Her all-time favorite ballets are The Season's Canon and Romeo and Juliet. She's looking forward to making the most of her senior year, both inside and outside of the studio. She enjoys old movies, knitting, watching video essays, and is part of her school's leadership program.
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MARGOT WALLACE
Margot Wallace has been dancing for fifteen years, all with Evergreen City Ballet. This is her third year in the Performance Division. Her favorite roles include Jojo in Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet, and Marzipan Lead in Wade Walthall's Nutcracker. Within the last five years, she has attended summer intensives at Evergreen City Ballet, DeCruz Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and Boston Ballet. Beyond her passion for dance, she is equally captivated by science. She aspires to pursue a career in the medical field, specifically helping young children who have juvenile arthritis like her.
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OLIVIA LARIMER
This is Olivia Larimer's 15th season dancing, 13th with ECB, and 3rd as a PD. Her favorite roles so far have been Dew Drop in Wade Walthall's Nutcracker and Hansel in Jennifer Porter's Hansel and Gretel. Within recent years she's attended summer intensives at Oregon Ballet Theater, Boston Ballet, and of course ECB. Her favorite ballet to watch, and hopefully one day perform, is Jean-Christophe Maillot’s neoclassical rendition of the classic story, Roméo et Juliette. In school she's on track to graduate with an AA at Green River College along with her highschool diploma. After pursuing a professional career in dance, Olivia hopes to one day go back to school to study English and writing, or another humanities discipline.