Antoinette Peloso was a long-time member and
principal dancer with the Metropolitan Opera Company at New York’s Lincoln
Center. During her tenure,
she had the opportunity to work with opera’s brightest
stars as well as many ballet luminaries, including;
George Balanchine, Alvin Ailey, Antony Tudor, Natalia
Makarova, Fernando Bujones and Antony Dowell.
Born and raised
in New Mexico,
at age thirteen Antoinette auditioned for and won
admission to England’s
Royal
Ballet School. Over the next five
years she received extensive training in classical
and character techniques.
Working with the Royal Ballets’ top coaches and
teachers, she was schooled in the Vaganova and
Cechetti methods. After
graduating with Honors she returned to the United
States and began dancing professionally in New York. In addition to her
seasons at the Metropolitan Opera, Antoinette has
been a guest artist with numerous ballet companies,
dancing roles in; Giselle, Swan Lake, Cinderella. The Nutcracker,
Sleeping Beauty, Spartacus and Les Sylphides, among
others. In recent years she has been teaching
Technique & Pointe classes in New York. |
