Where Are They Now?
CHECK OUT WHAT SOME OF OUR DTOJ ALUMNI ARE UP TO . . .
ANGELINA SANSONE
Angie was a student at DTOJ from 1991-1996. She left home at age 14 to attend the Harid Conservatory with a full tuition scholarship. After completing her education at Harid, she spent two seasons with the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago where she appeared in Robert Altman’s 2003 film The Company. Following her stay with Joffrey, Ms. Sansone worked toward her B.S. in ballet at Indiana University before she joined Kansas City Ballet in 2005. In her two seasons with KCB, she has been featured in End of Time, Apollo The Concert , Great Galloping Gottschalk, Dark Elegies, Splendid Isolations III,Mozartiana and as Dew Drop in The Nutcracker. She had the opportunity to perform Ben Stevenson’s End of Time at the International Dance Festival of Colombia. This is Ms. Sansone’s sixth season with Kansas City Ballet.
MOLLIE SANSONE
Mollie Sansone was a student at DTOJ from 1991-1996. She began her training in North Carolina with Melissa Hale-Coyle, Claudia Folts, Lisa Leone, and Rebecca and Daniel Wiley. She also studied at the Metropolitan Ballet Theater with Maniya Barredo, the Joffrey Midwest Workshop, the Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory, and the Atlanta Ballet.
As a member of the Nashville Ballet 2 from 2004 to 2006, Mollie performed with the main company in Balanchine’s Square Dance, Sarah Slipper’s Postcards from the Boys, and Salvatore Aiello’s Rite of Spring. Some notable performances of hers since joining the main company are in Robert Philander-Valentine’s Sunday Sunday, in Balanchine’s Valse Fantaise, the Dew Drop Fairy in Paul Vasterling’s Nutcracker, the “Balloon Girl” in Salvatore Aiello’s Clowns, and the Blue Pas de Deux in James Canfield’s Jungle. Mollie also performs as guest artist with the Piedmont Dance Theater during the summers, where she has performed Balanchine’s Who Cares?, La Bayadere, and Thang Dao’s, Printemp Perdu.
ELISSA EDWARDS
Elissa Edwards was a student at DTOJ from 1996-2001. She started teaching by assisting protege classes when she was 16. Elissa then went on to attend the University of the Arts in Philadelphia on a full scholarship. After that, Elissa moved to Charlotte and continued to pursue her love of teaching and choreography. She then ended up in Wilmington, NC where she now is co-director of Impulse Dance Project, a brand new company and studio. Elissa also owns and directs EVOLVE, an in-studio dance convention that tours all over the US and Canada, where Elissa teaches and sets choreography on numerous studios.
