Adam Kittelberger

Joined RCB: 2005
Hometown: Rochester, New York
Training: The Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education
Favorite Ballet: Luma Voce
The best costume I ever wore was: I enjoyed wearing the brand new snow tunic
My dance strength is: partnering, jumps and turns
My favorite color is: Red
My favorite food is: Chicken wings (sorry Jamey!)
My favorite type of movie is: I love scary movies
My favorite book is: The Places You Will Go by Doctor Seuss
Favorite band or type of music: Guster
I have a hobby and it is: Cars
Favorite non-dance activity: Going to concerts or playing sports
If I didn't dance, I would: Work in a zoo or special effects makeup

A native of Rochester, NY, Mr. Kittelberger joined Rochester City Ballet after receiving his training at the Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education and other local dance institutions. Solo roles with RCB include the Mouse King, Italian Ice, the Nutcracker Prince and the Snow King in The Nutcracker, the Suitor in Don Quixote, and Prince Ivan in Firebird. In addition, Mr. Kittelberger was the male lead in Gershwin in the Park, a soloist in Robert LaFosse's Correspondence, a featured soloist in MECA: Color Sound Music and Jamey Leverett's Push & Pull, A Common Thread, How to Break a Heart, LumaVoce and as Fitzkó in her world premiere of The Blood Countess. He was a guest performer in Ballet Manchester's "Classical Dance on the Hill", with dancers from American Ballet Theatre and the Bolshoi Ballet, and was a featured performer in Hoedown and Bravo! Colorado, with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Kittelberger was chosen by guest choreographer Patrick Corbin to be in his new work Shady III, and danced as the Waltz Boy in Balanchine's Serenade. Mr. Kittelberger has attended the NYSSSA summer intensive studying under Damien Woetzel and received a full scholarship and attended the North Carolina Dance Place summer program and the Boston Ballet Summer Intensive. Mr. Kittelberger regularly guests as a featured dancer with the Peoria Ballet's Nutcracker and other contemporary productions and recently completed a tour of Japan as a guest performer with Les Ballets Grandiva.