The Company

Artistic Director

SLB Dancers:
PRINCIPALS
Tanya Strautmann
Pamela Swaney
Mana Takada
Elliott Geolat
Milan Valko
SOLOISTS
Meghan West
Stephen Lawrence
Jason Martin
FIRST ARTISTS
Michelle De Villar
Jacob Garrett
Lauren Lane
Michelle Seymour
Erin Swinney
Lori Wilson
CORPS DE BALLET
Rachel Doub
Alyssa Frystak
Kaori Higashiyama
Justin Hogan
Tiffany Mori
Alberto Rodriguez
Kate Rouzer
Leonora Voigtlander

Vanessa Woods

Character Artists

Board of Directors

Artistic Staff

Administration Staff

Production Staff

Employment

Repertory
Vanessa Woods
Vanessa Woods is originally from Cinnaminson, New Jersey. She trained at SUNY Purchase, Princeton Ballet, Miami City Ballet and STEPS in New York City. Her teachers included Truman Finney, Barbara Sandonato, Douglas Martin, and Nancy Bielski. She has performed with the Colorado Ballet II, Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Connecticut Ballet, Ballet NY and Opera New Jersey. Some of her favorite performances include Twyla Tharp’s Push Comes to Shove, Giselle, Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella and George Balanchine’s Slaughter on 10th Ave. Vanessa joined the Saint Louis Ballet in March 2010 dancing in Swan Lake and as the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty. This is her first full season with the company.

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