Emily Ellis
EMILY ELLIS, of Hilton Head, SC, is in her second season with The Washington Ballet. Ms. Ellis spent the past three seasons with Dutch National Ballet performing many classical and contemporary ballets including Balanchine’s Serenade, Theme and Variations, Four Temperaments and Concerto Barocco; William Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated and Alexei Ratmansky’s Don Quixote. She began training with Karena Brock and John Carlyle at the Hilton Head Dance School and later attended the South Carolina Governor’s School. On scholarship, Ms. Ellis trained under Melissa Hayden, Kee Juan Han and Warren Conover at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where she graduated from the high school program. She then joined Cincinnati Ballet and performed featured roles in works by George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, Trey McIntyre and Val Caniparoli. Highlights of her career include working with choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui for the creation of Labyrinth, performing with the Suzanne Farrell Ballet and performing internationally for galas and festivals in Beijing, the Dominican Republic, the Netherlands, Miami, Hawaii and Manteo, NC. Ms. Ellis performed feature roles in ALICE (in wonderland) and The Great Gatsby with The Washington Ballet.