Tiffany Bilodeau (Fort St. John, B.C.)



Tiffany trained with Noelle Jellison (Fort St. John), the Edmonton School of Ballet and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. She received the Carlson Wagonlit Scholarship, the Esso Kids Award of Excellence and the Canadian Pacific Scholarship. Tiffany has performed in The Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet with The Royal Winnipeg Ballet and in a live performance of The Toy Castle as China Doll.
She has danced with the Banff Centre Festival Ballet in works by George Balanchine, Brian Macdonald, and Clifford E. Lee Award winners D.A. Hoskins, Gioconda Barbuto, Joe Laughlin and Sabrina Matthews. She premiered the leading role in Simone Orlando’s “I Remember You” and performed repertoire from Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty.
This is Tiffany’s fourth season with Ballet Kelowna.

Rocky L. Gagne (Baie-Comeau, PQ)

 

Rocky trained at The Quinte Ballet School (Belleville, ON) where he studied the Cecchetti method. He was recently named as Ambassadeur de Baie Comeau for his excellence in the arts. He has appeared in featured roles in Brian Macdonald’s Aimez-Vous Bach (The Quinte Ballet School) and Tam Ti Delam, D.A. Hoskins’ Configurations of the Body and Sabrina Matthews’ Losing Ground at The Banff Centre.
Rocky’s classical repertoire includes the pas de deux from Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Le Corsaire and Swan Lake. As a member of Festival Ballet at The Banff Centre, Rocky has danced works by George Balanchine, Brian Macdonald, Gioconda Barbuto, Simone Orlando and Sabrina Matthews.
This is Rocky’s fourth season with Ballet Kelowna.

Angel Jutzi (Baden, ON)



Angel began her ballet training at the Centre Stage Dance Studio in New Hamburg, ON before joining The National Ballet School. She continued her training at Ryerson University and was accepted into the Ballet British Columbia Mentor Program in 2003. Angel has performed in Carmen (Ballet BC), Snow White (Kiev Ballet on tour) The Nutcracker and Spring Awakening (National Ballet of Canada).
Angel’s classical repertoire includes pas de deux from The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote and Swan Lake. With the Banff Centre Festival Ballet she has danced leading roles in ballets by Brian Macdonald’s, George Balanchine and Simone Orlando.
This is Angel’s fourth season with Ballet Kelowna.

Cristina Graziano (Kelowna, BC)



Cristina Graziano began her training in Highland Dancing and started ballet training at the age of seven. She has won numerous awards including runner up for Canadian Dancer of the Year at the B.C. Annual Dance Competition. She has also studied in Scotland, and Russia where she trained in the Russian Vaganova technique. Cristina has attended the Banff Centre for the Fine Arts, The Edmonton School of Ballet, The Universal Ballet Academy in Washington, DC, and the Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia. Cristina has danced with the Move Dance Company (Vancouver), The Pacific Interior Dance Society (Kelowna) and the Kelowna City Youth Ballet, directed by Loretta Beamish.
She has performed many roles in The Canadian School of Ballet’s The Nutcracker and was featured in the Spanish Pas de Deux choreographed by David LaHay. She has also danced ballets by world renowned choreographer Christopher Fleming in New York City and St. Petersburg, Florida.
This is Cristina’s first season with Ballet Kelowna.

Jean-Daniel Bouchard
(Saint Bruneau, QC)

Jean-Daniel trained at Le Prisme Cultural in Jonquiere, QC and in 2003 was awarded the Prix de Jury at the Encore Dance Competition in Trois-Rivieres, QC. He also trained at The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and was the recipient of the Graham C. Lount Foundation Scholarship to continue training as a member of the Aspirant Program with The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School in 2006-2007.
He has danced with The Banff Centre Festival Ballet for two seasons in works by Brian Macdonald, Simone Orlando and Gioconda Barbuto.
This is Jean-Daniel’s first season with Ballet Kelowna.
 

Siobhan Barker (Kelowna, BC)



Born in Durban, South Africa, Siobhan and her family emigrated to Canada and she began dancing at the age of three at The Canadian School of Ballet. Most of Siobhan’s classical training has been under the tutelage of CSB Director Melville Brown and she has also studied regularly with David LaHay and Ballet Kelowna.
She has attended ballet summer programs in London, England and at The Banff Centre where she was a three time recipient of the Gweneth Lloyd-Betty Farrally Scholarship. In 2007 she received the Banff Centre 2008 Festival Dance Apprenticeship. Siobhan has danced in eleven productions of The Canadian School of Ballet’s “Nutcracker”, where she has performed in corps roles as well as starring as Clara, The Doll, Arabian Queen and dancing with Ballet Kelowna dancers in the Spanish Pas de Deux.
Siobhan will continue her academic studies through British Columbia’s Education Virtual School. This is Siobhan’s first season with Ballet Kelowna