Anwen Brown, from Pittsburgh, PA, trained at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School and San Francisco Ballet School. At 16, she participated in the Prix de Lausanne. Anwen is looking forward to her 10th season with Ballet Memphis. Her favorite roles include Sugarplum, Dew Drop, and Clara in The Nutcracker, Second Violin in Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco, Dorothy in Wizard of Oz, and roles in Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, and Cinderella. Anwen has worked with choreographers including Trey McIntyre, Mariana Oliveira, Gabrielle Lamb, Matthew Neenan, Jennifer Archibald, Chanel DaSilva, and Mark Godden. This is her first year with NCI.