Carrie Ruth Trumbo is from New Smyrna Beach, Florida and received her training at the Orlando Ballet School. She was a trainee with Charlotte Ballet before joining Tulsa Ballet’s second company, where she spent two seasons before being promoted to the main company in 2011.

While with Tulsa Ballet, she performed repertoire by Twyla Tharp, Ronald Hynd, Ma Cong, Edwaard Liang, and John Cranko. She went on to dance with Ballet Des Moines and American Contemporary Ballet before returning to Oklahoma in 2016 to join OKC Ballet, where she spent 5 seasons. Some favorite ballets while with the company include Michael Pink’s Dracula; George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and Serenade; and Septime Webre’s Alice (in Wonderland). It was through the company’s choreographic workshop, Future Voices, that she discovered an interest in composition, and created two original works on OKCB artists.

Currently, Carrie Ruth serves as resident choreographer and artistic associate of Pegasus Contemporary Ballet, a Dallas-based company formed in 2021. She has created four works for the company, one of which was awarded a TACA Pop-Up Grant, and has collaborated with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Verdigris Ensemble. Her first full-length commission is set to premiere in June 2023.