Raffaella Stroik

"For I will turn their mourning to joy.  Will comfort them, And make them rejoice rather than sorrow"  Jeremiah 31:13b
 

May Raffaella rest in peace.  She was a beautiful soul we will all miss deeply.

Hometown: South Bend, IN

Joined the company: 2017
 

Before being hired trained at: Company member with American Contemporary Ballet; Indiana University Ballet Theater; Southold Dance Theatre; summer studies include Fabrice Herrault and Sofiane Sylve Summer Intensive, Boston Ballet's Summer Dance Program, American Ballet Theatre's NYC Summer Intensive, and Ballet West. 

Ballets/featured roles since joining:

Gen Horiuchi: Cinderella, Giselle, The Nutcracker (Flower Soloist), La Vie

Tom Gold: Faure Fantasy, Oasis

Kevin Jenkins: Moonlight and Sonatas

Michael Uthoff: Reflections on the Water

Lori Wilson: Night Rise