Eric McIntyre grew up in Roanoke, Virginia, where he began dancing at the age of eight at a local competition studio. At age 15 Eric began training at Southwest Virginia Ballet, where he danced the lead role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and other lead roles in The Nutcracker and multiple original works choreographed by Pedro Szalay.

Eric was a part of the Richmond Ballet Trainee program and Virginia Commonwealth University’s BFA Program for two years, where he performed with the company in Journey, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Stoner Winslett’s The Nutcracker, and new works from Mate Szentes and Matthew Frain. Upon finishing up his two years in the trainee program, Eric was promoted to Richmond Ballet’s second company, where he spent one year and performed in Carmina, George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations, and Swan Lake.

Eric is looking forward to his first season with Dayton Ballet.