Ballet

Linnea Swarting began dancing at the age of 3 in New Canaan, CT at New England Academy of Dance.

She eventually joined New England Dance Theater, NEAD's pre-professional company, while also training privately with Christina Fagundes, former dancer of American Ballet Theater and San Fransisco Ballet. Ms. Swarting finished her training at University of North Carolina School of the Arts High School Program and Boston Ballet School. She then danced for The Washington Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Los Angeles Ballet, Ballet Project OC, and Georgia Dance Theatre. She was chosen to represent the United States at the Varna International Ballet Competition in 2018. She has additionally performed in the Summer Nights Ballet Gala at the Estonian National Opera and the Fairfield County Dance Festival, and appeared as a guest principal dancer at Ballet Arts Jackson and Connecticut Dance Theater Company.

 

Ms. Swarting is currently a freelance dancer, based in Nashville, TN, primarily performing with touring ballet companies. She has performed as a soloist in various productions across the US, South America, Asia, and Europe. 

 

Repertoire highlights:

• Swan Lake: Pas de trois, Big Swans, Little Swans, Princess/ Bride

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• The Nutcracker: Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen, Flower Waltz soloist and demi- soloist, Arabian soloist, Spanish, Lead Mother

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• Strausiana: The Poet’s Lover (principal)

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• Cinderella (choreography by Frederick Ashton): Fairy Godmother 

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• The Sleeping Beauty: Lilac Fairy, Beauty and the Beast divertissement, Aurora’s friends

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• An American in Paris (choreography by Sherri Davis): Milo Roberts

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• George Balanchine’s “Serenade” and “Western Symphony” 

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• Paul Vasterling’s “Carmina Burana” and “The Four Seasons”

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• Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s “Bloom”

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• Septime Webre’s “Alice in Wonderland” and “Sleepy Hollow”

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