Many former Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre dancers have continued on to professional careers in the dance field. Others have attended prestigious college and university dance departments. Examples follow . . .
Chapman University BFA in Dance
formerly Pennsylvania Ballet II
Doctor of Physical Therapy at Big Sky Pediatric Therapy in Austin, Texas
UC Santa Cruz BA in Art; Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre board member; Cabrillo Foundation Development Department
Manassas Ballet Theatre; formerly with Ballet Theatre of Maryland, Cincinnati Ballet
BFA in Dance from Boston Conservatory
Dance student at University of California at Irvine 2020
Choreographing The Santa Cruz Nutcracker: Clara's Dream film
formerly with Utah Regional Ballet
Santa Clara University graduate - Communications degree
formerly Ballet Alabama under Wes Chapman
State Street Ballet Associate Artistic Director
formerly with Ballet San Jose
formerly with Missouri Contemporary Ballet and Los Angeles Ballet
Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theatre
formerly with Utah Regional Ballet
The Juilliard School, BFA in Dance 2020
Artistic Director, HIVE Dance Company
Senior pursuing her BFA in Dance at Muhlenberg College in Allentown PA
Co-Producing The Santa Cruz Nutcracker: Clara's Dream film
Free-lance dancer
formerly:
National Broadway Touring company of "Movin' Out"
Richmond Ballet
Nashville Ballet
Luna Negra
Medical student, Tufts University School of Medicine; Stanford University graduate
Assistant Editor at Dance Spirit Magazine
Ballet Arizona
formerly with Utah Regional Ballet
BFA/Dance, Cornish School of the Arts
Houston Ballet, Principal dancer
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Bachelor’s in Dance Science from Cal State Long Beach
Graduate student at Oxford University
Masters in English Literature from Columbia University
Fulbright Scholar
formerly Ballet West trainee
Principal dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet
formerly Principal dancer with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
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Legislative Director for California State Senator Nancy Skinner
Founder of the Ballet Company @ UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley graduate
formerly with Grand Rapids Ballet
DawsonDanceSF company member
formerly LINES trainee
Butler University BFA in Dance
Currently Ballet Master Oregon Ballet Theatre
formerly:
Principal dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet
San Francisco Ballet
Co-owner and director of Boise Ballet Academy
formerly with Silicon Valley Ballet
ABT-Certified Instructor and certified Gyrotonic Method instructor
formerly with Ballet Austin
formerly Nederlands Dans Theatre II and Ballet Frankfurt under William Forsythe
Florida State University at Tallahassee Dance MFA program. Click HERE to see the 2014 "Nutcracker" campaign image featuring Gabe.
Formerly:
Trey McIntyre Project
Sacramento Ballet
Milwaukee Ballet
Oakland Ballet
University of Texas at Austin BFA in Dance
Directing and Producing The Santa Cruz Nutcracker: Clara's Dream film
formerly:
Utah Regional Ballet
Ballet San Jose trainee
Click HERE to see the 2014 "Nutcracker" campaign image featuring Lauryn
Sacramento Ballet
formerly:
American Contemporary Ballet
Cincinnati Ballet
Pacific Northwest Ballet trainee
Kaelyn Magee (above) as a student at The Studio and (below) with Utah Regional Ballet
Molly Winslow Hanson (above) in her Junior year at The Studio and (below) with Emerson Moose photographed by Ballet Zaida
Lauryn Winterhalder (above) in SCBT rehearsal and (below) photographed by Sacramento Ballet
Melody Mennite (above) guest starring in "The Nutcracker"
Lucien Postlewaite (above) guest starring in "The Nutcracker"
Photo of Gabriel Williams (above) by Kurt Sutter
Leila Drake Fossek (above) photograph courtesy of State Street Ballet