BIOS KRISTEN MARSHALL, originally from Richmond Hill, Ga., began her dance training in Savannah at Madeline Walker Coastal Ballet Theatre under the direction of Gaye Baxley. As a student, she spent summers training at the Rock School, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and Atlanta Ballet. In 2015, she was offered a fellowship position with Atlanta Ballet, where she performed in Atlanta Ballet’s Nutcracker, Bruce Wells’ Snow White and the role of Aurora in John McFall’s The Sleeping Beauty. She has performed pieces by James Kudelka and George Balanchine, including Spring from The Four Seasons, and Serenade. This is her first season as an apprentice. LAURA MORTON was born in Maryville, Tenn., and began her dance training at Van Metre School of Dance under the direction of her mother, Amy Morton Vaughn. She spent summer intensives at Houston Ballet, Boston Ballet, Chautauqua Institute and Atlanta Ballet. She left Tennessee in 2013 to join Houston Ballet Academy as a level 7 student and completed high school online. In summer 2014, Laura participated in Atlanta Ballet’s Professional Summer Intensive and was offered a position in the Fellowship Ensemble. Last year she danced the role of Carabosse in John McFall’s The Sleeping Beauty. She has also danced works by Stanton Welch, Anthony Tudor and George Balanchine. Laura is thrilled to be an apprentice with Atlanta Ballet and thanks her parents and sister for their loving support. K EITH REEVES, from Augusta, Ga., began his training at age 15 with Jennifer Tools at the Jessye Norman School of the Arts. In 2010, he continued his training at the Augusta Ballet School and was asked to join the company Dance Augusta under the direction of Zane and Ron Colton. Before joining Atlanta Ballet, Keith was trained by Nicolas Pacana and Jocelyn Buchanan with the Atlanta Festival Ballet Company and studied at such distinguished dance schools as Colombia County Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Atlanta Festival Ballet, Joffrey Ballet School and Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education. In 2010, he received a scholarship from acclaimed opera singer Jessye Norman to attend Joffery Ballet School’s summer intensive and, in 2014, received the Audrey B. Morgan Scholarship for the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education Conservatory Division. In his time at Atlanta Ballet, Keith has performed in Atlanta Ballet’s Nutcracker, John McFall’s The Sleeping Beauty, Jorden Morris’ Moulin Rouge® – The Ballet, Tara Lee’s the swimmer and Gina Patterson’s Quietly Walking, among others. After a successful year in the Atlanta Ballet Fellowship Ensemble, Keith is excited to dance with the Company as an apprentice. Photos by Charlie McCullers
DISTINGUISHED GUEST ARTIST N ATHAN GRISWOLD is originally from the Pacific Northwest and began his dance training under Kay Englert in Tacoma, Wash. He finished his formal dance training at the Ben Stevenson Academy in Houston, then danced professionally with Houston Ballet, Alberta Ballet and Atlanta Ballet, and as a guest with Los Angeles Chamber Ballet and North Carolina Dance Theater. In 2010, Nathan moved to Germany to dance for Ballet Augsburg and the National Theater Mannheim. His choreographic works have been performed by Ballet Augsburg, the Augsburg Opera, State Theater of Ulm and Atlanta Ballet’s Wabi Sabi. When he returned to Atlanta in 2014, Nathan co-founded Fly on a Wall, a physical theater and installation company. With his colleagues, he has been creating diverse work using different mediums and performance genres. He is excited to once again join Atlanta Ballet at the Fox Theatre for the 2016 production of Atlanta Ballet’s Nutcracker. Photo by Bubba Carr.
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