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2024 Summer Faculty

Cincinnati Ballet’s Summer and Collegiate Intensives offer students an inside look at the life of a professional dancer through world-class training, access to unique repertoire and high-level industry connections. Our artistic leadership and academy faculty come together along with Cincinnati Ballet Company dancers and internationally renowned guest faculty to provide an unparalleled summer dance experience for talented young dancers. Cincinnati Ballet’s Collegiate Intensive also features a collaborative partnership with the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music and access to their esteemed faculty.

Guest Faculty

Stay tuned for additional 2024 Guest Faculty announcements!

Cincinnati Ballet

Artistic + Academy Leadership


Interim Artistic Director

CERVILIO MIGUEL AMADOR

Academy Director

Blanca Huertas-Agnew

Rehearsal Director

Dale Shields

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Rehearsal Director and Director of Second Company – CB2

YOSHIHISA ARAI

Guest Rehearsal Director

Carlos Quenedit

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Artistic Collaborator
Principal, Professional Training Division

David Morse

Resident Faculty
Principal, Ensemble

Jennifer Rutherford

Collegiate Intensive Director
Cincinnati Ballet Soloist

JOSHUA STAYTON

University of Cincinnati

College-conservatory of music Faculty


Associate Professor of Dance and Chair of the Dance Department

Shauna Steele

Professor of Dance

Qi Jiang

Cincinnati Ballet

Company Dancers


Principal Dancer

MELISSA GELFIN DE-POLI

Corps de Ballet

CHRISTINA LAFORGIA MORSE

Principal Dancer

Sirui Liu

Corps de Ballet

SIMON PLANT

Otto M. Budig

Academy Faculty


Cincinnati Ballet’s Summer and Collegiate Intensives also feature the diverse talents of the Otto M. Budig Academy’s year-round faculty.
Visit the webpage below to learn more.