Documenting Generations of Cecchetti Trained Professional Dancers
The Cecchetti Method has shaped generations of dancers, instilling a foundation of clarity, discipline, and artistry that endures throughout a professional career. Across decades, dancers trained through the Cecchetti Council of America have gone on to perform with leading companies around the world, carrying with them the principles and values of this time-honored method.
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Genevieve Penn Nabity
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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
- Astrid Ariana – Fort Wayne Ballet
- Claire Barnett – Alabama Ballet
- Erin Bates – Aerial Dance Chicago
- Aaron Bauer – Ballet Theater of Maryland
- 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
- Lindsay Joy Bunch (formerly Lindsay Navarre) – Louisville Ballet and Fort Wayne Ballet – CICB competitor 2014
- Theresa Butkovich – Boston Ballet Ensemble; Principal Guest Dancer – Louis Fuentes
- Leslie Bundy-Hosbein – Long Island Ballet Theatre
- Caleb Burks – Shades Dance Theater – CICB competitor 2024
- 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)
- Cindi Case – San Diego Ballet, Ballet Theater of Maryland
- Catrina Choate-Heretoiu – Miami City Ballet; Carolina Ballet; Miami Contemporary Dance, Feldenkrais Practicioner
- Sidney Chuckas – Ballet BC
- 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
- Joscelyn Dolson – Royal Danish Ballet
- Amanda Drozier – Off Broadway
- Dawnell Dryja – Metropolitan Ballet of Detroit; Dayton Ballet; Tulsa Ballet; Grand Rapids Ballet
- Madison Dunham – Louisville Ballet Studio Company – CICB Competitor 2024
- 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
- Claire Glavin – Sarasota Ballet
- 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
- Cara Hansvick – American Contemporary Ballet
- Judy Lynas Harrison – Choreographer for Kings Island Enterprises
- Ellen Hoff-Fojel – Frankfurt Ballet; Stuttgart Ballet
- Eve Jacobs – Jessica Lang Dance
- 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 – CICB Competitor 2011
- Athena King – Louisville Ballet Studio Company
- Louis Kosman – Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
- Mari Kraft (Beer) – Grand Rapids Ballet
- 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
- Olivia Mitchell – Dayton Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, national tour of Phantom of the Opera – CICB competitor 2017
- 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
- Shelby Moran Amarantos – Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre, Thodos Dance Chicago
- 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
- Nathaniel Orlov-Mayer – Richmond Ballet Studio Company- CICB Competitor 2024
- Jeannie Osburn – San Antonio Ballet
- Margie Osburn – MGM Grand; Las Vegas
- Susan Osburn – Nevada Dance Theatre
- Mark Otloski – Cleveland Ballet
- Denise Paavola – Pittsburg Ballet
- Hannah Phail – Ballet Magnificat!
- Jorja Pomponio – Ballet 5:8
- Anthony Randazzo – Principal, San Francisco Ballet
- Meredith Reffner-Callender – Washington Ballet, Fort Worth Dallas Ballet, Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet
- Megan Rhoades (Flowers) – Ballet Magnificat!
- Paige Robinson – Dance Kaleidoscope
- Claire Sandstrom (Anderson) – Nashville Ballet
- Sabrina Sierens – Orlando Ballet
- Martin Skocelas-Hunter – Ballet Fleming, Arch Contemporary Ballet, South Carolina Ballet, Alabama Ballet, Carolina Ballet Theatre, Ohio Contemporary Ballet, Palmetto City Ballet, Safehaven Ballet
- Katrina Snyder – Tucson Ballet
- Jessica Stibbick – National Ballet Company
- Heidi Stoeckley – Martha Graham Dance Company
- Mary Steward – Charlotte Ballet Company
- Patricia Suto – National Ballet Company
- Ryan Vetter – Royal Winnipeg Ballet
- Elise Ann Vitso – Milwaukee Ballet, Ballet Tucscon
- Grace Wiechart – New York Ballet Theatre
- Kimmary Williams – National Ballet of Maryland, Connecticut Ballet, Twyla Tharp
- Lauren Yordanich – Ballet Arkansas
- Patricia Zhou – Staatsballet Berlin, The Royal Ballet