ella gozdieski

ACADEMY FACULTY

Ella Grace Gozdieski was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Orange County, California. She began her ballet training at age 11 at the American Ballet Theatre William J. Gillespie School in Costa Mesa, California, under the direction of Alaine Haubert. In 2020, Ella Grace started training virtually with Colorado Ballet Academy’s Pre-Professional Division. She then relocated to Denver and completed two more years of the Pre-Professional Division in-person, dancing in the academy’s productions of Coppélia and as the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty. Ella Grace joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2023. She loved performing on stage at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House with Colorado Ballet in their productions of Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Jekyll & Hyde, and Coppélia. She is eager and excited to return for the 2024-25 season with Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company. Ella Grace successfully completed ABT’s National Training Curriculum in New York City with ABT NTC creators Franco De Vita and Raymond Lukens and is certified to teach Pre-Primary through Level 3 classes.