The
Dancers

Victoria was born in Calgary, AB, where she began her ballet training at a local ballet school. 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, Barbara Seibert-Chatelain, Tony Calucci, and Igor Yurlov. Victoria then completed her training at Alberta Ballet School’s Post-Graduate Program. Victoria’s most memorable roles so far have been performing as a Wili in Christopher Anderson’s Giselle and as a Chorus Witch and Dew Fairy in Loughlan Prior’s Hansel & Gretel.

Chizuru is joining us for her second season as an apprentice dancer. She is originally from Aichi, Japan. Before joining Alberta Ballet for the 2023/24 season, Chizuru trained for two years in Alberta Ballet School, and also had opportunities to dance with Alberta Ballet Company. She enjoyed dancing the Cupid from Don Quixote during her schooling. One of her memorable roles was Fairy of Joy from Christopher Anderson’s the Sleeping Beauty in 2023.

Rikuto is originally from Japan, where he first began his training at Ballet Studios DUO. He then continued his training with The Australian Ballet School and The European School of Ballet before joining Alberta Ballet as an apprentice. One of Rikuto’s most memorable productions was Napoli, which he performed in Japan.

Born and raised in Calgary, AB, Isabel received her initial ballet training from the Edge School. She then furthered her training at Elmhurst Ballet School in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet. Isabel also participated in several accredited summer intensive programs including, the National Ballet of Canada School and San Francisco Ballet School. Her most memorable productions include Sir Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering, George Balanchine’s Who Cares? Studio Wayne McGregor’s Atomos and Witches in Loughlan Prior's Hansel & Gretel.

Patrice was born in Lomé, Togo and was raised in Montréal, Canada.

He started dancing at the age of 7 and at 16 years old he began his professional ballet training. In 2020 he joined the Boston Ballet School’s pre-professional division at Walnut Hill where he studied for two years. He then joined the San Francisco Ballet School in 2022 where went on to be a Trainee for the 23/24 season after graduation. He returned to Canada and studied at the National Ballet School for one season before joining Alberta Ballet as an apprentice at the end of the 24/25 season.