Where are they now? Dance Division Alumni

Graduates 2002-2011

Caroline Betancourt               Louisville Ballet

Elizabeth Cohen                    Austin Ballet

Kaitlyn Frankenfield               Ballet Theater of Maryland

Heather Guernse                   Jubilee! (Las Vegas)

Brianna Habel                       Cincinnati Ballet

Marcia Hetrick                       Dayton Ballet

Emma McGirr                        Louisville Ballet

David Oldenwelder                 Alabama Ballet

Carol Tang                             Island Moving Company (RI)

Elisa Alexander                       Charlottesville Ballet

Colleen Barnes                       Dance Now! Miami ’11, Ballet Pensacola (FL) ’10, guest artist with Victoria Ballet Theatre (KY) ‘10

Amanda Browning                   Ballet Pensacola (FL)

Mae Chesney                          Columbus Dance Theatre

Stefani Jo Crea                       Columbus Dance Theatre

James Cunningha                    Cincinnati Ballet Company

Bailey Fantauzzo                     Nashville Ballet II

Rachel Myers                          Ithaca Ballet (NY)

Benjamin Needham-Wood        Louisville Ballet (KY)

Monica Alunday                      Modern American Dance Company (MO)            

Kristina D’Onofrio                   Louisville Ballet, Festival Ballet of Providence

Stephanie Powell                    Columbus Dance Theater

Ellen Bigelow                         Eugene (OR) Ballet Company, Apprentice

Emily Haas                             Charleston Ballet ’09, Ballet Idaho ’08

Madelynn Hageman                Dance Now Ensemble (Miami)

Sarah Poinski                          BalletTheatre of Maryland

Britton Spitler                         Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (NY) ’11, Charleston Ballet ’09, Cincinnati Ballet Company ’08

Matthew Stern                        Charlottesville Ballet ’09-10

Kelly Yankle                            Ballet Met ’10, Cincinnati Ballet Company ‘08-‘10

Rachel Cahayla Wynne            Louisville Ballet

John Francoviglia                    Nashville Ballet

Leslie Miller                            Dance China (NY)

Meredith Schultz                     Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago II

Blair (Starr) Titkemeier            Roxey Ballet Company (NJ)

Lauren Woleslagle                   Kentucky Ballet Theater

Morgan Grubola                      Ballet Theatre of Maryland

Margaret Huling                      Quad City Ballet (IL)

Renee Ford                             Boulder (CO) Ballet Company

Joshua Lenihan                       Nevada Dance Theater

Kathryn Carlson                       Ballet Theatre of Maryland

Krysten Hill                             Georgia Ballet Company

Danielle Moyer                        Chicago Dance Theater

Glynn Owens                          Florida Dance Theater

Other graduates of note:

Chris Campbell, 1997             Jacobs/Campbell Dance (NYC)

Carrie Elmore, 1996               Martha Graham Dance Company, soloist since 2002; Phildanco; Dayton Contemporary Dance Co II

Ligia Pinheiro, 1995              Wittenberg University, Assoc Professor, MA-2000

Favorable Mention

Suzanne Farrell                         UC Honorary Doctorate 1990, New York City Ballet (27 years), CCM-Preparatory 1950’s