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Courtney Catalana

Ms. Catalana received her dance training from the Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education and joins the Rochester City Ballet as an apprentice this year.

During her training at the Draper Center, she regularly performed with RCB in their productions of, Carmen, Bravo! Colorado, Firebird, Peter and the Wolf, Cinderella as the Spanish Temptress and The Nutcracker as Italian Ice.

In the spring of 2009, Ms. Catalana was chosen along with RCB company member Brandon Alexander, as one of 24 couples worldwide, to compete in the prestigious New York International Ballet competition.

Ms. Catalana attended the Houston Ballet Ben Stevenson Academy summer intensive and has received scholarships to attend the Kirov Academy of Ballet, Orlando Ballet and Ballet Met summer intensives.

She was also the recipient of a scholarship to the University of Hartford’s Hartt School for Ballet in Hartford, Connecticut. Ms. Catalana is currently enrolled part time at Monroe Community College.