Former Professional Division student, Mimi Staker has joined the New York City Ballet Company as an apprentice and will be performing with the company at Lincoln Center this holiday season.

Congratulations to the following RSB students who auditioned for and were chosen to perform children’s roles in Carolina Ballet’s Nutcracker:

Clara:

Bella Gillen

Prince:

Barrett Winters

Gingerbread:

Dargen Swearingen, Francis Williams

Party child:

Megan Duerr, Caitlin Fountain, Grace Haile, Olivia Munn, Sims Roberson, Charlotte Whiteford

Soldier:

Hannah Bauer, Caroline Harper, Millie Kerr, Julia McNamara, Ainsley Mesnard, Jordan Palmer, Eliza Sloop

Mouse:

Katie Anderson

Truffle:

Natalie Clyburn, Gabrielle Hart(Bunny), Brigid May, Eleanore Sanderson (Bunny), Ella Welke

Arabian:

Megan Baker, Sasha Kotulsky

Peyton Anderson:

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (partial scholarship), Houston Ballet, Boston Ballet

Sydney Anderson:

New York City Ballet’s School of American Ballet, Boston Ballet

Calvin Bittner:

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (full scholarship), Nutmeg Ballet (full scholarship)

Mary Burns Bria:

North Carolina Dance Theatre

Camille Carrol:

Harid Conservatory

Millie Crouch:

Boston Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre

Hannah Cox:

Atlanta Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Nutmeg Ballet

Holley Donelly:

Atlanta Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Nutmeg Ballet

Alexandria Doherty:

American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet

Chloe Driver:

Atlanta Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Nutmeg Ballet

Layla El-Khoury:

North Carolina Dance Theatre, Carolina Ballet

Emma Frenette:

Orlando Ballet (partial scholarship)

Gillian Higgins:

Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (partial scholarship)

Emily Horowitz:

Atlanta Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Nutmeg Ballet

Natalie Kim:

North Carolina Dance Theatre

Andrea Mendez:

Atlanta Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Nutmeg Ballet

Grace Mook:

Alonzo King Lines, Carolina Ballet

Jenny Palmer:

San Francisco Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (partial scholarship), Boston Ballet

Doria Worden:

San Francisco Balle, Richmond Ballet (full scholarship)