Mackenzie Cunningham has an extensive background in ballet, pointe, jazz, hip hop, ballroom, acrobatics, modern, contemporary ballet, character dance, tap, and musical theatre. Mackenzie trained at The Joffrey Ballet School NYC, The Kirov Academy of Ballet, The Ohio Conservatory of Ballet, The School of Cleveland San Jose Ballet, and interned with Verb Ballets in Hernando […]
Sophia Beachy is the daughter of Keith and Amanda Beachy and resides in Sugarcreek Ohio. She is in the 12th grade and homeschooled. Sophia has been taking classes from Holmes Center for the arts for five years. Over the past three summers she has attended summer programs through Ballet Magnificat in Mississippi and The University of Utah. In […]
Abby started dancing when she was thirteen years old and has received most of her training at Holmes Center for the Arts under Holley Johnson, Abi Fedor, Lydia Fedor, and Ethan Ralston. She has also attended Ballet Magnificat!’s summer dance program for the past two years. When she is not dancing, Abby likes to ride […]
I want to thank you for not only thinking of us, but also for the memorable event. I cannot tell you the last time we had a ballet performed here at the AbbeWood. [We once] posted on the activity calendar for the residents to come see the Nutcracker. No one signed up. They wanted to […]
On Thursday night, Caroline found her nirvana as she took center stage surrounded by a company of seasoned ballerinas. An energetic, gleeful scream escaped her mouth and her arms excitedly flapped. The twinkling stars in the background caught her interest but she didn’t run toward them because she knew she was part of an important […]
Jessica’s dance training began at the age of 3 in North Olmsted. She received the majority of her ballet training from Artistic Director Janet Strukley-Dziak. She has also trained under Cleveland Ballet Company members Jason Wang and Kathryn Tokar with additional guidance from Melaina Kampf and Elizabeth Radachi. Jessica additionally has done contract work with […]
Bernadette, a dancer and a writer, has been training in ballet and other dance forms for 18 years. Classes and intensives with different companies have inspired her love of dance, including Verb Ballet and the Kent Summer Workshop with Limon Dance Company. She has performed under North Pointe Ballet in multiple productions. Her most favorite […]
Ian Richard Smith is a company member with North Pointe Ballet. He is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater with an acting focus and a minor in dance. His previous appearances include ‘Captain Hook’ in NPB’s Peter Pan, NEOS’ ‘A 1940s Nutcracker,’ NPB’s ‘Cinderella’ and ‘The Nutcracker,’ as […]
Cole Rector, eighteen, is an apprentice with NPB, and couldn’t be more excited to be performing the role of Dance Master in this take of Cinderella. Cole started training at age 13 with teacher Melania Kampf, and has fell in love with dancing since then. Some of Cole’s past roles include Nutcracker, party parents, Chinese, […]