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Jill Schwartz

Jill SchwartzMs. Schwartz begins her first year with the Rochester City Ballet after having received her training at the Academy of Ballet Internationale in Indianapolis, Indiana and the Orlando Ballet School in Orlando, Florida.

While in Indiana, she frequently performed with Ballet Internationale, both at home and on tour, traveling to Taiwan for their production of The Sleeping Beauty.

Ms. Schwartz performed at Lincoln Center in the Youth American Grand Prix Gala.

In 2004 she was accepted into the Orlando Ballet Trainee Program and by 2007 had risen to the rank of Paid Apprentice with the company. While there she expanded her repertoire by performing in many major ballets, such as Cinderella, La Fille Mal Gardee, Raymonda, Seranade (Balanchine), Swan Lake and Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs.

In 2008 Ms. Schwartz became a trainee with the Festival Ballet Providence in Rhode Island and danced in their productions of The Nutcracker, Giselle, Mark Harootain’s Identity and Eldar Aliev’s 1001 Nights.