Annette is a Brenau University junior Dance Education major. She began studying dance at the age of four under the direction of Therese Bullard and Carol Radovic in Michigan. Her 24 years of dance experience includes Vaganova ballet, Hip-hop, Modern, Jazz, Lyrical & Highland dance. She spent seven seasons as a company member of the Ann Arbor Ballet Theatre where she not only performed principal roles, she also taught all class levels, ran rehearsals, and choreographed for spring recitals. She spent summers training with world-renowned companies including The Kirov Academy & The Bolshoi Ballet. She performed with Brenau University in last year’s Faculty and Senior Thesis concerts. Annette is excited to dance her first season with Gainesville Ballet Company One.

Caitlin is a freshman dance major at Brenau University, where she is on dance, academic and Trustee scholarships.  From Powder Springs, Georgia, she studied at Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre in Marietta since age five under the direction of Lisa Toups and Shelley S. Grames..  At RMDT she performed numerous leading roles in many classical ballets including Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, March Hare in Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Peter Pan, and Sleeping Beauty.  While there she has also studied contemporary, jazz and modern dance under the direction of Candess Giyan, George Staib II, Dwight Rhoden, Sam Watson and the late Antonio Sisk.  In conjunction with Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre’s community involvement, she taught jazz in the after school program and The Arts Academy at Hickory Hills Elementary School. This is Caitlin’s first season as a member of the Gainesville Ballet’s Company One.

Courtney, a sophomore BFA dance major at Brenau University is very excited to begin her first year with the Gainesville Ballet Company.  In her first year at the University, she has had the opportunity to perform in the innovative spring Faculty Concert, Games People Play. Her subtle, yet complex roles included a pawn and a crook.  She also had the special opportunity to work with esteemed guest choreographer Jacques Heim of Diavolo. Courtney has attended the Kansas City Ballet Summer intensive and spent two consecutives summers in the Atlanta Ballet’s advanced summer program.  She is a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta freshman honor society and is on the Dean’s List.  In addition to dancing, Courtney is pursuing a dual major in business and enjoys acting, art and running.

Kasey has studied the art of dance since the age of six.  She has performed the roles of “Clara” in The Nutcracker and “The Witch’s Cat” in Hansel and Gretel. Kasey has also studied with the Louisville Ballet and Texas Ballet Theatre at their summer intensives.  When Kasey is not dancing, she enjoys playing the oboe, singing, and reading.  She is a ninth grade honor student at Habersham Central High School where she enjoys participating in the band and chorus. Kasey is also an active member of First Presbyterian Church of Cleveland.  She is excited to be performing her first year with the Gainesville Ballet Company One!

Sarah, a homeschooled, 9th grade honors student, Sarah began ballet training at the age of five and has been with the Gainesville School of Ballet for six years.  She has attended Montgomery Ballet’s Summer Intensive.  Sarah attends Grace Calvary Episcopal Church and has served as both torch bearer and Crucifer.  When not dancing, Sarah enjoys hanging out with friends, listening to music and watching Degrassi.  Sarah is proud to begin her first year dancing with Company One.

Savannah Lee is a freshman dance major at Brenau University where she is on a Presidential scholarship.  At the age of ten, she started her serious training with the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education (ABCDE), under the direction of Sharon Story, reaching the highest level of the pre-professional division by age fifteen.  While training with ABCDE, she was selected by the Atlanta Ballet to perform with the company in The Nutcracker, Romeo & Juliet, Swan Lake and many more company ballets.  Her summer intensives include Atlanta Ballet, Washington School of Ballet, the Kirov Ballet Academy, and American Ballet Theater in New York and Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet.  Savannah was one of twelve American dancers chosen to attend the Royal Ballet Summer School at Covent Garden, London.  A further opportunity presented itself and Savannah moved to Pennsylvania, where she became a member of the Pittsburgh Youth Ballet Company.  At PYBC, she performed as the Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, the Dewdrop Fairy and Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, and the Autumn Fairy in Cinderella.  She has also performed principal roles in numerous Balanchine works including the Lead Butterfly in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the title role in Raymonda and the lead role in Western Symphony.  Recently, she participated in the Youth American Grand Prix and received a grade “A” in both the classical and contemporary categories.  Savannah is excited to be a freshman at Brenau University and a member of the Gainesville Ballet Company.