Photographer: Heather Golde, Trainer: Morgann Rose

Photographer: Heather Golde, Trainer: Morgann Rose

Morgann Rose danced with The Washington Ballet for 16 years as a principal ballerina along with Elliot Feld's Ballet Tech in New York City. She's a certified GYROTONIC® instructor since 2007 but has been practicing Gyrotonic since the beginning of her professional dance career. She began her training with Rebecca Wright, Tania Lichine and David Allen and has received numerous scholarships to dance to many prominent schools throughout North America.

Rose graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts high school program before joining her first ballet company. In addition to dancing with The Washington Ballet, she has been a guest artist with the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Ballet Hawaii, City Dance Ensemble, ARKA Ballet and Chamber Dance Project.

Photographer: Heather Golde, Trainer: Morgann Rose

Photographer: Heather Golde, Trainer: Morgann Rose

Photographer: Heather Golde, Trainer: Morgann Rose

Photographer: Heather Golde, Trainer: Morgann Rose

Some of her principal roles include Myrta in Giselle, Snow Queen in Septime Webre's The Nutcracker, Effe in La Sylphide and Choleric in The Four Temperaments. She has danced lead roles with such choreographers as Trey McIntyre, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Nacho Duato, Christopher Wheeldon, Christopher Bruce, Edwaard Liang, Hans van Manen and Jiří Kylián. Rose helps stage many TWB productions such as ALICE (in wonderland), The Nutcracker and even Peter Pan, traveling to Hawaii to stage it.