Ava Beller began her dance training at Hilton Head Dance Theatre in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, under the direction of former American Ballet Theatre dancer Karena Brock, and at Kelly & Co. Studios with Shannon Kelly. During high school, she trained at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and Kansas City Ballet School, where she performed with the company in Devon Carney’s Cinderella and The Nutcracker. She has attended summer intensives at San Francisco Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre. Ava continued her studies at Indiana University, majoring in ballet, and most recently trained privately in New York City with former ABT dancer Jessica Saund. She is thrilled to join Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company – CB2.
