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James Ady - Instructor, Ballet Conservatory West; American Ballet Theatre; Principal, Pennsylvania Ballet
Rocío Agüero - Teatro Colon Ballet
Devin Alberda - New York City Ballet
Justin Allen - Co-Artistic Director, The Rock School for Dance Education; Dayton Ballet
Joshua Allenback - Colorado Ballet
Tamara Allison - Child Lead NY Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Valerie Amiss - The Academy of Ballet NJ; Soloist, Pennsylvania Ballet
Alexandra Ansenelli - New York City Ballet
Robert Arold - Houston Ballet
Allyson Ashley - Dance Theatre of Harlem
Cameron Auble-Branigan - American Repertory Ballet
Eliza Barbic - Eugene Ballet, Ballet Idaho
Alladson Barreto - Kansas City Ballet, Ballet West
Melissa Bartusch - City Ballet of San Diego
Allison Basford - The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet
Ashley Baszto - Orlando Ballet
Maximilien Baud - Pennsylvania Ballet
Cato Berry - Colorado Ballet, Philadelphia Ballet Corps
Lucas Bilbro - North Carolina Dance Theatre
Gilbert Bolden III - New York City Ballet - Corps de Ballet
Laura Bowman - Pennsylvania Ballet
Laura Breckenridge - Broadway shows, Blue Bloods, Grey's Anatomy, Gossip Girl
Bobbie Briscoe - Company C Contemporary Ballet, Joffrey Ballet
Samantha Bristow- Corps de Ballet- San Francisco Ballet
Karley Brooke - Trainee - LA Ballet
William Burden - PHILADANCO, Elleone Dance Theater,
Spectrum Dance Theater
Kacey Burke - Roxy Ballet
Rachel Butler - Director, Huntsville Ballet School; Soloist, Pennsylvania Ballet; Soloist, Pacific Northwest Ballet
Fabrice Calmels - Principal, Joffrey Ballet
Tim Cannon - Dance Alive!
Nick Carter - Louisville Ballet
Martha Chamberlain - Pennsylvania Ballet, Senior Lecturer University of the Arts
Elizabeth Chapman - Georgia Ballet
Taylor Ciampi - First State Ballet, Atlanta Ballet
Jade Conner - Royal Ballet of Flanders
Emily Corney - Lead in Fame
Christine Cox - Artistic Director, Ballet X; Pennsylvania Ballet
Karel Cruz - Principal, Pacific Northwest Ballet
Kyle Davis - Pacific Northwest Ballet
Michael Davis - Kansas City Ballet
Madeline Deavenport - North Carolina Dance Theatre, New Chamber Ballet
Yosbel Delgado - Rock School Faculty Member, Pennsylvania Ballet
Michaela DePrince - Soloist, Boston Ballet, Soloist, Dutch National Ballet; Dance Theatre of Harlem, Cover of Newsweek Magazine 2013, Star of the award-winning documentary First Position
Megan Dillon - North Carolina Dance Theatre 2nd Company
Gregory Dominiak - Paris Opera Ballet
Matthew Donnell - Kansas City Ballet, DIY Dancer
Teresa D’Ortone - American Ballet Theatre - Corps de Ballet
Zachary Downer - Cats on Broadway, Hello Dolly! on Broadway
Derek Dunn - Principal, Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet
Tina Egan - American Repertory Ballet
Damir Emric - Soloist - Ballet San Jose, Royal New Zealand Ballet
Shaelynn Estrada - National Ballet of Canada
Katchiri Feys - Ballet Arkansas
Andrew Fleischner - Los Angeles Ballet
Molly Flippen - Los Angeles Ballet
Nick Fonseca - Orlando Ballet
Morgan Foster - Huntsville Ballet
Nick Garvey - Ballets de San Juan
Jessica Gatinella - Pennsylvania Ballet
Joseph Gatti - Principal, Cincinnati Ballet; Soloist, Boston Ballet; Corella Ballet
Kenna Gold - Orlando Ballet
Tonatiuh Gomez - San Diego Ballet
Ellen Green - Guest Artist and Faculty Member, Ballet Chicago; New York City Ballet
Christian Guitierrez - Corps de Ballet - Carolina Ballet
Kara Hanretty - Ballet Arizona
Reggie Harris - Austin Ballet, Head of the Chicago High School for the Arts
Alexandra Hartnett - Ballet Arizona, Opera and Ballet of Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Jessica He - Atlanta Ballet
Sydney Henson - Cleveland Ballet
Arnaldo Hernandez - Ballet Austin
Isaac Hernandez - Lead Principal, English National Ballet, Dutch National Ballet; Principal, San Francisco Ballet
Esteban Hernandez - Principal, San Francisco Ballet
Kyra Homeres - M.J.M. Dance Inc.; Dancer and Instructor, Miami City Ballet
Patrick Howell - Principal - Milwaukee Ballet
José Hurtado - Ballet de Monterrey, Soloist
Ian Hussey - Principal, Pennsylvania Ballet
Ellie Iannotti - Orlando Ballet
James Ihde - Soloist, Pennsylvania Ballet
Victoria Jaenson - Collage Dance Collective
Jenn Jansma - Carolina Ballet
Russell Janzen - Former Principal - New York City Ballet
Damian Johnson - New York City Ballet
Erik Johnson - Milwaukee Ballet
Rachael Jones - Nashville Ballet, Washington Ballet 2nd Company
Jeanette Kakareka - English National Ballet, Bayerische Staatsballett
Masayoshi Katori - Saarlandisches Straatstheater
Elizabeth Keller - Trey McIntyre Project, Miami City Ballet, Ballet Idaho
Rebecca King - Miami City Ballet
Ashley Knapp - New York City Ballet
Mine Kusano - Pennsylvania Ballet
Lucas Labrador - Indianapolis Ballet, Apprentice, Atlanta Ballet
Sarah Lapointe - Former Principal - Charlotte Ballet
Kristie Latham - Ballet Memphis; Ballet Met Ballet
Andrea Long - Dance Theater of Harlem
Skyler Lubin - Ballet X; Miami City Ballet
Veronica Lynn - Soloist, American Ballet Theater
Callie Manning - Principal, Miami City Ballet
Abdul Manzano - Dance Theater of Harlem, Charlotte Ballet
Skyler Martin - Dutch National Ballet
Emma Matthews - State St Ballet
Olivia MacCabe - Oklahoma City Ballet -Studio Company
Janey McGeary - Pennsylvania Ballet and New York City Ballet
Amelia McGravey - Houston Ballet II
Katie Meeusen - Ballet West, Ballet San Jose, Ballet Met
Juliana Missano - Atlanta Ballet
Regina Montgomery - Tulsa Ballet, Soloist
Miguel Angel Montoya - Atlanta Ballet
Alana Morgenstern - Israel Ballet
Sara Michelle Murawski - Pennsylvania Ballet; Dresden Semper Opera Ballet; Soloist, Slovak National Ballet
Elizabeth Murphy - Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal, Ballet West
Jackie Nash - Atlanta Ballet
Taryn Oliveri - Ballet Memphis
Tempe Ostergren - Boston Ballet, Kansas City Ballet
Eric Otto -. New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Movin' Out, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Ballet X, Faculty - Central Park Dance
Nikkia Parish - Washington Ballet
Colby Parsons - Alberta Ballet, American Ballet Theatre
Olivia Parsons - Charlotte Ballet
Luciano Perotto - Principal, Ballet de Monterrey, Cleveland Ballet,
Jillian Price - Orlando Ballet
Jaime Polovcak - Orlando Ballet
Marina Profy - First State Ballet
Angel Ramirez - Atlanta Ballet
Cesar Ramirez - Los Angeles Ballet
Marcos Ramirez - Los Angeles Ballet
Claire Rathbun - Cats on Broadway, So You Think You Can Dance, Anastasia, The Washington Ballet
Giovanni Ravelo - Roxy Ballet
Joshua Reynolds - Atlanta Ballet, Smuin Ballet
Rachel Richardson - American Ballet Theatre
Lawrence Rines - Boston Ballet
Shayna Rudd - PHILADANCO
Ashley Ruhl - Ballet West
Catherine Russell - Kansas City Ballet
Jennita Russo - Hubbard Street Dance Company, Choreographer of "Disney Glow Fest" at California Adventure, Choreographer for Celine Dion, Jay-Z and Beyonce
Erica Sabatini - Carolina Ballet, Dresden Ballet
Jennifer Savelli - Pennsylvania Ballet, Fosse, Boy From Oz, Chicago the Movie, Anything Goes
Tyler Savoie - Pennsylvania Ballet, Kansas City Ballet
Andrew Scordato - New York City Ballet
Madeleine Scott - Ballet West, Sacramento Ballet, Santa Fe Ballet
Christie Sciturro - Miami City Ballet
Kristen Segin - New York City Ballet
Christopher Sellers - 1st Soloist, Ballet West
Jose Serrano - Principal, Columbia City Ballet
Gabe Stone Shayer - formerly American Ballet Theatre
Christine Shevchenko - Principal - American Ballet Theatre
Jimmy Shughart - Alabama Ballet
Ilir Shtylla - Ballet Arizona
Beckanne Sisk - Principal, Houston Ballet, Ballet West
Jennifer Smith - Pennsylvania Ballet
Promise Smith - Atlantic City Ballet
Kate Spauldin - Lousiville Ballet
Nicole Stalker - Miami City Ballet
Taylor Stanley - Principal, New York City Ballet
Abigail Stewart - Corps de Ballet, Columbia Classical Ballet
Nick Stuccio - Director, Fringe Festival
Umi Taguchi - Columbia Classical Ballet
Hitomi Takeda - Houston Ballet
Rena Takahashi - Grand Rapids Ballet
Anna Tateda - Oklahoma City Ballet, Corps Member
Yukihiro Tamura - Colombia Classical Ballet
Mayu Tanigaito - Royal New Zealand Ballet
Margaret Tappan - Berlin Ballet, Dutch National Ballet
Lindsey Tatum - Tulsa Ballet
Tomoha Terada - Soloist, Ekaterinburg Ballet (Russia)
Michelle Thieme - Ballet West
Kyle Thomas - Topeka Ballet
Mariah Thomas - Austin Ballet
Lisl Vaillant-McDonald - Director, Ballet Southwest Academy, LLC, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Phantom of the Opera
Luid Valdez - Cincinnati Ballet
Andrew Veyette - Principal - New York City Ballet
Francis Veyette - Pennsylvania Ballet
Voltaire Wade-Greene - Hamilton on Broadway Dance Captain
Yueh Erica Wang - Corps De Ballet - Hong Kong Ballet
Michael Wardlow - Soloist - Cincinnati Ballet
Jodi Weiner .- Georgia Ballet
Jessica Weisner - Ballet Director- Dancemakers, Yuma, AZ ; U.S. Marine Corps - 5 Years ; Dance Captain - Jean Ann Ryan Producitions, Inc.
Maya Wheeler - San Francisco Ballet Choreographic Fellow,
Royal Swedish Ballet
Alison Whitaker - Louisville Ballet
Katherine Whitlock - Washington Ballet
Paris Wilcox - Kansas City Ballet, Arizona Ballet
Lateef Williams - Kansas City Ballet
Brooke Wilson - Boston Ballet
Lori Wilson - St. Louis Ballet
Gabriella Yudenich - Soloist - Pennsylvania Ballet
Kyohei Yoshida .- Grand Rapids Ballet
Joan Sebastian Zamora - English National Ballet, Joffrey Ballet
Roman Zavarov - Soloist - Ballet Arizona, Boston Ballet
MoCen Zhao - Liaoning Ballet of China
WanTing Zhao - Principal - San Francisco Ballet
Jin Zhang - Corps - American Ballet Theatre
Andres Zuniga - Corps, New York City Ballet
Since the inception of Rock Academics in September 2001, graduating seniors have been accepted to a number of exceptional colleges and universities. A small list includes:
Boston University
Brigham Young University
Butler University
Case Western Reserve University
Drexel University
Duke University
Florida State University
Fordham
George Washington University
Indiana University
Juilliard
Manhattan Marymount College
New York University
North Carolina School of the Arts
SUNY Purchase
Scripps College
University of the Arts
University of California (various campuses)
University of Massachusetts
University of Wisconsin
You can also see Rock Academics students and alumni on film & TV:
America's Got Talent
Breaking Pointe
First Position
Chicago
Dancing with the Stars