Artists
Artistic Team
Artistic Team
Artistic Director
Julie Kent became the Artistic Director of The Washington Ballet in July 2016. She is the longest-serving ballerina in American Ballet Theatre’s 79-year history. She began her dance training with …
Associate Artistic Director
Victor Barbee was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and received his ballet training at the North Carolina School of the Arts and the School of American Ballet. He joined the …
Ballet Master
rmartin@washingballet.orgRubén Martín Cintas was born in Reus, Spain, and trained at Estudio de Danza de Maria de Avila. After dancing with English National Ballet for four years, he joined San Francisco …
Music Supervisor
gsales@washingtonballet.orgGlenn Sales, Pianist, has been well-known to Washington, DC audiences since his National Symphony Orchestra debut at age 14 and his subsequent invitations as soloist with NSO. Sales attended the …
Company
Company
Victoria Arrea, from San José, Costa Rica, joined The Washington Ballet Studio Company in 2016 and was promoted to the company as an apprentice in 2018. She has performed in …
Katherine Barkman joined The Washington Ballet in October 2018, soon after winning consecutive Silver Medals from two of the world’s most prestigious ballet Olympiads — the XI USA International Ballet …
Nardia Boodoo, born in Baltimore, Maryland, of Indo-Trinidadian heritage, is in her fourth season with The Washington Ballet, after dancing for two years in The Washington Ballet’s Studio Company and …
Kimberly Cilento, of Middletown, DE is in her third season with The Washington Ballet after being a member of both their Studio Company and Trainee Program. Cilento began her dance …
Adelaide Clauss from Buffalo, New York is in her fifth season with The Washington Ballet. She started her dance training at The Neglia Conservatory of Ballet with Sergio Neglia and …
Gilles Delellio, from Belgium, began dance training in tap and jazz and then studied ballet at 10 years of age at The Tap Show Company and Balletomania under Piotr Nardelli. …
Kateryna Derechyna of Ukraine is in her seventh season with The Washington Ballet. She trained at the Odessa Ballet Academy under Elvira Karavaeva where she performed at the Odessa Ballet …
Jessy Dick, a native of Michigan, is in her fourth season with The Washington Ballet. She was a member of the Studio Company before being promoted to Apprentice in 2019. …
Nicole Graniero of New York City is in her sixth season with The Washington Ballet. She studied at Studio Maestro, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, and summer intensives at American Ballet …
Sona Kharatian is celebrating her 20th season with The Washington Ballet. She has danced with Orlando Ballet, Ballet Hawaii, the Trey McIntyre Project, and Copenhagen International Ballet. She was a …
Ayano Kimura of Japan, is in 10th season with The Washington Ballet and third year teaching at The Washington School of Ballet. Kimura, born in Germany, went on a short-term …
Alex Kramer begins his second season with The Washington Ballet after performing as a member of American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company for the 2011-12 season and with ABT II on …
Tamás Krizsa, of Hungary, is in his 13th season with The Washington Ballet. Krizsa graduated from the Hungarian Dance Academy with honors in 2002. During his school years, he was …
Corey Landolt of New Jersey is in his 13th season with The Washington Ballet Company after dancing for three seasons with TWB’s Studio Company. He began classical ballet training at …
Eun Won Lee from Korea is in her third season with The Washington Ballet. She was formerly a Principal dancer with Korean National Ballet for six years and received her …
Lope Lim *
Lope Lim of Manila, Philippines, is in his second season with The Washington Ballet. He was a member of the Studio Company before being promoted to Apprentice in 2019. He …
Ariel Martínez began his ballet studies at School of Ballet Alejo Carpentier and continued his education at Fernando Alonso National Ballet School, associated with Ballet Nacional de Cuba. His instructors included Dunia Vera, Verónica Muxó, Normaria Olaechea, and Elena Cangas. He has competed in Italy, South Africa, Mexico, and Cuba, obtaining awards in many of these events, including a silver medal in the contest of the International Meeting of Academies for the Teaching of Ballet in 2014 and a gold medal for contemporary ballet performing Innovation in South Africa in 2016. In 2014 he became a company member of Ballet Nacional de Cuba, becoming a first soloist in 2016. He performed in the world premiere of Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa’s Oscurio, as well as her ballet Celeste. His repertoire includes Giselle, Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Coppélia, and other other ballets by noteable Cuban choreographers. Martínez is now a company member of The Washington Ballet.
Ariel Martinez is sponsored by The Honorable Ann Brown.
Photo by XMB Photography.
Tamako Miyazaki of Tokyo, Japan, is in her 10th season with The Washington Ballet after dancing with Columbia Classical Ballet. Prior to that, Miyazaki was a member of The Washington …
Javier Morera of Havana, Cuba is in his fourth season with The Washington Ballet after dancing with the Florida Classical Ballet, where he was a Principal Guest in 2015, and …
Ashley Murphy-Wilson of Shreveport, Louisiana is in her sixth season with The Washington Ballet after dancing for 13 years with Dance Theatre of Harlem. In 2002, she trained and performed …
Stephen Nakagawa of Fontana, California began his training with Academy of Russian Classical Ballet. He then continued to train at various schools such as North Carolina School of the Arts, …
Andile Ndlovu of Johannesburg, South Africa, is in his ninth season with The Washington Ballet, after dancing one season with TWB’s Studio Company. Ndlovu began his training in Latin American …
Lucy Nevin is from Westport, Connecticut and began attending The School of American Ballet at age 10 and continued her training there until 2016 when she was accepted into TWB …
Maki Onuki of Kanagawa, Japan enters her 14th season with The Washington Ballet after one season with The Studio Company. Before joining TWB, she previously danced and studied with Goh …
Alexandros Pappajohn was born in New York City and began his ballet studies at the age of nine at Ballet Academy East (BAE). While training at BAE, he studied under …
Gian Carlo Perez, from Havana, Cuba, danced with the prestigious Ballet Nacional de Cuba, directed by Alicia Alonso. His dancing has brought him to Spain, Panama, Italy, the United States, …
Samara Leila Rittinger, from North Vancouver, Canada, started her training at Anna Wyman School of Dance Arts when she was eight years old and then continued her studies at Goh …
Daniel Roberge of Australia is in his sixth season with The Washington Ballet after one season with TWB’s Studio Company. Roberge was promoted from Company apprentice to Company member for …
Oscar Sanchez is in his sixth season with The Washington Ballet. Sanchez was born in Havana, Cuba in 1991 and started training at the age of 15 at The National …
Rolando Sarabia is a Cuban ballet dancer of international acclaim who has danced with companies throughout the world including the Cuban National Ballet, Houston Ballet and Miami City Ballet. He …
Stephanie Sorota of Glen Rock, New Jersey is in her sixth season with The Washington Ballet. She has performed in works by various choreographers including George Balanchine, Gemma Bond, Sir …
Sarah Steele is in her fifth season with The Washington Ballet. Born in New York, NY, Steele trained at Nunnbetter Dance Theater in Bergenfield, NJ and with Valentina Kozlova in …
Brittany Stone from East Hartford, Connecticut began studying ballet at American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School under the direction of Franco DeVita and Raymond Lukens and privately with Fabrice …
Masanori Takiguchi of Tokyo, Japan is in his third season with The Washington Ballet after dancing with TWB’s Studio Company. He began his training at Studio Les Bijoux and in …
* Apprentice
The Dancers of the Washington Ballet are represented by the American Guild of Musical Artists (AFL-CIO) for the purpose of collective bargaining.
Contact development@washingtonballet.org to learn about dancer sponsorship.
Studio Company
Studio Company
Andrea Allmon was born in Miami, Florida and began her ballet training with Marielena Mencia and Yanis Pikieris at Miami Youth Ballet. She performed with Miami Youth Ballet in several …
Peyton Anderson, of Raleigh, North Carolina, began her dance training with The Raleigh School of Ballet and later attended International Ballet Academy in Cary, NC. Anderson performed various roles with …
Rafael Bejarano Vidal, from Guadalajara, Mexico, began dance training at the age of 11 at the Royal Academy of Dance in Mexico with Ana Torquemada. He has studied intensively throughout …
Born in Burbank, California, Nicholas Cowden began his ballet training at the age of nine at Virginia Ballet Company under the direction of Tish Cordova. He continued his training at …
Born in Dallas, Texas, Abigail Granlund began her training at the age of 10 at the Ballet Academy of Texas under the direction of Lisa Sagle. For several years, she …
Audrey Malek, from Gilmanton, New Hampshire, begins her third season with The Washington Ballet Studio Company. She began her training with the New Hampshire School of Ballet at six years …
Helga Paris Morales started dancing in her native Puerto Rico when she was three years old. She came from a musical family and loved to dance to and makeup shows. …
Rachel Rohrich, from Dallas, Texas, began her professional training with The Dallas Conservatory at age 10. Rachel has spent summers training at Pacific Northwest Ballet, Boston Ballet, and North Carolina …
Rench Soriano recently graduated from The New Zealand School of Dance and he joined The Washington Ballet Studio Company in December 2019.
Alexa Torres was born in Santiago, Dominican Republic, where she trained at her local ballet school, Ballet Clásico Santiago. In 2013, she earned gold in the first Dominican national competition, …