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Aaron Smyth
Member, ABT Studio Company (ABT II) and
Gold Medalist, Genée International Ballet Competition
Aaron Smyth was born & raised on Australia's Gold Coast where he started dancing at the age of eight after watching his sister in a jazz class. Aaron first began studying classical ballet with Joy Ransley and Diane Talbot at the Ransley Ballet and Dance Center in Queensland, Australia.
Later in 2008, at the invitation of school principal Franco DeVita, Aaron joined the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School of American Ballet Theatre on full scholarship. There he danced leading roles in Flames of Paris, the Blue Bird pas de deux, among others. He later joined American Ballet Theatre’s ABT Studio Company (ABT II) in 2010.
A well rounded performer, Aaron has trained in gymnastics and many styles of dance and was awarded the RAD Solo Seal Award. He was a top four finalist in Australia’s Got Talent in 2008 and has won awards in many dance competitions worldwide. His most coveted award was the Gold Medal and the Bravo Audience Choice Award at the Genée International Ballet Competition in Toronto, Canada in 2008, where his talent, charisma and stage presence awed both the crowd and judges.
Aaron's repertoire at ABT Studio Company includes Barbara by Aszure Barto, Le Corsaire pas de deux, and George Balanchine's Allegro Brillante.
Aaron will perform in the Maple Youth Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker for six performances on December 17-22 at the Northwood Performing Arts Theatre in Irvine.
Click the image & view Aaron's performance at the Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland
About ABT Studio Company (ABT II)
© American Ballet TheatreAmerican Ballet Theatre's acclaimed ABT Studio Company (formerly called ABT II) is a classical company of 12 young dancers, ages 16-20, who show outstanding potential and are hand-picked from around the world by the artistic staff of American Ballet Theatre. ABT Studio Company dancers are exposed to new and established choreographers and composers. They perform in national performances, lecture-demonstrations and academic residencies throughout the United States, as well as with American Ballet Theatre's main company in large-scale ballets such as Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty. ABT Studio Company brings the excitement of close contact with a professional company into a variety of communities around the country. ABT Studio Company dancers train in the program for one or two years before joining American Ballet Theatre's main company or other leading national and international professional companies.