Vanessa Woods

Hometown:
Cinnaminson, NJ
Joined the company:
2010
Before being hired trained at:
STEPS on Broadway, Miami City Ballet School, SUNY Purchase, Princeton Ballet School
Ballets/Featured Roles Since Joining:
Gen Horiuchi:
Don Quixote (Mercedes), Nutcracker (Snow Queen, Arabian, Spanish, Lead Marzipan), Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy), Romeo & Juliet, Wake Up!, La Vie, More Morra, Save the Best for Last (principal) Cinderella (Summer Fairy, Lead Gypsy)

George Balanchine: Allegro Brillante, Valse Fantaisie

Pam Tanowitz: La Tristesse (A Ballet)

Christopher d'Amboise: Tribute

Francis Patrelle: Rhapsody in Blue
Favorite Ballet:
Concerto Barocco y Balanchine
Most memorable moment:
Performing "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" by George Balanchine with the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
When I am not rehearsing or performing:
I am in school at Washington University, teaching senior ballet class at nursing homes or salsa dancing!
Never miss an episode of:
Mad Men!!!