Ben Rabe

Joined RCB: 2009
Hometown: Murrysville, Pennsylvania
Training: Ballet Westmoreland Academy, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School & Graduate Program
Favorite Roles and Ballets: Waltz Boy in Balanchine's Serenade, Ballet de Monte Carlo's Romeo and Juliet
The best costume I ever wore was: my Chinese costume with RCB they went through a lot of work to make it fit me right.
My dance strength is: My jump
My favorite color is: black/blue
vMy favorite food is: I will try anything once I'm not very picky but I love pizza
My favorite movie is: The Lord of The Rings series
My favorite book is: The Shack, Tuesdays with Morrie
Favorite band or type of music: As I Lay Dying, but to warm up I listen to rap
I have a hobby and it is: playing Xbox live
Favorite non-dance activity: hanging out with friends, watching Steelers, and Penguins games
If I didn't dance, I would do: something else to do with dance teacher or choreographer

Mr. Rabe received his training from the Ballet Westmoreland Academy and the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, on full scholarship, with additional training from the Miami City Ballet School summer intensive, under full scholarship, and the Kirov Academy of Ballet summer intensive. He also received summer intensive scholarship offers from the Boston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Austin, Joffrey Ballet School, Ballet Met and others. With RCB, Mr. Rabe has danced as Lead Chinese and the Mouse King in The Nutcracker and as a peasant and nobleman in The Blood Countess. He was chosen by guest choreographer Patrick Corbin to be in his new work Shady III, danced as the Waltz Boy in Balanchine's Serenade and as a featured performer in Ms. Leverett's How to Break a Heart. His repertoire includes roles in Stars and Stripes (Balanchine), Raymonda, Western Symphony (Balanchine), Who Cares, La Sylphide and Don Quixote. While at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School Graduate Program he performed in Graduation Ball, Etudes and Tarantella and performed with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre in their productions of The Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliette.