Charlottesville Ballet

The Princesses:
Nekya Perry, Taylor Friesen, Alyssa Robey, Ryland Mettee, Sophie Satoh, Gabriella Fedewa, Gillian Grossman, Exodis Ward, Ayana Leblans, Adelyn Nicholson

The Evil Sorcerer Katschei:
Edgardo Lacaba

Katschei's Monsters:
Isaac Lee, Hope Roberts, Daniel Miller, Isabella Becchi

Katschei's Retinue:
Say Ayers, Rachel Nash, Jeanne Berthy, Eden Heille

Land Minions:
Stella Fishman, Ysolte Green, Billie Harrison, Vivian Hazelwood, Callie Martin, Emma Maurer, Josephine Miller-Bregman, Andrei Salerno, Polina Salerno, Lucy Sherogan, Virginia Stipe, Eleanor Walter

Sky Minions:
Abigail Gowin, Genevieve Hegge, Maeve Hutchinson, Lucy Jones, Clara McCready, Vivienna Reyes Smithley, Tigerlilly Schornberg, Cate Suggs DeSorbo

Fire Minions:
Hazel Fulton, Narumi Furukawa, Elizabeth Gay, Ailyn Green, Rowan Green, Juliana Kelly, Walker Kretlow, Solveig Stewart, Grace Toe

Monsters:
Georgia Barrow, Ela Bassett-Taurel, Caroline Bruton, Avery Davis, Kasumi Furukawa, Jocelyn Hurd, Lily Lischke, Natalie Macbeth, Erin Megonigal, Evelyn Popescu, Layla Quinton, Preston Silvers, Eleanor Trimble

Baby Birds:
3/15 | Clara Deppensmith, Betsy Lou Gorinson, Ingrid Gorinson, Lela Grey, Charlotte Kennedy, Felicity Pavalonis, Finley Taylor
3/22 | Matilde Bright, Morgan Capogreco, Noelle Howard, Téa Lilienthal, Neils Moorman, Finley Newman, Elizabeth Puckart

Cardinals:
Grier Bernard, Beatrice Campanelli, Lucrecia Mullins-Aviles, Harper Scaglione, Elizabeth Schwartz, Miranda Wagner

Company Artists

Kathryn Tokar Conley*

Trainees

Production Team

Co-Founder/Director & Choreographer

Emily Hartka

Co-Founder/Director

Keith Lee

Director of Diversity & Inclusion, and Resident Choreographer

Caitlin Lennon

Director of Repertoire

Heather Rogers

CBA Principal

Ty Cooper Grace

Costume Coordinator & Choreographer

Pedro Szalay

Artistic Associate & Choreographer

Cordelaine Klyne

Operations Manager & Stage Manager

Lori Jablonski

Company Manager

Claudia Strawderman

Development Manager & Front of House Manager

Brianna Copeland

Marketing & Communications Manager

Artistic Team

Kristina Ancil Edwards

Artistic Associate & Choreographer

Mari Mori

Artistic Associate & Director of Central Virginia Ballet

Rehearsal Faculty

Charlottesville Ballet Team

Thank you to everyone who makes Swan Lake Act II &The Firebird possible!

CB Production Staff & Volunteers

Board of Directors & Committees

Donors & Supporters

Community Partner

Southwest Virginia Ballet

About Charlottesville Ballet

Our Mission

To elevate the art of dance through wellness, performance, education, and community outreach.

About the Ballet

Charlottesville Ballet is a professional ballet company, academy, and nonprofit organization founded by Sara Clayborne and Emily Hartka in 2007. The organization has three parts:

PROFESSIONAL COMPANY

Charlottesville Ballet has no rigid physical aesthetic for its dancers and all body types are celebrated. The company includes dancers from across the United States and abroad and is the Resident Dance Company in Lynchburg’s Academy Center of the Arts.

ACADEMY

Charlottesville Ballet Academy (CBA) is a nonprofit center for dance education serving ages 1.5 through adult in all dance genres.

CB MOVES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Our FREE programming designed to serve underrepresented populations including seniors, disabled individuals, and those facing economic challenges. Classes are currently offered for ages 1-100 through the following programs:

Chance To Dance (C2D) serves students in grades K-5 in local public elementary schools. Each year, students are selected to receive lifetime scholarships to continue their dance training at CBA.
Movement For Parkinson’s weekly class for participants with movement disorders and their care partners; currently serving ages 50-100.
Silver Swans offers ballet classes for seniors age 50+ in partnership with The Center at Belvedere.
Adaptive Dance classes for students with Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, or any other developmental or intellectual disabilities to explore the joy of dance.
Once Upon A Ballet and other free programming for schools, libraries, and communities across Virginia.

An integral part of the Ballet’s mission is to increase access and inclusion in dance. Classical ballet has historically catered to a specific body type and level of physical ability — we aim to change that stereotype and believe that dance is for everyBODY.

COME DANCE WITH US!

We launched a new scholarship initiative in July 2024, and we are still accepting applications! See more at www.CharlottesvilleBallet.org/KLDF

Congratulations Jessica Grant