Cassandra Trenary (born 1993)
[ is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre.
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Early life and training
Cassandra Trenary is from Lawrenceville, Georgia
Lawrenceville is a city in and the county seat of Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. It is a suburb of Atlanta, located approximately northeast of downtown. As of the 2020 census, the population of Lawrenceville was 30,629. In 2019, the ...
. She started dancing locally at age 3 in multiple dance styles, including ballet at Lawrenceville School of Ballet. She began attending summer intensive at the American Ballet Theatre at age 11 and was invited to train at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre (ABT/JKO School) is the associate school of American Ballet Theatre located at 890 Broadway, within the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City. The school comprises a children ...
four years later, moving the family to New York City from Georgia full-time. In 2011 she was invited to join ABT Studio Company on their European Tour as an apprentice and was subsequently offered a corps de ballet contract at American Ballet Theatre in the same year. In September 2020 she was promoted to Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre.
Career
Trenary began dancing with American Ballet Theatre Studio Company's European tour in 2011 as an apprentice at age 17, then became an apprentice with the main company in April. She became a full-time corps de ballet member with ABT in November 2011.La Bayadère
''La Bayadère'' ("the temple dancer") ( ru. «Баядерка», ''Bayaderka'') is a ballet, originally staged in four acts and seven tableaux by French choreographer Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus. The ballet was staged especiall ...
'' and Princess Florine in '' The Sleeping Beauty''.[ She was promoted to soloist in 2015. The following year, she made her debut as Princess Aurora in ''The Sleeping Beauty'',][ and represented ABT at the Erik Bruhn Prize. In 2020, though some of her major debuts, including as Juliet in '' Romeo and Juliet'', were delayed due to the ]coronavirus pandemic
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, she was made principal dancer in September, at age 27.Daniil Simkin
Daniil Simkin (born 12 October 1987 in Novosibirsk, Russia) is a ballet dancer and entrepreneur, best known for his accomplished technical skill and charismatic stage presence. He is a principal dancer with both American Ballet Theatre and Berl ...
's side project, Intensio.
Personal life
Trenary has an Instagram account dedicated to her photography featuring her ABT colleagues offering a behind-the-scenes look at professional dancers.
References
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Living people
1993 births
People from Lawrenceville, Georgia
American ballerinas
American Ballet Theatre principal dancers
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School alumni
21st-century American ballet dancers
Dancers from Georgia (U.S. state)
21st-century American women