Patricia Bianco, Ninth Season
HELENA, ALABAMA

Patricia began training at Alabama Dance Academy under the direction of Pamela Merkel. She has accepted scholarships to summer intensives with Boston Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Alabama Ballet. In 2011, Patricia received top twelve in her region at Youth American Grand Prix. Since joining Alabama Ballet in 2012, her favorite repertoire includes Cowgirl in Agnes DeMille’s Rodeo, Sugar Plum Fairy, Dewdrop, and Lead Marzipan in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®, Blue Girl in Sir Frederick Ashton’s Les Patineurs, Bomb Squad Lady in Twyla Tharp’s In The Upper Room, Odette and Odile in Swan Lake, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Juliet in Roger Vanfleteren’s Romeo and Juliet, Principal Russian Girl in George Balanchine’s Serenade, Second Movement Principal in George Balanchine’s Western Symphony, Kitri in Roger Vanfleteren’s Don Quixote, and Swanhilda in Coppélia. Patricia is in her eleventh season of teaching at the Alabama Ballet School and is very and honored to be a dancer with the Alabama Ballet. 

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