Documenting Generations of Cecchetti Trained Professional Dancers

*Please note that the information below is a non-inclusive list of Cecchetti trained dancers who have achieved professional status. New submissions are welcome and appreciated.  Please go to the contact page to submit your entry.

Lisa Allen – Joffrey Ballet

Greg Begley – Pittsburg Ballet Company; Hubbard Street Dancers; Ruth Page Ballet Co.

Michael Bennett – Director and Choreographer of A Chorus Line; Promises, Promises, Dream Girl; Follies

Peggy Benson – Ballet West; Founder of Jazz Dance Theatre

Jennifer Bobo – Texas Ballet Theatre

Lynn Brennan Tabor – Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Grands Ballet Canadiens, Cleveland Ballet

Joe Briggs – Pittsburg Ballet

Theresa Butkovich – Boston Ballet Ensemble; Principal Guest Dancer -Louis Fuentes

Leslie Bundy-Hosbein – Long Island Ballet Theatre

Cynthia Cadwell – Cincinnati Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet Theatre, Scapino Ballet (Amsterdam The Netherlands), Ballet Royal de Wallonie (Charleroi, Belgium), Basler Ballett (Basel, Switzerland), Companhia Nacional de Bailado (Lisbon, Portugal)

Catrina Choate-Heretoiu – Miami City Ballet; Carolina Ballet; Miami Contemporary Dance, Feldenkrais Practicioner

Ronald Colton – Artistic director of Augusta Ballet

Kathy Cooke – Scottish-American Ballet; National Ballet of Maryland; Guest Principal Dancer; Founder, Director of The Falls Church and Beautiful News Worship Dance Ensemble

Ellen Crane – Milwaukee Ballet; Southwest Ballet

Timothy Cronin – Principal Dancer, Atlanta Ballet Company; Elliot Feld Ballet Company

Penny Dallas – Joffrey Ballet

Amanda Drozier – Off Broadway

Dawnell Dryja – Metropolitan Ballet of Detroit; Dayton Ballet; Tulsa Ballet; Grand Rapids Ballet

Joyce Edwards-Milne – Metropolitan Opera Ballet Co

Janet Eilber – Martha Graham Dance Company

Rori Fadum – Lou Conte of Chicago; Booking-Roaring Productions

Karla Finger – Orchecis Modern Dance Company

Ann Fletcher – Choreographer; Movie credits

Kimberley Fortin – Norwegian Cruise Lines – Choreographer, Performer

Jennifer Goodman – Joffrey Ballet

David Guzman – San Antonio Ballet Company

Denise Gillman – Nevada Dance Theatre

Joey Harris – Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; Mia Slavenska Ballet Company

Jan Hanniford – Principal with Joffrey Ballet Co; Premiere Ballerina in A.T.E.R. Balletto, Italy; Netherlands Dance Theatre

Judy Lynas Harrison – Choreographer for Kings Island Enterprises

Ellen Hoff-Fojel Frankfurt Ballet; Stuttgart Ballet

Adrian James – Houston Ballet; National Ballet Company of Maryland

Cathy Jones-Wolf  Broadway Company – 42nd Street, 1st & 2nd National Tours- 42nd Street and Summer Stock

Hailee Karam – Louisville Ballet

Louis Kosman – Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

Elyse Lauer – Tuscon Ballet

Michelle LaVigne – Nevada Ballet

Alde Lewis – Broadway Musicals – Sophisticated Ladies, Dream Girls; Movie – Cotton Club

Aubrey Lynch II – Alvin Ailey

Wendy Mansfield-Baker – Broadway Musical, A Chorus Line

Carol Maslin –  San Francisco Ballet

Cynthia McCollum – Australian Ballet; Royal Winnepeg Ballet; Hartford Ballet

Donna McKechnie – Broadway Musicals – Tony Award winner for her role as Casey in A Chorus Line

Lori McMacken – San Francisco Ballet

Tommy Miller – Broadway Musicals – “Irene”, “Royce Plise

Caleb Mitchell – Houston Ballet

Anne Montgomery – Milwaukee Ballet

Molly Moons – Harkness Ballet

Cynthia Moore – Toured with the Gold Diggers

Pamela Moore – Founder, Director, Choreographer, Principal Dancer of National Ballet of Maryland

Dennis Nahat – Prinicipal Dancer, Artistic Director, Choreographer of Cleveland Ballet; Principal Dancer with Joffrey Ballet and American Ballet Theatre

Jean Gloria Newell – Joey Harris Ballet; Tour Co. of Oklahoma; Straw Hat Circuit

Eva Nissen – Principal Dancer with Royal Swedish Ballet

Elizabeth Olds – Principal Dancer with Royal Winnepeg Ballet Company

Jeannie Osburn – San Antonio Ballet

Margie Osburn – MGM Grand; Las Vegas

Susan Osburn – Nevada Dance Theatre

Mark Otloski – Cleveland Ballet

Denise Paavola – Pittsburg Ballet

Meredith Reffner-Callender  Washington Ballet, Fort Worth Dallas Ballet, Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet

Anthony Randazzo – Principal, San Francisco Ballet

Katrina Snyder – Tucson Ballet

Ryan Vetter – Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Kimmary Williams National Ballet of Maryland, Connecticut Ballet, Twyla Tharp

Patricia Zhou  Staatsballet Berlin, The Royal Ballet

Heidi StoeckleyMartha Graham Dance Company

Cindi CaseSan Diego Ballet, Ballet Theater of Maryland

Patricia SutoNational Ballet Company

Jessica StibbickNational Ballet Company

Mary StewardCharlotte Ballet Company

Aaron BauerBallet Theater of Maryland