Hometown: Clearwater, Florida
Ella Isabelle Titus was born in Clearwater, Fla. She started ballet training at the age of three with Maureen Gibson. As a young girl she began performing with Florida West Youth Ballet under the direction of Pavel Fomin and began intensive ballet training with Haydee Gutierrez. Titus received scholarships to attend summer programs with American Ballet Theatre, the School of American Ballet, San Francisco Ballet School and Miami City Ballet School. At age 14, she moved to Miami to attend MCB School full-time as a scholarship student, and was offered an apprenticeship at age 16. Two years later, in 2015, Titus graduated from Miami Beach High School and joined Miami City Ballet’s corps de ballet.
In 2015, Titus was featured in season two of Teen Vogue’s documentary series “Strictly Ballet,” which followed six MCB School students in their final year of training. She was proud to represent Miami City Ballet School, the company and her home state of Florida.
Roles since joining MCB
Alexei Ratmansky
Fairy’s Kiss
Symphonic Dances
Classical Repitoire
Giselle, Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot
George Balanchine
Bourree Fantasque
Diamonds from Jewels
Divertimento No.15
Emeralds from Jewels
George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®
La Valse
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Fairy)
Serenade
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Swan Lake
Symphony in Three Movements
The Four Temperaments (Melancholic corps)
Theme and Variations
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
Walpurgisnacht
Who Cares?
Jerome Robbins
Glass Pieces
I’m Old Fashioned
The Cage
The Concert
West Side Story Suite
Jerome Robbins/Twyla Tharp
Brahms/Handel