San Diego Ballet

Dancers

Elizabeth Tapia Molina

Mexican dancer, Elizabeth Tapia, joined San Diego Ballet in March 2022 as trainee, later that year, she joined the company as a core member. She has performed corps de ballet in Giselle, Romeo et Juliet, The Nutcracker, Opus Swing, Que Bonito Amor, Stabat Mater. Sleeping Beauty and The Jungle Book. Soloist roles in SDB includes …

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Marshall Whiteley

Born in Fairbanks, AK, and raised in San Diego, CA, Marshall was a nationally ranked ice hockey player by the age of 11. At 13, he began formal ballet training at the San Diego Academy of Ballet, under Sylvia and Max Tchernychev, and later continued at the Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy. At 16, he …

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Alexia Norris

Alexia joined San Diego Ballet in 2022. Since joining, she has performed soloist and principal roles, including Lilac Fairy from Sleeping Beauty, Juliet’s Friend in Romeo et Juliet, and Spanish in the Nutcracker. She was previously an artist with English National Ballet in London, where she performed a wide range of repertoire – some of …

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Joseph Lister

Joseph Lister embarked on their dance journey at California State University, Channel Islands at age 19. During their time there, they founded and led Breaking Pointe, CI’s inaugural dance team. Later, Joseph transferred to the University of California, Riverside, earning a Bachelors of Arts in Dance in 2015. While at UCR, they were honored with …

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Elena Díaz Flores

Elena joined San Diego Ballet in 2022 and has performed roles  in Bird Land,  The Four Seasons , Giselle, The Jungle Book,  The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Viva Vivaldi, Stabat Mater,  Eight to the Barre and Sleeping Beauty. Elena started dancing when she was a child and it was at the age of 13 that …

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Jared Osoria

Jared was born and raised in San Diego, and began his ballet training with the San Diego Ballet School, under Robin Sherertz-Morgan and Igor Yurlov. While only recently beginning his professional career, he has attended various programs around the world for ballet. He has attended summer intensives at the San Francisco Ballet School, the Royal …

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Gian Carlo Vargas

As a kid in Lima Peru, Gian Carlo Vargas first dream was to be in the circus. One day he discovered that his grandfather was a ballet dancer and after that he dreamed of being a ballet dancer instead. He started his training at the National Ballet School of Lima, Peru, despite not having what …

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Sophie Taylor

Sophie Taylor was born in Kirov, Russia and began dancing at the age of three, and immediately fell in love with ballet. Sophie performed in her first Nutcracker as a baby doll and sugar babe on the San Diego Ballet stage. In 2013, she and her family relocated to Orange County, CA.  where she trained …

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Tonatiuh Gomez

Tonatiuh Gómez, Mexican born in Mexico City, used to practice professional sports like, soccer, hockey, Olympic gymnastics, among others, but his true passion is ballet. He finished his degree in Marketing with the Banking and Commercial School while in the meantime he founded and developed his own company. Businesses like ballet is also his passion. …

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