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2023 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

Additional guest faculty announcements coming soon!

Lauren Anderson

Daniel Durrett

Zack Grubbs

McCree O’Kelley

McCree O’Kelley

Chandra Moss-Thorne

Jared Redick

Margaret Tracey

Cincinnati Ballet

Artistic + Academy Leadership


Artistic Director

Cincinnati Ballet Sue & Bill Friedlander
Endowed Chair
Cincinnati Ballet Otto M. Budig Academy

Jodie Gates

Academy Director

Sarah Hairston Berkley

Cervilio Miguel Amador

Rehearsal Director

CERVILIO MIGUEL AMADOR

Dale Shields

Rehearsal Director

Dale Shields

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Director of Second Company – CB2

SUZETTE BOYER WEBB

Principal Faculty, Contemporary and Choreography

Ihaiah Miller

DAVID MORSE

Collegiate Intensive Director
Resident Faculty

David Morse

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


Melissa Gelfin De-Poli

Principal Dancer

MELISSA GELFIN DE-POLI

Christina LaForgia Morse

Corps de Ballet

CHRISTINA LAFORGIA MORSE

Sirui Liu

Principal Dancer

Sirui Liu

Corps de Ballet

SIMON PLANT

Joshua Stayton

Soloist

JOSHUA STAYTON

Otto M. Budig

Academy Faculty


Oliver Arana
Julius Jenkins
Jen Rutherford
Kate Stark