Contemporary Ballet | Artist Faculty
June 24 – June 29
Anitra Keegan (she/her) began her early training at the Academy of Dance Arts in New Jersey at the age of 11. She continued her training at the Royal Academy of Dance in Yorkshire, England, the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and the Pennsylvania Ballet’s Rock School for Dance Education. Ms. Keegan has danced professionally with Pennsylvania Ballet Company, Ohio Ballet Company, American Repertory Ballet, Chambers Dance Project, DancesPatrelle, BalletNY, and BalletX where she performed in both classical and contemporary works, choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Edwaard Liang, Alex Ketley, Jorma Elo, Donald Byrd, Matthew Neenan, Alonzo King, Darrell Moultrie, and Jodie Gates.
Ms. Keegan received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. She was an Adjunct Ballet Faculty Member at University of the Arts, Drexel University, Temple University, Bryn Mawr College, and Princeton University. In 2012, she worked as Capezio’s Principal Pointe Specialist and traveled the continental United States and Canada as their Brand Ambassador, creating educational events for all Youth America Grand Prix competitions and designing custom pointe shoes for premiere ballet companies. In 2018, she joined Nimbus Dance in Jersey City, NJ as the Marketing Associate/Company Manager and was promoted three years later to Associate Artistic Director. Currently, Ms. Keegan is Ballet Mistress at Ballet Hispanico.
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