Erik Hoffman

Hometown:
Sharpsburg, MD
Joined the company:
2011
Before being hired trained at:
West Virginia Youth Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Ballet West
Ballets/Featured Roles Since Joining:
Gen Horiuchi:
Nutcracker (Cavalier, Snow King, Spanish, Arabian), Don Quixote (Gypsy King), Romeo and Juliet (Capulet), Swan Lake, Le Reve, Romantique, Little Diamonds, Save the Best for Last (principal), Romantique, Cinderella (Lead Gypsy), La Vie

Christopher d'Amboise: Volatizing the Esters

Pam Tanowitz: La Tristesse (A Ballet)

Michael Uthoff: William Tell Duet

Emery LeCrone: Somebody to Love
Favorite Ballet:
Balanchine: Duo Concertant, Symphony in Three Movements, Jewels Robbins: Afternoon of a Faun Ulysses Dove: Red Angels
Most memorable moment:

The choreographic process of Christopher D’Amboise’s new work, “Volatizing the Esters.”  

Attempting to be comedic while wearing a black tutu, in Michael Uthoff’s “William Tell Duet.”  

Traveling and performing with Vanessa Woods as guest artists during the Nutcracker season. 
When I am not rehearsing or performing:

I work out at the gym.

I work for a nonprofit lodging facility that provides a community of support, and the comfort of home for those traveling to St. Louis for medical care. 

I am slowly building an academic cushion through the University of Missouri. 

I substitute teach at a few dance schools throughout the region. 

I volunteer at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.  My hope this season is to be a prospective volunteer at Ranken Jordan Pediatric Hospital and Shriner’s Hospital St. Louis. 

 

*When the curtain closes on my dance career, I would like to pursue a career as a Nurse Anesthetist, or a Radiologic Technician at a pediatric hospital.  
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