1st Soloist

Born in Los Angeles, Erica studied at Le Studio in Pasadena, Calif., and danced with Columbia City Ballet prior to joining the Louisville Ballet in 2003. Repertoire highlights include Giselle, Balanchine’s Theme and Variations, Paquita, Gamonet’s Nous Sommes, Stevenson’s Four Last Songs, Dying Swan, Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Milady in Prokovsky’s The Three Musketeers, Hougland’s Freeflow and Fragile Stasis, McDowney’s Group Therapy and Taylor’s Company B. Erica was awarded second place at the 1997 Spotlight Awards, was the 1999 John Orr Award recipient and was invited to perform in the 2003 New York International Ballet Competition Gala.