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Atlanta Festival Ballet Company and Season |
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Company Dancers
Jennifer Hurley
2nd season
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Jennifer Hurley (2nd season) began her training with Warwick Ballet Theatre of Warwick, New York. She has studied with The Eglevsky Ballet, New Jersey Ballet, Kirvo Academy of Ballet, and The American Academy of Ballet. Jennifer recently graduated from The University of the Arts with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance Performance and Dance Education.
Samara Roland
2nd season
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Samara Roland (2nd Season) a Native of Ohio began her training under the direction of Richard Early of the East Central Ohio Dance Theater at the age of 5. As a teen, she continued her training at Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts under the direction of Ballet Master Alexe Tchernichov.
Rikki Smith
2nd season
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Rikki Smith (2nd Season) is a 22 year old from Grensboro, North Carolina, where she performed and trained with the Greensboro Ballet. She recently graduated from Mercyhurst College with a BA in Dance and a minor in Biology.
Bridgette Polewski
2nd season
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Bridgette Polewski (2nd Season) graduated from Point Park University in December 2005 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance. She has also performed with University of Texas El Paso Ballet in El Paso, Texas and with the El Paso Association for the Performing Arts in the acclaimed Viva! El Paso and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Erin Kilfoyle
2nd season
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Erin Kilfoyle (2nd Season) has been training with Gregory Aaron & Nicolas Pacana at Atlanta Festival Ballet School since the age of 2. Just recently, upon graduating from Union Grove High School in Henry County she was ask to join the company. In 2004 as a high school sophomore she was 1 of 16 dance students in the state chosen to attend Governor’s Honor Program.
Danielle Hardman
7th Season
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Danielle Hardman (7th Season) has trained with Atlanta Festival Ballet School since the age of five. She has danced in many of ballets with AFB including Little Mermaid, Paquita, Swan Lake, Beauty and The Beast, and as Tinkerbell in Peter Pan, the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, and Dew Drop and Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker.
Hayley Stone
3rd Season
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Hayley Stone (3rd Season) is 21 years of age. She attended North Carolina School of Arts, and graduated from Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts. She has danced several soloist roles in Gregory Aaron and Nicolas Pacana’s ballet such as Dew Drop in The Nutcracker and in Jungle Book.
Giselle DiBlasi
6th Season
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Giselle DiBlasi (6th Season) is originally from West Columbia, Texas where she received her early ballet training from Margo Marshall. She graduated Cum Laude from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ballet Performance. She has the opportunity to dance roles such as Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Beauty in Beauty and the Beast, and the principal in Paquita.