The
Dancers

Victoria was born in Calgary, AB, where she found her love of ballet while taking classes locally at the Trico Center. To further her training, she joined the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School before heading to Vancouver and San Diego to train under Tania Brossoit, Lynette Kelley, Francine Garton, Barbara Seibert-Chatelain, and Igor Yurlov. Victoria then completed her training in the Alberta Ballet School’s Graduate Program and had opportunities to perform alongside the company. She joined the Alberta Ballet Company as an Apprentice and was promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2025. Performing as a Wili in Christopher Anderson’s Giselle and as a Chorus Witch and Dew Fairy in Loughlan Prior’s Hansel & Gretel were Victoria's most memorable roles, while her most loved productions have been Francesco Ventriglia's The Wizard of Oz and his Don Quixote.

Zachary is from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and began his training at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet under the renowned Marcia Dale Weary. He went on to complete his studies at the San Francisco Ballet School under the direction of Patrick Armand, performing in numerous works with the company.

Zachary is now in his fourth season with Alberta Ballet, having previously danced with The Joffrey Ballet in Chicago and Kansas City Ballet. His highlighted repertoire includes featured roles such as Pas de Trois in George Balanchine’s Emeralds, August Bournonville’s Flower Festival in Genzano, and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Tulips and Lobster.

In 2022, Zachary appeared in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ music video Spitting off the Edge of the World(featuring Perfume Genius). Among his favourite Alberta Ballet memories is performing “Jesse” in Helen Pickett’s Petal and in Loughlan Prior’s Hansel & Gretel. He has also had the privilege of working with celebrated choreographers including Alexander Ekman, Edwaard Liang, and Christopher Wheeldon. Alongside his ballet career, Zachary is currently pursuing a degree in Hospitality Management to support his passion for the culinary arts.

Grace was born in Melbourne, Australia and started her dance training at the age three. In 2018, she was accepted into the vocational training program at The Australian Ballet School.

While training there, Grace had the opportunity to represent the school at Canada’s National Ballet School, as part of their exchange program. She also danced leading roles in ballets choreographed by Danielle Rowe, Stephen Baynes and Loughlin Prior.

Grace received her graduate diploma this past December and joined the Australian Ballet for their short term production of the Storytime Ballet; Sleeping Beauty, where she performed Aurora and the Lilac Fairy. 

Grace joined Alberta Ballet for the summer contract and is now looking forward to perform a wide range of challenging  and exciting repertoire in the 2025/26 season.

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 the Alberta Ballet as a corps de ballet artist in 2025.

Joining us from Melbourne, Australia, Bel joined Alberta Ballet in the summer of 2025, and was invited to stay on for the 2025/26 season.  

Bel began her training at 6 years old, with a local ballet school in Melbourne, before progressing to more intensive training with the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet, at age 13. After one year, she was accepted into the vocational dance training program with the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School.  

At 17, she moved to the south of France, to continue her vocational training, and received her graduate diploma from the Pôle National Supèrieur de Danse, Rosella Hightower, in 2022. 

While studying in France, she had the opportunity to intern with the Dresden Semperoper and work closely with Les Ballets de Monte Carlo.  

After spending one, subsequent, postgraduate year in the English National Ballet School’s Professional Trainee Programme, she joined Hong Kong Ballet for three productions, over the 2024/2025 season, before being accepted by Alberta Ballet. 

Her most memorable professional experiences have been performing George Balanchine’s Serenade, as part of Hong Kong Ballet’s triple bill; The Rule Breakers, Yuri Posshokov’s Swan Lake world premiere, also with Hong Kong Ballet and Les Ballets de Monte Carlo’s Opus 40, while studying in France. 

Before joining Alberta Ballet for the 2023/24 season, Chizuru trained for two years at Alberta Ballet School. She had a chance to attend the Assemblée International 2023 and had a such a productive time with dancers all around the world. She also had opportunities to dance with Alberta Ballet Company’s productions such as Giselle, the Nutscracker.

One of her memorable roles was Fairy of Joy from Christopher Anderson’s the Sleeping Beauty,  Witches Loughlan Prior's Hansel & Gretel. and Cupid from Don Quixote.

 Yaroslav is originally from Lviv, Ukraine. Upon arrival in Canada, he completed his training at Alberta Ballet School under the guidance of Murray Kilgour, Ashley McNeill, and Aram Manukyan. After completing the trainee program, Yaroslav was offered an apprentice contract at Alberta Ballet.

He has performed many roles with the Alberta Ballet , including Christian Spucks Le Grand Pas de Deux, Father in Lauchlan Priors Hansel and Gretel, Francesco Ventriglias Bolero, and Sugar-Plum Cavalier in Edmund Stripes The Nutcracker.

Outside of ballet, Yaroslav also enjoys dancing country swing at the local honky-tonk. He is also passionate about rock climbing and loves spending time outdoors.

Originating from Tokyo, Japan, this is Rikuto's third season with Alberta Ballet. He trained with Australian Ballet School and European School of Ballet before joining Alberta Ballet as an Apprentice. He's enjoyed performing roles like Karl in The Nutcracker, Fairy Cavalier from The Sleeping Beauty and the Forest ing Der Wolf. He was promoted to a Corps de Ballet dancers for the 2025/26 season.

Jolie Rose Lombardo was born in Tyler, Texas, the Rose Capital of America. She began her passion for dance at the age of four in Atlanta, Georgia. From ages nine to 14, she received private ballet training from Rebecca Metzger, a former soloist with the New York City Ballet. She then joined the International City School of Ballet under the direction of Georne Aucoin before moving to Florida, where she joined the Orlando Ballet School.

During her time at Orlando Ballet, she developed a special relationship with Deirdre Miles Burger. At just 14 years old, Miles Burger coached Jolie to become the youngest finalist at USA IBC as well as a gold medal at the YAGP Finals. This achievement earned her a full scholarship to the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, Germany.

At 17, Jolie performed the principal role in the ballet Glazunov Suite for her graduation and was offered a contract with the Stuttgart Ballet. During her years in the Corps de Ballet in Stuttgart, she enjoyed dancing in beautiful ballets by Cranko, MacMillan, Marcia Haydée, Edward Clug, and Uwe Scholz.

Some of her most memorable roles include Concerto pas de deux by Kenneth MacMillan and a specially created soloist role in IFIMA by Louis Stiens & Shaked Heller as well as Corps roles in remarkable ballets such as Mayerling, Onegin, and The Taming of the Shrew.

She is thrilled to continue her ballet career on the North America continent in the beautiful country of Canada with Alberta Ballet.