sonata ross

Corps de Ballet • Joined Colorado Ballet in 2022

Hometown: Fort Collins, Colorado

Sonata Ross was born in Fort Collins, Colorado and began dancing at Canyon Concert Ballet at age 13. While training in Colorado, she attended summer programs at University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Sonata moved to Denver to train in the pre-professional division at Colorado Ballet in 2018. In addition to her training, Sonata has choreographed solos, INFECTIOUS on Pre-Professional dancers at Colorado Ballet, and most prominently, a piece to Hoedown from Aaron Copeland’s Rodeo for the Arapahoe Philharmonic Orchestra. After dancing in the academy for two years, Sonata was invited to join the Studio Company with Colorado Ballet. She joined the main company as an Apprentice in 2022 and was promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2024. 

Sonata's selected roles and ballets include Clara in The Nutcracker, Cygnets in Swan Lake, George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations, Rubies from Jewels, and Serenade, premiere cast of Lauren Lovette’s Three Views of a Mountain.