Where Are They Now?

We are proud to announce that EB-PTP graduates have been offered professional contracts with the following companies: 

2022
Sierra Abelardo - Sarasota Ballet (USA)
Alexander Boyd-Smith - Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida (USA)
Isabella Long - Houston Ballet II (USA)
Leona Takada - Company TBD
Roberto Tarantino - Orlando Ballet II (USA)
Hibiki Tsukamoto - Opera Națională București (ROMANIA)
Sophia Zonni - Company TBD

2021
Leopold Foster - Colorado Ballet Studio Company (USA)
Mirin Hirano - Nashville Ballet II (USA)
Kent Andrews - First State Ballet Theatre (USA)
Madison Yeung - Stanford University/Cardinal Ballet Company (USA)
​Keita Fujishima - Yaushev Mordovian State Opera and Ballet Theatre (Russia)

2020
Seoyeun Kim - Finnish National Ballet (FINLAND)
Christopher Mitchell - Dutch National Ballet Junior Company (NETHERLANDS), Colorado Ballet (USA)
Sarah Scandrett - Alabama Ballet (USA)
Patrick Mihm - Colorado Ballet (USA)
Karen Ella Chambers - State Street Ballet (USA), Slovenian National Ballet (SLOVENIA)
Ian Stocker - Tulsa Ballet II (USA)
Daya Kuglovich - Houston Ballet II (USA)

2019
Elisabeth Beyer - American Ballet Theatre Studio Company (USA)
Charles Clinton - Sarasota Ballet Studio Company (USA), Pennsylvania Ballet II (USA)
Kouadio Davis - Dance Theatre of Harlem (USA)
Melanie Wells - Sarasota Ballet (USA)
Hiroto Yamaguchi - Ballet of South Bohemian Theater (Czech Republic)
Sabrina Yap - Tulsa Ballet II (USA)

2018
Vsevelod Maievskyi - Mariinsky Ballet (RUSSIA)
Michael Paradiso – Tulsa Ballet (USA)
Alicia Goytizolo – New York Theatre Ballet (USA)
Agustin Pereyra - Ballet Nacional of Sodre (URUGUAY)

2017
Gloria Benaglia - Houston Ballet​ (USA), Brno National Theater (CZECHIA)
Shaelynn Estrada - Houston Ballet​ (USA), National Ballet of Canada (CANADA)
Gillian Fitz - Bayerisches Staattsballett II (GERMANY)
Taro Kurachi - Pennsylvania Ballet (USA), Bolshoi Theater of Belarus (BELARUS)
Taylor Lim - Teatrul de Balet Sibiu (ROMANIA), Olympic Ballet Theatre (USA)
Amanda Valentino - Houston Ballet II​ (USA), Cincinnati Ballet II (USA)
Juan Cruz Luque - Opera National Romana Iasi (ROMANIA)
Takaomi Yoshino - Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (USA), Atlantic City Ballet (USA)
Vilhelm Bjerser - Moscow Theatre Ballet (RUSSIA), Finnish National Ballet (FINLAND)

2016
Andrii Ishchuk - American Ballet Theatre (USA)
August Generalli - Boston Ballet II (USA), Birmingham Royal Ballet (UK)
Arianna Spitz - Salzburg Ballet (AUSTRIA)
Brianna Crockett - Colorado Ballet Studio Company (USA), Minnesota Ballet (USA)
Marie Tender - Colorado Ballet Studio Company (USA), American Repertory Ballet (USA)
Claire Elizabeth Wilson - Colorado Ballet Studio Company (USA)
Nicolas Joaquin Moreno Cibils - Sarasota Ballet (USA), Coryphee
Kevin Zong - Singapore Dance Theatre (SINGAPORE), Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida (USA), First State Ballet Theatre (USA)

2015
Sara Ezzell - Stuttgart Ballet (GERMANY), Hamburg Ballet (GERMANY)
Celestin Boutin - Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal (CANADA), Soloist
Melissa Chapski - Het National Ballet (NETHERLANDS), ​Bayerisches Staattsballett (GERMANY)
Erick Garnica - Tulsa Ballet II (USA), Arizona Ballet (USA)
Iosu Bascaran - Ballet Hispanico, BHdos
Carlos Fernando Diaz - Ballet Nacional Perú (PERU)
Emily Neale - Ballet West (USA), Demi-soloist

2014
Sabina Alvarez - Gelsey Kirkland Ballet (USA), Studio Company
Emma Benja - Star Dancers Ballet (JAPAN)
Ka'imina'auao Clay Cambern - Tulsa Ballet II (USA)
Katherine Higgins - Paris Opera Ballet (FRANCE), Corphyee
Adrian Blake Mitchell - Mikhailovsky Ballet (RUSSIA)
Yui Sugawara - Hong Kong Ballet (CHINA), Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal (CANADA), Soloist

2013
Lauren Archer - Richmond Ballet II (USA)
Ariel Breitman - Colorado Ballet (USA)
Philip Fedulov - Georgian State Ballet (TBILISI), Leading Soloist 
Anjelica Fellini - Phantom of the Opera National Tour
Leonid Khrapunsky - Oklahoma City Ballet (USA), Yacobson Ballet Theatre (RUSSIA)
Igor Tauber - Serbian National Ballet (SERBIA)
Sarah Tryon - Colorado Ballet (USA), Soloist

2012
David Hochberg - Sarasota Ballet (USA), Nevada Ballet Theater (USA)

2011
Jaimi Cullen - Tulsa Ballet (USA), Soloist
Amber Miller - Eifman Ballet (RUSSIA), Ballet West (USA)
Andrew Silks - Tulsa Ballet (USA)
Sara Stockwell - Eugene Ballet (USA)

2010
Musashi Alvarez - Tulsa Ballet II (USA)
Brittney Feit - Tulsa Ballet (USA)
Kiyota Nomura - Tulsa Ballet II (USA)
Renee Liguori - Nashville Ballet II (USA)
Adam Sonnenberg - Lexington Ballet (USA)
Matthew Van Buskirk - Janusphere Dance Company (USA)

2009
Emily Kadow - San Francisco Ballet (USA), Corps de Ballet
Anna Kudla - Mount Holyoke College (USA)
Lauren Tenney - Lexington Ballet (USA)

2008
Young-Sil Kim - Complexions Contemporary Ballet (USA)
Taylor Kindred - Akjun Ballet Theatre (USA)
Sarah Poss - Dutch National Ballet, Eifman Ballet (RUSSIA)
Christina Schifano - Colorado Ballet (USA)
Kaleigh Schock - Ballet West II (USA)
Myles Thatcher - San Francisco Ballet (USA), Corps de Ballet
Emily Woods - Louisville Ballet (USA)

2007
Caroline Bird - Staatsballett Berlin (GERMANY)
Kristen Francomano - Butler University (USA)
Yuki Ogasawara - Dresden SemperOper Ballet (GERMANY)

2006
Victoria Hulland - Sarasota Ballet (USA), Principal
Jessica Lin - University of Chicago (USA)
Sarah Ruppel - Sarasota Ballet (USA)

Sara Ezzell & Adrian Blake Mitchell

Katherine Higgins

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Adrian Blake Mitchell

Melissa Chapski