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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Kylie Casino is originally from Akron, Ohio, where she trained pre-professionally with Northeast Ohio Dance and the Dance Institute of The University of Akron. She continued her training with The University of Akron’s dance department, where she was given the opportunity to perform choreography by Paul Taylor, David Parsons and Amy Miller. After graduating with her BA in Dance and dancing professionally for one year, Kylie realized she wished to continue her education as a teacher and choreographer. She went on to graduate with her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts with a focus in Dance from Goddard College in 2016. Since moving to Columbus in 2014, she's had the pleasure of choreographing for multiple productions for The Columbus Ballet, including The Nutcracker and Coppélia, staging her own versions of Paquita and The Firebird with students from Rising Starz in Auburn, AL and choreographing for East Alabama Community Ballet. In 2019, Kylie received a LocaL Choice Award nomination for "Favorite Choreographer." Kylie finds complete fulfillment through teaching and looks forward to sharing her love of dance with others.

PRODUCING DIRECTOR

Bridget Adams began her dance training with Jackie O’Neal School of Dance in Birmingham, Alabama with a concentration in ballet, jazz, and acrobatics.  After 10 years of training and assistant teaching, she began teaching at Nix Dance Studio in Auburn, Alabama.  It was here that she realized her passion for teaching dance, especially the beautiful, classical art of ballet.  After completing her degree in Fine Arts from Auburn University in 2004, she moved with her husband Steve to Columbus, Georgia and began teaching and furthering her classical ballet knowledge at Columbus State University's (CSU) Youth Dance Conservatory (YDC).  Bridget has enjoyed performing many classical roles with The Columbus Ballet, YDC’s partner for classical performances.  She has also been privileged to co-direct and direct many classical, modern, and original works with YDC and The Columbus Ballet over the past 14 years.  Bridget is currently the Artistic Director of YDC as well as a seasonal artistic director for The Columbus Ballet.  Above all this, the ability to share her passion for dance with young students of the Youth Dance Conservatory gives Bridget a joy beyond words.

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Choreography: The Sugar Plum Grand Pas de Deux choreography is staged by Brian Grant and Trisha Carter, after Marius Petipa.  All other choreography created by Kylie Casino.