Our Alumni

We Produce Dance Excellence

Many of our dancers go on to professional careers in the industry. Take a look at our student success stories.

The Rochester School of Dance, under the direction of Cornelia Sampson, and Jennifer Ristoski, is accredited in all ballet disciplines. From Ballet to Broadway, our dancers can and have been seen dancing with the New York City Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Miami City Ballet, Ballet West and more. In addition, students have appeared on national television and in Broadway Productions. Each year many who opt to continue their education have received full scholarships to major universities. We are proud of our dancers’ accomplishments and would like to share our roster of success stories with you.

$Jennifer Adam ….. Co. Member, Atlanta Ballet
$Chloe Aiello ….. North Carolina School of the Arts
$Michael Anderson ….. Co. Member, Joffrey Ballet Company
$Cooper Blankenburg…..Co. Member, Sarasota Ballet
$Megan Brunke ….. Ballet Met School
$Lisa Carroll ….. Principle, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
$Jennifer Christie ….. Scholarship, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Principal, Utah Metropolitan Ballet
$Michelle DePlaunty ….. Chicago City Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, School of American Ballet
$Holly Dorger ….. School of American Ballet, Principle, Royal Danish Ballet
$Andrew Drost ….. Recipient of Maria Lascu Scholarship Co. Member, Boston Ballet II, Alabama Ballet, Ballet Mississippi, Miami City Ballet
$Courtney Fraga ….. Scholarship, Ballet Met School, Festival Ballet Providence
$Jennifer Goodman ….. Co. Member, Joffrey Ballet Company
$Lisa Guidi ….. Scholarship, Cleveland Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet, Louisville Ballet
$Kristin Hakala ….. Principal, Nashville Ballet Company, Ballet West
$Ruth Hackett ….. Scholarships, Interlochen, Boston Ballet School
$Patricia Hachey ….. American Ballet Theatre School, Co. Member, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
$Robin Hawk ….. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
$Julie Hawk ….. Scholarships, Interlochen, Cleveland Ballet School
$Melissa Hays ….. Scholarship, Indiana University
$Michelle Hebert ….. Garth Fagan Dance
$Dana Hertz ….. Scholarship, Point Park College
$Andrew Kaczmarek ….. Scholarship, School of American Ballet, Scholarship, Pittsburgh Ballet School, Boston Ballet, Gelsey Kirkland Academy Studio Company
$Jennifer Kaczmarek ….. School of North Carolina Dance Theatre
$Amanda Knox ….. Co. Member, New York City Ballet
$Ashley Knox ….. School of American Ballet, Principal, Miami City Ballet
$Mary LaCroix ….. Co. Member, Nashville Ballet
$Carin Lampe ….. Scholarship, Ballet Met School
$Mara Livezey ….. National Ballet School of Canada
$Leyna McDonough ….. Joffrey Midwest School, Pittsburgh Ballet School
$Stephanie Moy ….. Scholarship, Cleveland Ballet School
$Christine Nielson ….. Scholarship, Western University, Lou Conte Dance School
$Caitlin Nordstrom ….. School of American Ballet, Miami City Ballet
$Cindy Phillips ….. Ballet Met School, American Ballet Theatre School
$Leah Shea ….. Selected to study at the famed Bolshoi Ballet School, Moscow, Russia
$Jennifer Shea ….. Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Co. Member, Fort Worth Ballet Company
$Laurel Skousen ….. Co. Member, Cleveland Ballet, Scholarship, Royal Ballet School, London
$Liana Skousen ….. Scholarship, 14th International Russian Ballet Seminar, Co. Member Cleveland Ballet, American Ballet Theatre
$Abbey Smith ….. Scholarship, School of American Ballet
$Shannon Stobbe ….. City Ballet of San Diego
$Dylan Stokes ….. Co. Member, Cleveland Ballet
$Eva Trapp ….. Scholarship, Cleveland Ballet School, American Ballet Theatre, School of American Ballet, Principal, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
$Sara Tull ….. Ballet Austin
$Lauren Van Acker ….. Scholarship, Cleveland Ballet School, Louisville Ballet Company
$Megan White ….. Miami City Ballet
$Caitlin Younker ….. Grand Valley College, Ballet Tucson, Missouri Contemporary Ballet Company