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
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 –
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-
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
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
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 –
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
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 Stoeckley – Martha Graham Dance Company
Cindi Case – San Diego Ballet, Ballet Theater of Maryland
Patricia Suto – National Ballet Company
Jessica Stibbick – National Ballet Company
Mary Steward – Charlotte Ballet Company
Aaron Bauer – Ballet Theater of Maryland