Kelsey Schneider

Joined RCB as an apprentice: 2009
Promoted to the company: 2011
Hometown:  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Training:   Houston Ballet Ben Stevenson Academy, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Graduate Program
Other Companies: Houston Ballet II
Favorite Ballet:  John Cranko's Onegin
The best costume I ever wore was: swan corps from Stanton Welch's Swan Lake
My dance strength is: Pointy feet
My favorite color is: Purple
My favorite food is: I love everything. And now I'm hungry.
My favorite movies are: Despicable Me, The Proposal, Monthy Python and the Holy Grail, ALL HARRY POTTER MOVIES!!!!!!!!!
My favorite books are: His Dark Materials Trilogy, Stieg Larson novels, Harry Potter!!!!!!!!!!!
Favorite band or type of music: Classic rock, journey, Eddie money, eagles, queen, .38 special And black eyed peas!!! Neon trees, Dave Matthews
I have a hobby and it is: Cooking baking eating
Favorite non-dance activity: Shopping, being with friends, cooking, baking, reading, watching Friends, thinking about owning pets, but only thinking about it...
If I didn't dance, I would be a: Lost soul!!!! I can't see my life without dance. (Woah I need to get out more...) But I would probably be leading an active life style doing some sort of event planning/catering

Ms. Schneider joined the Rochester City Ballet after receiving her training from the North Carolina Dance Theatre School, Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy on full scholarship and the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School. As a member of Houston Ballet II, she performed principal roles in Les Sylphides, La Bayadere, Sleeping Beauty, Paquita and in Stanton Welch's Long and Winding Road, Chairman Dances, Bruiser and Studies. While with HBII, Ms. Schneider also performed with the Houston Ballet in their productions of The Nutcracker and Swan Lake. Continuing her training with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Graduate Program, she performed in Raymonda, Contratempo, Ravelesque, Vivaldius, Serenade (Balanchine) and Le Corsaire. Additionally she performed with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre in their productions of The Nutcracker and Alice in Wonderland. With the Rochester City Ballet she has performed in The Nutcracker, Serenade and Jamey Leverett's Push & Pull, How to Break a Heart as one of the Three Witches and a Ghost in The Blood Countess. Ms. Schneider is a recent graduate of the Culinary Arts Program at Monroe Community College.