Pennsylvania Ballet

Ms. Hughes began her dance training at the age of four at the Dance Center of Queensbury in New York.  She continued her training at the Adirondack Repertory Dance Theatre under former Joffery Ballet Principal Pamara Perry and also at the North Carolina School of the Arts.  For four years, Ms. Hughes attended the School of American Ballet in New York City.
 
While at SAB, Ms. Hughes was chosen to perform a featured role in New York City Ballet Corps de Ballet member Justin Peck’s original ballet Tales of a Chinese Zodiac for the 10th Anniversary of New York Choreographic Institute’s Fall Workshop in November 2010.  Additionally, Ms. Hughes was chosen by New York City Ballet Principal Robert Fairchild to dance in his original ballet Soens Folk in the New York Choreographic Institute’s Spring Workshop of 2010.  Ms. Hughes has also danced featured roles in the SAB Workshop performances of Christopher Wheeldon’s Scènes de Ballet and George Balanchine’s Valse Fantaisie, Who Cares?, and Allegro Brillante.
 
Ms. Hughes joined Pennsylvania Ballet as an Apprentice for the 2011-2012 Season. She has performed in Matthew Neenan’s 11:11 and George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, and Raymonda Variations.