MEET BETSIE

Betsie Schaeffer was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan before returning home to New Hampshire at the age of 11. She began her dance career with Northeastern Ballet Theatre. Schaeffer attended Belhaven University where she received awards for outstanding artistic and scholastic achievements. She has attended the Bates Dance Festival, Alabama Dance Festival, the National American College Dance Association Festival at the Kennedy Center and has appeared as a guest performer in local theaters. After graduation, she danced with Ballet Hartford. She moved to Cleveland with her husband, Josh Schaeffer, a dancer with Inlet Dance Theatre in 2018. This is her second season as a trainee with Verb Ballets and she has performed in company repertoire such as Wandering On and Mendelssohn Italian Symphony.

Dancers: Betsie Schaeffer with husband Josh Schaeffer