Alumnus

The following MBT students were selected through nationwide auditions to dance with professional companies and attend prestigious company schools.

• Jennifer Adam ….. Co. Member,  Atlanta Ballet
• Chloe Aiello ….. North Carolina School of the Arts
• Michael Anderson ….. Co. Member, Joffrey Ballet Company
• Megan Brunke ….. Ballet Met School
• Lisa Carroll ….. Principle, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
• Jennifer Christie ….. Scholarship, Pacific Northwest Ballet School
• Michelle DePlaunty ….. Chicago City Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, School of American Ballet
• Holly Dorger ….. School of American Ballet, Co. Member, Royal Danish Ballet
• Andrew Drost ….. Recipient of Maria Lascu Scholarship Co. Member, Boston Ballet II, Alabama Ballet, Ballet Mississippi, Miami City Ballet
• Courtney Fraga ….. Scholarship, Ballet Met School, Festival Ballet Providence
• Jennifer Goodman ….. Co. Member, Joffrey Ballet Company
• Lisa Guidi ….. Scholarship, Cleveland Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet, Louisville Ballet
• Kristin Hakala ….. Principal, Nashville Ballet Company, Ballet West
• Ruth Hackett ….. Scholarships, Interlochen, Boston Ballet School
• Patricia Hachey ….. American Ballet Theatre School, Co. Member, Pittsburgh Ballet
• Robin Hawk ….. Pittsburgh Ballet
• Julie Hawk ….. Scholarships, Interlochen, Cleveland Ballet School
• Melissa Hays ….. Scholarship, Indiana University
• Michelle Hebert ….. Garth Fagan Dance
• Dana Hertz ….. Scholarship, Point Park College
• Andrew Kaczmarek ….. Scholarship, School of American Ballet, Scholarship, Boston Ballet School, Scholarship, Gelsey Kirkland Academy
• Jennifer Kaczmarek ….. School of North Carolina Dance Theatre
• Amanda Knox ….. Co. Member, New York City Ballet
• Ashley Knox ….. School of American Ballet, Co. Member, Miami City Ballet
• Mary LaCroix ….. Co. Member, Nashville Ballet
• Carin Lampe ….. Scholarship, Ballet Met School
• Mara Livezey ….. National Ballet School of Canada
• Leyna McDonough ….. Joffrey Midwest School, Pittsburgh Ballet School
• Stephanie Moy ….. Scholarship, Cleveland Ballet School
• Christine Nielson ….. Scholarship, Western University, Lou Conte Dance School
• Caitlin Nordstrom ….. School of American Ballet, Miami City Ballet
• Cindy Phillips ….. Ballet Met School, American Ballet Theatre School
• Leah Shea ….. Selected to study at the famed Bolshoi Ballet School, Moscow, Russia
• Jennifer Shea ….. Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Co. Member, Fort Worth Ballet Company
• Laurel Skousen ….. Co. Member, Cleveland Ballet, Scholarship, Royal Ballet School, London
• Liana Skousen ….. Scholarship, 14th International Russian Ballet Seminar, Co. Member Cleveland Ballet, American Ballet Theatre
• Abbey Smith ….. Scholarship, School of American Ballet
• Shannon Stobbe ….. City Ballet of San Diego
• Dylan Stokes ….. Co. Member, Cleveland Ballet
• Eva Trapp ….. Scholarship, Cleveland Ballet School, American Ballet Theatre, School of American Ballet, Principal, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
• Sara Tull ….. Ballet Austin
• Lauren Van Acker ….. Scholarship, Cleveland Ballet School, Louisville Ballet Company
• Megan White ….. Miami City Ballet
• Caitlin Younker ….. Grand Valley College

As you can see, the awards received by the above students are numerous and noteworthy.

Michigan Ballet Theatre provides them with a training ground to develop and progress.  We are proud of the impressive number of artist coming from our Michigan-based regional company and congratulate them.