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We would like to highlight several alumni in their pursuits of giving back.
 
The Alumni Spotlight highlights Kirov Academy alumni making impacts all over the globe. Kirov’s 300 live and work all over the world in every field imaginable. The Alumni Spotlight series captures our graduates’ stories and Kirov Academy’s impact on their lives after graduation. To submit an alumni’s story, email alumni@kabdc.org.

Mi Sun Kang

ALUMNI 2002

Mi Sun Kang was born in Incheon, South Korea. She received her ballet training at the Sun Hwa Arts School and the Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington, DC. Mi Sun Kang joined Universal Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2002, was promoted to Demi-Soloist in 2005...

Michelle Wiles

ALUMNI 1997

Apart from starting her own dance company after retiring from American Ballet Theater, Michele Wiles has also focused on philanthropy - she has been doing charity...

Hye Min Hwang

ALUMNI 1996

Hye Min Hwang was born in South Korea. When she was young, she started learning gymnastics. However, by chance she fell in love with ballet. She received her ballet training at Sun Hwa Arts School, followed further study at the Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington, DC.

Brooklyn Mack

ALUMNI 2004

Raised in Elgin, South Carolina, Mack began ballet training to improve his football playing when he was 12 years old. He started his studies at the Pavlovich Dance School...

Hee Seo

ALUMNI 2008

Hee Seo is a South Korean ballet dancer who is a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States... 

Jae Yong Ohm

Alumni 2000

Jae Yong Ohm was born in Seoul, South Korea, and began ballet training when he was 13 years old. He studied ballet at Sun Hwa Arts Middle and High Schools and the Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington, DC as well as Korea National University of Arts.

Matthew Golding

Matthew Golding

Alumni 2002

Washington DC at The Universal Ballet School, formerly known as Kirov Academy and further went on to graduate with Honors from The Royal Ballet School of London...

Vanessa Zahorian

Alumni 1995

Vanessa is currently a Co-Artistic Director of the Pennsylvania Ballet Academy with her husband Davit Karapetyan. They opened the brand new school in 2017 after retiring...

Prince A. Sanders

ALUMNI 1996

A former professional ballet dancer with Albano Ballet and Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Prince fell into a career in hospitality...

Evan McKie

ALUMNI 1999

Mr. McKie is currently a principal dancer for the National Ballet of Canada and guest artist with the Paris Opera, Bolshoi, Mariinsky, and Tokyo Ballets...

Adrienne Canterna

ALUMNI 1998

Kirov Academy of Ballet scholarship graduate Adrienne Canterna is the recipient of numerous national and international awards including winning the GOLD...

Christin Arthur

ALUMNI 2002
Christin Arthur embarked on her path toward a professional dance career with the Ballet West Academy in Salt Lake City, Utah, at age ten. Under the tutelage of Sharee Lane, she danced principal roles in the Ballet West Academy programs...

Yena Kang

ALUMNI 1993

Yena’s rehearsal of the scene where she jumps into the water had to be stopped several because of her fear of heights but she is determined that it will be different this time...

Caroline Poppell

ALUMNI 2006

Caroline’s inspiring bio can be found on her website, Milk Carton on a String.  "In 2004, Caroline was accepted into the Kirov Academy of Ballet, which she graduated from in 2006...

Kyle Allen

ALUMNI 2013

Kyle trained as a classical ballet dancer for five years at the Kirov Academy of Ballet and also practiced acrobatics for six years. He was previously a dancer with the San Francisco Ballet...

Maxim Clefos

Alumni 2004

Maxim currently serves as the Resident Ballet Master at the Lithuanian National Ballet.

Alexandra Wilson

Alumni 2016

Miss Wilson joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company and was promoted into the main company for their 2019/2020 season. 

Min Woo Kang

ALUMNI 2008

Min Woo Kang was born in South Korea. He trained in ballet at Sun Hwa Arts School and the Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington, DC and then went on to graduate from the Sejong University Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Arts. Min Woo Kang joined Universal Ballet...

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November 1998

Kirov Academy Graduates

1991  

  1. No Graduates

1992

  1. No Graduates

1993

  1. Josh Brooksher   
  2. Tara Hench     
  3. Yena Kang
  4. Jamie Planko
  5. Serkan Usta

1994

  1. Alex Devine
  2. Laura Best Ramsay
  3. Margo Caslavka
  4. Catherine Mountjoy

1995

  1. Sergiu Brindusa
  2. Heidi Hoogerbeets
  3. Yu Ri Kim
  4. Tanya Marchman
  5. Costin Radu
  6. Ioana Vasilescu

1996

  1. Elizabeth Balash
  2. Teodor Ciocoiu
  3. Staci Kinkead
  4. Dragos Mihalcea
  5. Prince Sanders
  6. Jonelle Fonda

1997

  1. Eun Young Ahn
  2. Linnea Austin
  3. Kathryn Berger
  4. Eun Joo Cho
  5. Dawn Kelly Moore
  6. Jee Hye Kim
  7. Kyung Eun Lee
  8. Jennifer Polink
  9. Racheal Reilmann
  10. Peter Volz FB
  11. Michelle Wiles

1998

  1. Alexa Gutierrez
  2. Joseph Nicholas Keckley
  3. She Yun Kim
  4. Brian Maloney
  5. Sergey Rayevskiy

1999

  1. No Graduates

2000

  1. Eleanor Bates 
  2. Zoe Block
  3. Michelle Couto
  4. Sarah Glick
  5. Channcey Hildestad
  6. Rory Hohenstein
  7. Devin Krahling
  8. Carolyn Lockhart
  9. Katie O’Connell
  10. Laura O’Malley

2001

  1. Amelia Abraham
  2. Bret Baur
  3. Molly Carroll
  4. Mary Manning 
  5. Anya Russian
  6. Edward Tracz
  7. Karen Uphoff
  8. Jacqueline Wille McDaniel

2002

  1. Christin Arthur  
  2. Melissa Galli
  3. Matthew Golding 
  4. Melissa Hough 
  5. Mi Sun Kang
  6. Lauren Keplesky 
  7. Barry Kerollis 
  8. Jade Min Kim
  9. Kuzey Kiyican
  10. Michelle Kolberg
  11. Aleah Martin
  12. Katherine Moorhead
  13. Ian Poulis
  14. Sadie Strangio

2003

  1. Victoria Canelos
  2. Casey Dalton
  3. Tonya Milne
  4. Daniel Rowe

2004

  1. Ariella Astion 
  2. Emily Bicks
  3. Anita Boer
  4. Jennica Bramble
  5. Annie Cannon
  6. Maxim Clefos
  7. Joanna DeFelice
  8. Ashlee Dupre
  9. Nicole Euell
  10. Ian Lindeman
  11. Samantha Livingston
  12. Brooklyn Mack
  13. Regina Park
  14. Danae Quevedo
  15. Carolyn Taconi
  16. Shane Wuerthner
  17. Misaki Yokoi
  18. Melanie Hamrick 

2005

  1. Kiri Chapman
  2. Triana Cristobal
  3. Kimberly Faure
  4. David Harvey
  5. An Na Jung
  6. Ae-Ri Kim
  7. YouSun Kin
  8. Go-Woon Koo
  9. Elizabeth Lapena
  10. Seung-Hyun Lee
  11. Shih-Huai Liang
  12. Anna Mizuochi
  13. Lily Rose Peck
  14. Natalya Sverjensky

2006

  1. Hee Kyung Bae
  2. Mathias Dingman
  3. Emilie Drexler
  4. Yui Fukao
  5. Megan Gagnon
  6. Lena Leopold
  7. Caroline Poppell
  8. Caitlin Miller
  9. Seia Rassenti
  10. Anastasia Sinitsyna
  11. Angela Zintchenko

2007

  1. Max Caro
  2. Julianne Deitz
  3. Sasha DeSola
  4. Sae-Hyun Kwon
  5. Kristin Mitchell
  6. Takashi Okita
  7. Mary Jean Stack

2008

  1. Courtni Abell
  2. Cassandra Christian
  3. Mallory Clark
  4. Harmony Cromwell
  5. Gabriel Davidsson
  6. Stefan Drach
  7. Amy Fogarty
  8. Amy Hollinger
  9. Tzu-Ning Hsu
  10. Katelyn Jordan
  11. Min-Woo Kang
  12. Hye-Jee Shin
  13. Natalie Varnum
  14. Elitsa Zafirova
  15. Aya Ishida
  16. Stephanie Eagle
  17. Philip Slocki

2009

  1. Caroline Bird
  2. Jeong-Yoon Chang
  3. Amanda Kate Payne
  4. Nic Gili
  5. Olivia Kelly 
  6. Ana Lejava
  7. Ya Meng Lin
  8. Sara Murawski
  9. Kiyota Nomura
  10. Charis Page
  11. Jessica Phillips
  12. Emily Pihlaja
  13. Saya Tanishiki
  14. Alexa Tuzil

2010

  1. Hayoun Chun
  2. Matthew Ebert
  3. Ji Seok Ha
  4. Trevor Hayden
  5. Kiryung Kim
  6. Andrew Pontius
  7. Katia Raj
  8. Melissa Robinson
  9. Simon Wexler
  10. Chiharu Yamamoto

2011

  1. Aliya Cycon
  2. Megan Amanda Ehrlich
  3. Greta Elizondo
  4. Nayun Eom
  5. Polly Haas
  6. Michelle Katcher
  7. Dong-Woo Kim
  8. Mei Kotani
  9. Barbara Lange
  10. Rachel Matney
  11. Ryan Nussear
  12. Nana Yamatani
  13. Patricia Zhou

2012

  1. Bailey Anglin
  2. Alexey Babayev
  3. Carinthia Bank
  4. Kyle Anne Bell
  5. Elizabeth Brennan
  6. Minseo Cha
  7. Maria Giovanna D’Amico
  8. Richard Foggio
  9. Ayaka Fujii
  10. Cecilia Gale Rose
  11. Sehyun Jin
  12. Sydney McBride
  13. Tomo Muranaka
  14. Shela Murphy
  15. Ariana Myers
  16. Madeleine Russel
  17. Shenny Wang
  18. Vivian Wang
  19. Saori Yamashita

2013

  1. Kyle Allen
  2. Adrienne Bot
  3. Debora Davis
  4. Maria Garza
  5. Saki Kagawa
  6. Galya Wolov

2014

  1. Renato De Leon
  2. James Folsom
  3. Michaela Gobas
  4. Cho Al Kim
  5. Ignacio Lopez Toral
  6. April McIlwaine
  7. Emerson Moose
  8. Riho Sakamoto
  9. Karnjanakorn Sapianchai
  10. Megan Streiff
  11. Zane Winders
  12. Kazuki Yagi

2015

  1. Jonathan Barcelos da Silveira
  2. Mara Barros do Nascimento
  3. Francesca Carriedo
  4. Oscar Frame
  5. Leah Morris
  6. Lindsey Wales
  7. Yu-Hsi Wang

2016

  1. Elaine Blank
  2. Halle Cann
  3. Julia Davies
  4. Anna Edmondson
  5. Natsumi Endo
  6. Casey Franklin
  7. Mikayla Geier
  8. Magali Johnston
  9. Kirra Matthews
  10. Yuna Nagaoka
  11. Georgina OCampo
  12. Amy O’Connor
  13. Kanna Watanabe
  14. Alexandra Wilson

2017

  1. Reyna Carrillo
  2. Chia-Yi Cheng
  3. Alexandre Christiansen
  4. Ava Quinn Hilzendeger
  5. Eileen Kim
  6. Caroline Linehan
  7. Felicia Montgomery
  8. Ginette Neveu
  9. Japan Pechploychomphu
  10. Abigail Richards
  11. Valeria Sanchez
  12. Marin Soki
  13. Sandy Tanglaocharoen

2018

  1. Lauren Draper
  2. Doyoon Kim
  3. Kelly Noorloos
  4. Julienne Ramskov
  5. Clare Schweitzer
  6. Pai Supichayanggoon
  7. Ayaka Torii
  8. Elizabeth van Heerden
  9. Sin-Wei Wong

2019

  1. Irene Blanc Zoco
  2. Gabriella Cherrier
  3. Anya Dubsky
  4. Maho Furukawa
  5. Alexandra Huffman
  6. Grace Kang
  7. Yuchan Kim
  8. Yerim Lee
  9. Hannah Richmond
  10. Natsuki Yokota

2020

  1. Alexander Boyd-Smith
  2. Jean Kallenburg
  3. Ariel Keung
  4. Piotr Peczkowski
  5. Beatriz Pina
  6. Andrea Sandoval
  7. Sadie Sanson

2021

  1. Fallon Chicosky
  2. Alyssa L. Kopczynski
  3. Kuan-Lun Li
  4. Kimberly C. Weng
  5. Sumin Lee

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