The
Dancers

Aaron hails from northern Virginia where he began his ballet training at age 11, studying with renowned ballet teachers such as Violette Verdy, Suzanne Farrell, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, and Jacques Cesbron. He completed his training and simultaneously earned bachelor's degrees in Biology and Ballet at Indiana University.

Aaron was invited to join Philadelphia Ballet in 2015 and quickly began performing leading roles there including Basilio in Angel Corella's Don Quixote, Tybalt in Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo & Juliet, and Waltz boy in George Balanchine's Serenade. The formative years of Aaron's career were dominated by opportunities to perform diverse icons of ballet including work by Jerome Robbins, Alexander Ekman, Ben Stevenson, and Christopher Wheeldon.

Aaron joined Alberta Ballet as a soloist in 2021 and is thrilled to be entertaining audiences in his new home in Canada. He is particularly proud of his work as the title role in Jean Grand-Maître's PHI, and the reimagined title role in Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's Botero. Aaron was promoted to Principal Dancer in March 2024.

Alexandra is originally from Glens Falls, NY, USA. She trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts as well as the School of American Ballet and worked with Philadelphia Ballet (formerly Pennsylvania Ballet) as a soloist prior to joining Alberta Ballet.

She has performed many notable roles while in Philadelphia including Principal roles in George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations, Jewels, and Square Dance, William Forsythe’s Artifact Suite, and Jerome Robbins’ Fancy-Free.

While at Alberta Ballet, Alexandra has continued dancing featured roles in ballets such as Nicolo Fonte’s Rite of Spring, Helen Pickett’s Petal, Alyssa Pires’ Skyward, the Fly in Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Botero, and Gretel in Loughlan Prior’s Hansel and Gretel.

Throughout her career, Alexandra has also had the pleasure of dancing prominent roles in ballets choreographed by David Dawson, Nacho Duato, Alexander Eckman, Jiri Kylian, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Cathy Marston, Trey McIntyre, Sir Wayne McGregor, Matthew Neenan, Justin Peck, Twyla Tharp, Christopher Wheeldon, and Yin Yue. Alexandra was promoted to Principal in March 2024.

Luna is originally from Kanagawa, Japan, and is in her 12th season with Alberta Ballet. Luna began her ballet training at a local school in Japan. At the age of 16, she received a full scholarship to the Houston Ballet Academy and completed her training at Boston Ballet School as a trainee before joining Alberta Ballet in 2013. She has danced many soloist and principal roles while with the company and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2023. Some of her favourite roles include the title role of Giselle, Juliet in Romeo & Juliet and Suzuki in Madame Butterfly. Her repertoire includes Sugar Plum Fairy and Klara in The Nutcracker, Cinderella and Spring Fairy in Cinderella, Princess Aurora, Princess Florine and Fairy of Joy in The Sleeping Beauty, Alice Liddle in Alice in Wonderland, Red Women and Pink Women in Jiří Kylián’s Forgotten Land, Cordelia in All of Us and more. She has enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate with many choreographers such as Jean Grand-Maître, Ben Stevenson, Stanton Welch, Cathy Marston, Anne Plamondon, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Helen Pickett, Wen Wei Wang, Yukichi Hattori, Garrett Smith, Christopher Anderson, Alysa Pires, Yin Yue, Nicolo Fonte, and Leiland Charles.

Caleb received his ballet training from the National College of Dance in his home city Newcastle, Australia. In 2013, he won the McDonald’s Ballet Scholarship, Australia’s largest ballet competition, and received the juror award at the Australian Institute of Classical Dance awards. In 2014, he moved to Texas to join Houston Ballet II. His highlights from this time include performing the principal couple in Allegro Brillante and Franz in Coppélia. In 2015, he joined Houston Ballet where he danced for seven years performing in many of the great classical ballets, his favourites being La Bayadère, Don Quixote and Romeo and Juliet. He was also featured in contemporary works such as Stanton Welch’s Powder and Aszure Barton’s Come In. Caleb has also completed his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Canberra.

Hailing from Leesburg, Virginia, USA, Allison trained at The Loudoun School of Ballet and graduated from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, before beginning her professional career as a member of BalletMet’s second company in Columbus, Ohio. Now in her seventh season with Alberta Ballet, her performances in Cathy Marston’s Moving, Still and Gretel in Hansel & Gretel by Loughlan Prior are some of her favorites.

Kurtis originally hails from Ontario, Canada. He began his ballet training at the age of 18 at the Oakville School of Classical Ballet before moving to New York City to complete his ballet training at Ballet Academy East under the direction of Darla Hoover. During his time in New York, Kurtis had the opportunity to perform roles like Prince Desire in Sleeping Beauty (staged by Maina Guilgud) and was the recipient of the David Howard Foundation scholarship before joining Alberta Ballet in 2019. 

Since joining Alberta Ballet, some of Kurt’s favourite roles he has performed are Jester in Christopher Anderson’s Cinderella, Sugar Plum Cavalier in Edmond Stripes, The Nutcracker, the Black Bird in Annabelle Lopez’s Botero and performing in Jean Grand Maitres pop ballet PHI. This will be Kurt’s fifth season with the Alberta Ballet.

Paloma is originally from Asunción, Paraguay, where she began her ballet training at a young age with Patricia Manavella. She also trained with Miguel Bonnin, and in 2021 at the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma in Madrid, Spain.

Before joining Alberta Ballet, Paloma had the opportunity to dance in France with Opera National du Capitole in Toulouse, as well as Balletto di Milano in Italy.

She has performed as a guest artist with Ballet Clásico y Moderno Municipal de Asunción, with featured roles such as Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, Kitri in Don Quixote, and Odette and Odile in Swan Lake. She has also performed in productions of Le Corsaire, La Fille mal Gardee, La Bayadere, The Nutcracker, Na Floresta by Nacho Duato and many others.

Zachary began dancing at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, under the renowned Marcia Dale Weary. Following CPYB, he completed his training at the San Francisco Ballet School, performing in numerous pieces with the company. Zachary joined the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago as a Studio Company member in 2017 before joining the Kansas City Ballet in 2019. Zachary has been featured in accredited roles such as the pas de trois in George Balanchine’s Emeralds, Wunderland by Edwaard Liang, and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Tulips and Lobster. Since joining Alberta Ballet, some highlight performances have been performing Jesse in Helen Pickett’s Petal, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Botero and Hansel and Gretel by Loughlan Prior.

Born in Sydney, Australia, Zoe began her ballet training at The McDonald College performing arts school. In 2021, she moved to Melbourne to join the Australian Ballet School in Level Five. During her time at the Australian Ballet School, Zoe received the Graeme Murphy AO Contemporary Dance Award, the Areti Boyaci Spanish Dance Award, the Sandra Ball Award for Excellence in Anatomy Studies and was elected 2024 School Captain. Zoe has performed in various productions with The Australian Ballet, including Graeme Murphy’s The Nutcracker: Story of Clara, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The National Tour, and The Storytime Ballet Season of The Sleeping Beauty, where she performed the roles of Aurora, Lilac Fairy and Carabosse. Zoe is excited to join Alberta Ballet as a Corps de Ballet artist in 2025.