Amelia Grubb Hillman has called Iowa home since joining Ballet Des Moines as a company dancer in 2016. Originally from the Washington, D.C. area, she completed her training on scholarship at the Kirov Academy of Ballet and the Akhmedova Ballet Academy. In addition to her 10-year career with Ballet Des Moines, Amelia has performed with the National Choreographer’s Initiative, English National Ballet, Richmond Ballet, The Washington Ballet, and Columbia Classical Ballet, and is also a company artist at Noce Jazz & Cabaret. Some of her most cherished moments onstage include performing Cinderella, Christopher Wheeldon’s Je Ne T’aime Pas, and the title roles in Romeo & Juliet alongside her husband, Logan Hillman.