Gabrielle Collins is from West Hartford, Connecticut and began training at the Hartt School. In 2014, she was a New York City finalist at the Youth America Grand Prix and won the gold medal at the Connecticut Classic for the senior female and pas de deux categories. From 2014-2017, she danced with Atlanta Ballet II and performed leading roles including Marya in John McFall’s The Nutcracker and danced in The Atlanta Opera’s Romeo and Juliet. Collins is an alumnus of the 2016 Ballet Program at Jacob’s Pillow under Anna-Marie Holmes.
In 2017 she joined Tulsa Ballet II where she appeared in a soloist role in Helen Pickett’s Meðal and performed in works by renowned choreographers Ma Cong, Jennifer Archibald, and Penny Saunders. In February 2020, she performed the title role in Septime Webre’s Carmen with Dayton Ballet. Since joining Cincinnati Ballet in 2020, Collins has performed in Helen Pickett’s Petal, Stephanie Martinez’s Kiss, David Morse’s Our Story, Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs, “Spring” and “Autumn” in Victoria Morgan’s Cinderella, Don Quixote Pas de Deux, and most recently, in Cathy Marston’s Moving, Still.