Cassandra Trenary
Born1993 (age 30–31)
Lawrenceville, Georgia
EducationJacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
OccupationBallet dancer
Years active2011-present
Career
Current groupAmerican Ballet Theatre
DancesAfterEffect, Apollo, La Bayadère, Cinderella, Le Corsaire, Daphnis and Chloe, Don Quixote,Firebird, Giselle, The Golden Cockerel, Harlequinade, Jane Eyre, Manon, The Nutcracker, Onegin, Othello, Pillar of Fire, Romeo & Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty, and more.

Cassandra Trenary (born 1993)[1] is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre.

Early life and training

Cassandra Trenary is from Lawrenceville, Georgia. 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 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.[2][3][4]

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.[5] As a corps dancer, she danced several soloist roles including the Shades in La Bayadère and Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty.[2] She was promoted to soloist in 2015. The following year, she made her debut as Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty,[3] and represented ABT at the Erik Bruhn Prize.[6] In 2020, though some of her major debuts, including as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, were delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, she was made principal dancer in September, at age 27.[1][7] Trenary had also performed with Daniil Simkin's side project, Intensio.[8]

Personal life

Trenary has an Instagram account dedicated to her photography featuring her ABT colleagues offering a behind-the-scenes look at professional dancers.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Jacobs, Julia (September 10, 2020). "American Ballet Theater Promotes Dancers Despite Pandemic Slump". New York Times.
  2. ^ a b Harss, Marina (June 1, 2016). "Cassandra Trenary: Why the ABT Soloist Has Us Spellbound". Pointe Magazine.
  3. ^ a b Kourlas, Gia (June 30, 2016). "Cassandra Trenary on Having (Just) Danced 'The Sleeping Beauty'". New York Times.
  4. ^ Foster, Hannah (April 25, 2019). "No One Said It Would Be Easy: 4 Pros on the Sacrifices They Made to Prioritize Training". Pointe Magazine.
  5. ^ "Cassandra Trenary". American Ballet Theatre. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  6. ^ Loeffler-Gladstone, Nicole (November 8, 2016). "It's Nearly Time to Compete for The Erik Bruhn Prize". Pointe Magazine.
  7. ^ Lansky, Chava (April 2, 2020). "Hang Out With Your Fave ABT Dancers in These Upcoming Social Media Events". Pointe Magazine.
  8. ^ Anderson, Jack (December 30, 2015). "Daniil Simkin's Intensio Has Its New York Debut". New York Times.
  9. ^ Lansky, Chava (February 22, 2019). "These 3 Dancers' Instagram Photography Offers an Intimate Look Into Life at Some of the World's Biggest Companies". Pointe Magazine.
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