CLEVELAND BALLET - Key Persons
Albina Ghazaryan was born in Yerevan, Armenia. She trained at Yerevan State Choreographic College and later joined the Armenian National Ballet as a soloist in 2004. In 2011, she joined the Israel Ballet Company as a Principal Dancer. In 2013, she joined the Musical Theatre of the Republic of Karelia. Albina is a laureate of the Grigorovich International Ballet competition in 2010. In 2014, Albina joined New Jersey Ballet. She has an extensive classical ballet repertoire including Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, The Nutcracker, Carmen, Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, and Spartacus. In 2021, she joined Cleveland Ballet.
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- National Ballet of Ukraine As a Principal
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ana Sophia Scheller began dancing at the age of six. At nine, she started taking ballet classes with Katty Gallo (former soloist at the Teatro Colón) and Raul Candal (former principal dancer at the Teatro Colón). Ms. Scheller was admitted to the Instituto Superior de Arte Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires at the age of ten.
At thirteen, she received a scholarship as part of Argentina's National Presidential Prize for Cultural Excellence in Classical Dance for three consecutive years before moving to New York. In 2000, she enrolled as a full-time student at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet. At SAB, Ms. Scheller performed at the 2002 and 2003 Workshop Performances dancing the principal role in Ballo della Regina, George Balanchine's Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet Third Movement and Aurora in the Wedding Pas de Deux from Peter Martins' Sleeping Beauty.
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- Managing Partner, Buckley King LPA
Cynthia Graham began studying dance at age four in her hometown of Houston, Texas. Focusing on her ballet training, she also studied contemporary, jazz, tap and gymnastics. At 12, she was awarded a scholarship to study in New York City with the American Ballet Theater School and spent her next 5 summers studying there and with the School of American Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet, working with famed faculty members such as Madame Pereyaslavec, Leon Danielian, Patricia Wilder, Alexandra Danilova, Nina Papova, Fredrick Franklin, Robert Denvers, Willy Berman and more.
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- Partner, Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber LLP
Emmanuel Martirosyan is from Yerevan, Armenia. He trained at the Yerevan State National Choreographic College in Armenia. At the age of 16, he was awarded an apprenticeship at the National Ballet Theatre of Armenia. In 2015, Emmanuel received a full scholarship from Joffrey Ballet School in New York City, which brought him to the United States. From 2016 to 2020, he was a company member at the New Jersey Ballet Company where he danced under famous choreographers such as Margo Sappington, Paul Sutherland, and Edward Villella. Emmanuel has succeeded in many international ballet competitions in different countries throughout his dance career. Emmanuel joined Cleveland Ballet in 2021.
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- Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director
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- Artistic Director
- Co - Founder
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- Vice President of Development
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Treasurer
- Head of Mortgage, Fifth Third Bank
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- Medical Director
- Head Team Physician, Cleveland Browns / Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Vice President
Kevin Baker was raised in Pocatello, Idaho where he received his initial training from Sergiu Brindusa and Beth Moore (Alliance Academy of Dance) in the Vaganova Method. In his formative years, he spent extensive training under Brindusu and Moore's incredible mentorship to which he considered his fondest memories, both as a person and as a dancer. He then spent a year at Ballet West Academy in Salt Lake City, Utah after finishing high school learning from Jeff Rogers, Heather Fryxell, and Wilson Domingues. He then continued his training as a member of Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School's Graduate Division under Co-Directors Marjorie Grundvig and Dennis Marshal with tutelage from School Principal Janet Popeleski, Steven Annegarn, Chris Budzynski, Christine Schwaner, and Aaron Ingley before arriving at his new home with Cleveland Ballet.
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- Senior Vice President, Falls Communication
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- Financial Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
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- Consultant
- Senior Human Capital Consultant at Trinet Company
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- Head of the School, Andrews Osborne Academy
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- Network Partner Leader at LATAM Aon Risk
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- Accounting & Human Resources
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- Manager of Individual Giving & Estate Planning
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Secretary
- Partner, Jones Day
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- CEO
- Chairman
- Co - Founder
- Member of the Executive Committee
- President
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- Principal, Michael P. Maly Co. LPA
Narek Martirosyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia. He trained at the Yerevan State National Choreographic College. Upon graduation, he joined the Armenian National Ballet Theatre. Narek was awarded the Moves Khorenatsi Medal by the President of Armenia for his significant contributions to the development of culture and his outstanding performance in the ballet Spartacus. In 2011, he joined the Israel Ballet as a Principal Dancer. In 2013, he joined Musical Theatre of the Republic of Karelia. A year later, he joined the New Jersey Ballet Company. Narek's repertoire includes Don Quixote, Carmen, Giselle, Romeo & Juliet, Spartacus, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker. In 2021, Narek joined Cleveland Ballet.
Princess Odette, walking by the beautiful lakeside, encounters the evil sorcerer Von Rothbart. In hopes of escaping his evil powers, Odette runs but is not quick enough to escape the sorcerer. She is transformed into a beautiful swan, effectively changing the course of her life forever.
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- Chairman of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Senior Advisor, Jones Day
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- Founder, the Roe Green Foundation
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- Vice President & Campaign Director of Institutional Relations & Development, University Hospitals of Cleveland
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- Senior Vice President, Key Private Bank Wealth Management
Valentina Kozlova is known to be a major innovator in the international ballet world. Her passion for dance, and for the choreographers and dancers who create and perform, have led her to find new outlets for their talents. Born in Moscow, Russia, Ms. Kozlova was trained at the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet School. She was invited to join the Bolshoi Ballet Company in 1973 and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 1975. She danced all of the major classical roles with the company.