Alumni Accomplishments in Professional Dance

Metropolitan Ballet Academy alumni dance professionally from coast to coast! Our students have been accepted into company, apprentice and trainee positions at San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Washington Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Carolina Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Ballet Austin, First State Ballet, American Repertory Ballet, State Street Ballet, Minnesota Dance Theatre and BodyVox. Metropolitan alumni are dancing on Broadway and at Jacob’s Pillow, performing with Cirque du Soleil, as well as pursuing careers in choreography, teaching and arts administration.

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MBA Alumni - Dancing Professionally from Coast to Coast

• Cameron Auble-Branigan, Elkins Park, PA – Independent Dance Artist, formerly American Repertory Ballet
• Kamryn Baldwin, Blue Bell, PA – San Francisco Ballet alumni accomplishments
• Darius Black, Voorhees, NJ –New York City Ballet
• Ariel Breitman, Huntingdon Valley, PA – Colorado Ballet
• Samantha Farrow, Philadelphia, PA – When Change Comes; Escape to Margaritaville (Broadway); National tour of Evita; National Tour of Wicked; Cirque du Soleil (China)
• Leah Friedman, Richboro, PA – PHILADANCO 2
• Justin Geiss , Furlong , PA – National Tour of A Chorus Line, formerly with Milwaukee Ballet 2
• Melissa Gelfin, Jenkintown, PA – Principal, Cincinnati Ballet alumni accomplishments
• Marissa Kauffman, Dresher, PA – PHILADANCO 2
• Sierra Levin, Doylestown, PA – Apprentice, Indianapolis Ballet
• Max Maisey, Wyncote, PA – DC Contemporary Dance Theatre/El Teatro de Danza Contemporanea , Washington, DC; formerly Ballet Austin,
• Torrey McAnena, Glenside, PA – H.T. Dance Company, NYC; Amanda Selwyn Company, NYC, Moira Dance Theatre
• John Piel, Feasterville, PA- State Street Ballet, Santa Barbara, CA
• Molly Rooney, Dresher, PA – First State Ballet, Delaware
• Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan, Philadelphia, PA -Pacific Northwest Ballet
• Jonathan Tavares, Philadelphia, PA – Independent Dance Artist, formerly American Repertory Ballet, First State Ballet
• Sara Vander Voort, Feasterville, PA –Colorado Ballet
• Peter Weil, Jenkintown, PA – Pennsylvania Ballet ; competed in the 2015 Prix de Lausanne

MBA Alumni - Appointments and awards at these exemplary schools

• Tyler Diggs, Holland, PA – Harid Conservatory
• Michael Jastrzebski, Philadelphia, PA – Professional Training Division, Washington Ballet School
• Caleb Mansor, Hatboro, PA– Dance Program, George Mason University
• Lucas Tischler, Elkins Park, PA – Trainee, Joffrey Chicago

MBA Alumni – Working in dance / arts related fields:

• Amber Permsap Ahearn, Bensalem, PA- Executive Director, Metropolitan Ballet Company Previously Assistant Manager, Public Relations, Recruiting and Outreach, School of American Ballet; MA New York University
• Andrea D’Annunzio, Conshohocken, PA – Studio Manager for Joy of Motion Dance Center, Washington, DC; formerly with American Repertory Ballet; BFA Butler University
• Lisa Fagan, Elkins Park, PA- Independent Choreographer, NYC
• Phoebe Gavula, Glenside, PA – Musical Theater Artist; Resident Theatre Company 2018; The Arden Theatre Company 2017; formerly with Pennsylvania Ballet 2
• Sarah Mettin, Glenside, PA- Independent Choreographer/ founder Mettin Movement, NYC
• Scott Stampone, Huntingdon Valley – Independent Teaching Artist, formerly with BodyVox, Portland, Oregon; BFA Tisch School of the Arts at New York University