Originally from Seattle, Washington, Elizabeth Kanning trained at Pacific Northwest Ballet and Oregon Ballet Theatre. She danced professionally with Ballet Austin and Ballet Tucson before joining Ballet Idaho, where she is currently a soloist. Now based in Boise, she has performed works by choreographers such as Archibald, Balanchine, Cerrudo, Lubovitch, Peck, and Wheeldon. She spends her summers dancing with AVID Dance Company and at the National Choreographers Initiative, continually expanding her contemporary and classical repertoire.