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Amanda Melrose-Smith

Amanda Melrose-Smith joined Rochester City Ballet in 2007. She received her dance training on scholarship at The Washington School of Ballet, and at Miami City Ballet School.

Ms. Melrose-Smith has attended Summer Intensives at American Ballet Theatre (New York City), Boston Ballet and Miami City Ballet, and on scholarship at The Harid Conservatory and Chautauqua Festival Dancers.

With the Rochester City Ballet she has danced in The Nutcracker, LumaVoce, as the Winter Fairy in Cinderella and other contemporary works by artistic director Jamey Leverett.

In the summer of 2008, she was a featured performer in Hoedown, at CMAC, with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

Ms. Melrose-Smith has been a Youth America Grand Prix Gold Medalist in the senior division, going on to New York City Finals. She has performed in the YAGP Gala performance at City Center and with American Ballet Theatre at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Roles include Clara in The Nutcracker, Kitri solo in Don Quixote and performing with the Washington Ballet in Giselle and Balanchine’s Serenade at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

Ms. Melrose-Smith is currently majoring in Liberal Arts at Monroe Community College.