Mackenzie DESSENS studinski

DEMI-SOLOIST DANCER

Mackenzie Dessens Studinski is from New Orleans, Louisiana where she began her training at Giacobbe Academy of Dance and privately with Kimberly Beck. She attended summer programs in New York with the School of American Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Mackenzie continued her training at Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy and upon completion, joined Cincinnati Ballet’s second company. In 2015, she joined Colorado Ballet.

Hometown:
New Orleans, LA

Dance training and awards:
Giacobbe Academy of Dance and privately with Kimberly Beck
Summer programs with School of American Ballet and American Ballet Theatre
Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy

Joined Colorado Ballet:
2015

Promotions:
Promoted from Apprentice to Corps de Ballet in 2017

Selected roles and ballets:
Septime Webre's Peter Pan
Guinevere in the Wedding Pas De Deux excerpt from Victoria Morgan's King Arthur's Camelot
Lady of the Lake in Victoria Morgan's King Arthur's Camelot
Flamingo, Twin, and Card in Septime Webre's Alice (in wonderland)
George Balanchine's Symphony in C
George Balanchine's Concerto Barocco
Pas de Trois from Dominic Walsh's Wolfgang (for Webb)
Clara in Colorado Ballet's The Nutcracker
Little Russians in George Balachine's Serenade
Ji?í Kylián’s Petite Mort
Fairy Doll Pas de Trois
Red Couple in Twyla Tharp's A Brief Fling
Cygnets and Pas de Trois in Swan Lake
Canary Fairy and Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty
Chramer in Fernand Nault's Carmina Burana

More about Mackenzie:
During the summer, Mackenzie works with Jefferson Ballet Theatre in Louisiana as a principle guest artist under the direction of Kimberly Matulich-Beck and Kenneth Beth. Jefferson Ballet Theatre is associated with Jefferson Performing Arts Society who has earned the reputation as “Louisiana’s Cultural Leader.”