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James Ady - Instructor, Ballet Conservatory West; American Ballet Theatre; Principal, Pennsylvania Ballet
Rocío Agüero - Teatro Colon Ballet
Devin Alberda - New York City Ballet
Justin Allen - Co-Artistic Director, The Rock School for Dance Education; Dayton Ballet
Joshua Allenback - Colorado Ballet
Tamara Allison - Child Lead NY Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Valerie Amiss - The Academy of Ballet NJ; Soloist, Pennsylvania Ballet
Alexandra Ansenelli - New York City Ballet
Robert Arold - Houston Ballet
Allyson Ashley - Dance Theatre of Harlem
Cameron Auble-Branigan - American Repertory Ballet
Eliza Barbic - Eugene Ballet, Ballet Idaho
Alladson Barreto - Kansas City Ballet, Ballet West
Melissa Bartusch - City Ballet of San Diego
Allison Basford - The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet
Ashley Baszto - Orlando Ballet
Maximilien Baud - Pennsylvania Ballet
Cato Berry - Colorado Ballet, Philadelphia Ballet Corps
Lucas Bilbro - North Carolina Dance Theatre
Gilbert Bolden III - New York City Ballet - Corps de Ballet 
Laura Bowman - Pennsylvania Ballet
Laura Breckenridge - Broadway shows, Blue Bloods, Grey's Anatomy, Gossip Girl
Bobbie Briscoe - Company C Contemporary Ballet, Joffrey Ballet
Samantha Bristow- Corps de Ballet- San Francisco Ballet
Karley Brooke - Trainee - LA Ballet
William Burden - PHILADANCO, Elleone Dance Theater, 
Spectrum Dance Theater 
Kacey Burke - Roxy Ballet
Rachel Butler - Director, Huntsville Ballet School; Soloist, Pennsylvania Ballet; Soloist, Pacific Northwest Ballet
Rachelle Butler-Fochs - Director, School of Madison Ballet; Former Principal with Madison Ballet
Fabrice Calmels - Principal, Joffrey Ballet
Tim Cannon - Dance Alive!
Nick Carter - Louisville Ballet
Aidan Carrasquel - Ballet San Antonio, Soloist
Martha Chamberlain - Pennsylvania Ballet, Senior Lecturer University of the Arts
Elizabeth Chapman - Georgia Ballet
Taylor Ciampi - First State Ballet, Atlanta Ballet 
Jade Conner - Royal Ballet of Flanders
Emily Corney - Lead in Fame
Christine Cox - Artistic Director, Ballet X; Pennsylvania Ballet 
Karel Cruz - Principal, Pacific Northwest Ballet
Kyle Davis - Pacific Northwest Ballet
Michael Davis - Kansas City Ballet
Madeline Deavenport - North Carolina Dance Theatre, New Chamber Ballet
Yosbel Delgado - Rock School Faculty Member, Pennsylvania Ballet
Remembering Michaela DePrince (d. 2024) - Former Soloist, Boston Ballet, Soloist, Dutch National Ballet; Dance Theatre of Harlem, Cover of Newsweek Magazine 2013, Star of the award-winning documentary First Position
Megan Dillon - North Carolina Dance Theatre 2nd Company
Gregory Dominiak - Paris Opera Ballet
Matthew Donnell - Kansas City Ballet, DIY Dancer
Teresa D’Ortone - American Ballet Theatre - Corps de Ballet  
Zachary Downer - Cats on Broadway, Hello Dolly! on Broadway
Derek Dunn - Principal, Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet
Tina Egan - American Repertory Ballet
Damir Emric - Soloist - Ballet San Jose, Royal New Zealand Ballet
Shaelynn Estrada - National Ballet of Canada 
Katchiri Feys - Ballet Arkansas
Andrew Fleischner - Los Angeles Ballet 
Molly Flippen - Los Angeles Ballet
Nick Fonseca - Orlando Ballet
Morgan Foster - Huntsville Ballet
Nick Garvey - Ballets de San Juan 
Jessica Gatinella - Pennsylvania Ballet 
Joseph Gatti - Principal, Cincinnati Ballet; Soloist, Boston Ballet; Corella Ballet
Kenna Gold - Orlando Ballet  
Tonatiuh Gomez - San Diego Ballet
Ellen Green - Guest Artist and Faculty Member, Ballet Chicago; New York City Ballet
Christian Guitierrez - Corps de Ballet - Carolina Ballet
Kara Hanretty - Ballet Arizona
Reggie Harris - Austin Ballet, Head of the Chicago High School for the Arts
Alexandra Hartnett - Ballet Arizona, Opera and Ballet of Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Jessica He - Atlanta Ballet
Sydney Henson - Cleveland Ballet 
Arnaldo Hernandez - Ballet Austin
Isaac Hernandez - Lead Principal, English National Ballet, Dutch National Ballet; Principal, San Francisco Ballet
Esteban Hernandez - Principal, San Francisco Ballet
Kyra Homeres - M.J.M. Dance Inc.; Dancer and Instructor, Miami City Ballet
Patrick Howell - Principal - Milwaukee Ballet
José Hurtado - Ballet de Monterrey, Soloist
Ian Hussey - Principal, Pennsylvania Ballet
Ellie Iannotti - Orlando Ballet 
James Ihde - Soloist, Pennsylvania Ballet
Victoria Jaenson - Collage Dance Collective 
Jenn Jansma - Carolina Ballet
Russell Janzen - Former Principal - New York City Ballet
Damian Johnson - New York City Ballet
Erik Johnson - Milwaukee Ballet
Rachael Jones - Nashville Ballet, Washington Ballet 2nd Company 
Jeanette Kakareka - English National Ballet, Bayerische Staatsballett
Masayoshi Katori - Saarlandisches Straatstheater
Elizabeth Keller - Trey McIntyre Project, Miami City Ballet, Ballet Idaho
Rebecca King - Miami City Ballet
Ashley Knapp - New York City Ballet
Mine Kusano - Pennsylvania Ballet 
Lucas Labrador - Indianapolis Ballet, Apprentice, Atlanta Ballet 
Sarah Lapointe - Former Principal - Charlotte Ballet
Kristie Latham - Ballet Memphis; Ballet Met Ballet
Andrea Long - Dance Theater of Harlem
Skyler Lubin - Ballet X; Miami City Ballet
Veronica Lynn - Soloist, American Ballet Theater
Callie Manning - Principal, Miami City Ballet
Abdul Manzano - Dance Theater of Harlem, Charlotte Ballet
Skyler Martin - Dutch National Ballet
Emma Matthews - State St Ballet
Olivia MacCabe - Oklahoma City Ballet -Studio Company
Janey McGeary - Pennsylvania Ballet and New York City Ballet
Amelia McGravey - Houston Ballet II
Katie Meeusen - Ballet West, Ballet San Jose, Ballet Met
Juliana Missano - Atlanta Ballet
Regina Montgomery - Tulsa Ballet, Soloist 
Miguel Angel Montoya - Atlanta Ballet
Alana Morgenstern - Israel Ballet
Sara Michelle Murawski - Pennsylvania Ballet; Dresden Semper Opera Ballet; Soloist, Slovak National Ballet 
Elizabeth Murphy - Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal, Ballet West
Jackie Nash - Atlanta Ballet
Taryn Oliveri - Ballet Memphis
Tempe Ostergren - Boston Ballet, Kansas City Ballet
Eric Otto -. New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Movin' Out, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Ballet X, Faculty - Central Park Dance
Nikkia Parish - Washington Ballet
Colby Parsons - Alberta Ballet, American Ballet Theatre
Olivia Parsons - Charlotte Ballet
Luciano Perotto - Principal, Ballet de Monterrey, Cleveland Ballet, 
Jillian Price - Orlando Ballet 
Jaime Polovcak - Orlando Ballet
Marina Profy - First State Ballet 
Angel Ramirez - Atlanta Ballet 
Cesar Ramirez - Los Angeles Ballet
Marcos Ramirez - Los Angeles Ballet
Claire Rathbun - Cats on Broadway, So You Think You Can Dance, Anastasia, The Washington Ballet
Giovanni Ravelo - Roxy Ballet
Joshua Reynolds - Atlanta Ballet, Smuin Ballet
Rachel Richardson - American Ballet Theatre 
Lawrence Rines - Boston Ballet
Shayna Rudd - PHILADANCO
Ashley Ruhl - Ballet West
Catherine Russell - Kansas City Ballet
Jennita Russo - Hubbard Street Dance Company, Choreographer of "Disney Glow Fest" at California Adventure, Choreographer for Celine Dion, Jay-Z and Beyonce
Erica Sabatini - Carolina Ballet, Dresden Ballet
Jennifer Savelli - Pennsylvania Ballet, Fosse, Boy From Oz, Chicago the Movie, Anything Goes
Tyler Savoie - Pennsylvania Ballet, Kansas City Ballet
Andrew Scordato - New York City Ballet
Madeleine Scott - Ballet West, Sacramento Ballet, Santa Fe Ballet
Christie Sciturro - Miami City Ballet
Kristen Segin - New York City Ballet
Christopher Sellers - 1st Soloist, Ballet West
Gabe Stone Shayer - formerly American Ballet Theatre
Christine Shevchenko - Principal - American Ballet Theatre
Jimmy Shughart - Alabama Ballet
Ilir Shtylla - Ballet Arizona
Beckanne Sisk - Principal, Houston Ballet, Ballet West
Jennifer Smith - Pennsylvania Ballet
Promise Smith - Atlantic City Ballet
Kate Spauldin - Lousiville Ballet
Nicole Stalker - Miami City Ballet
Taylor Stanley - Principal, New York City Ballet
Abigail Stewart - Corps de Ballet, Columbia Classical Ballet 
Nick Stuccio - Director, Fringe Festival
Umi Taguchi - Columbia Classical Ballet
Hitomi Takeda - Houston Ballet
Rena Takahashi - Grand Rapids Ballet 
Anna Tateda - Oklahoma City Ballet, Corps Member 
Yukihiro Tamura - Colombia Classical Ballet
Mayu Tanigaito - Royal New Zealand Ballet
Margaret Tappan - Berlin Ballet, Dutch National Ballet
Lindsey Tatum - Tulsa Ballet
Tomoha Terada - Soloist, Ekaterinburg Ballet (Russia)
Michelle Thieme - Ballet West
Kyle Thomas - Topeka Ballet
Mariah Thomas - Austin Ballet
Lisl Vaillant-McDonald - Director, Ballet Southwest Academy, LLC, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Phantom of the Opera
Luid Valdez - Cincinnati Ballet
Andrew Veyette - Principal - New York City Ballet
Francis Veyette - Pennsylvania Ballet
Voltaire Wade-Greene - Hamilton on Broadway Dance Captain
Yueh Erica Wang - Corps De Ballet - Hong Kong Ballet 
Michael Wardlow - Soloist - Cincinnati Ballet
Jodi Weiner .- Georgia Ballet
Jessica Weisner - Ballet Director- Dancemakers, Yuma, AZ ; U.S. Marine Corps - 5 Years ; Dance Captain - Jean Ann Ryan Producitions, Inc. 
Maya Wheeler - San Francisco Ballet Choreographic Fellow, 
Royal Swedish Ballet
Alison Whitaker - Louisville Ballet
Katherine Whitlock - Washington Ballet
Paris Wilcox - Kansas City Ballet, Arizona Ballet
Lateef Williams - Kansas City Ballet
Brooke Wilson - Boston Ballet 
Lori Wilson - St. Louis Ballet
Gabriella Yudenich - Soloist - Pennsylvania Ballet
Kyohei Yoshida .- Grand Rapids Ballet
Joan Sebastian Zamora - English National Ballet, Joffrey Ballet
Roman Zavarov - Soloist - Ballet Arizona, Boston Ballet 
MoCen Zhao - Liaoning Ballet of China
WanTing Zhao - Principal - San Francisco Ballet
Jin Zhang - Corps - American Ballet Theatre
Andres Zuniga - Corps, New York City Ballet
Since the inception of Rock Academics in September 2001, graduating seniors have been accepted to several exceptional colleges and universities. An abbreviated list includes:
- Boston University 
- Brigham Young University 
- Butler University 
- Case Western Reserve University 
- Drexel University 
- Duke University 
- Florida State University 
- Fordham 
- George Washington University 
- Indiana University 
- Juilliard 
- Manhattan Marymount College 
- New York University 
- North Carolina School of the Arts 
- SUNY Purchase 
- Scripps College 
- University of the Arts 
- University of California (various campuses) 
- University of Massachusetts 
- University of Wisconsin 
You can also see Rock Academics students and alumni in film and television, such as:
- America's Got Talent 
- Breaking Pointe 
- First Position 
- Chicago 
- Dancing with the Stars 
- Megalopolis 

 
                     
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                