OLIVIA

Olivia has been dancing for 11 years with the past 3 spent as a Ballet Etudes company member.  With the company, she has been cast in Blues and 6/8, Toy Shoppe, Faust, Blue Tango, a Step-Sister, Princess, and corps member in Cinderella, as the Shadow, a Mermaid and Indian Maiden in Peter Pan, and Can-Can which was performed at The Phoenix Symphony’s New Year’s Eve gala.  Her past Nutcracker roles include Clara, Snow and Flowers corps, Court Scene, Snow Queen, Bon-Bon Fairy, and Spanish.  Prior to her training at Ballet Etudes she also studied with The New Mexico Ballet Academy and Adam’s Royal Ballet Academy.  While with the New Mexico Ballet Academy, she performed in the ensemble with the San Francisco Ballet in The Velveteen Rabbit and as the lead bunny in Snow White with the New Mexico Ballet Company.  Olivia has also been privileged to attend two of the American Ballet Theatre’s summer intensives in Texas (2003) and New York (2005).  This past summer, she was thrilled to attend Pacific Northwest Ballet’s summer intensive in Seattle.

Photo:  Ronald Sill