Cassandra Crowley

Artistic Director since 1980, Cassandra Crowley has led the company and school to ever increasing levels of excellence. Dancers trained by Ms. Crowley competed in the 2000 Paris International Ballet Competition and placed in the 2001, 2002 and 2003 Youth America Grand Prix. Other of Ms. Crowley's students have danced professionally with such companies as Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Ohio Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Ballet Omaha, Duluth Ballet, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company II, the London stage productions of Fame and Cats, the Broadway touring company of 42nd Street and other national and international touring companies of Broadway shows. An honor company member of Regional Dance America/Northeast since 1984 Canton Ballet under her direction has been selected to perform on 19 Gala programs over the last 22 years. In 1996, 1998 and 2001 she led Canton Ballet's European performance tours to Austria and Paris.

Active in dance organizations throughout the country, Ms. Crowley is on the board of directors for Tanzsommer Austria, a director emeritus on the national board of directors of Regional Dance America, on the board of directors of RDA/NE, former vice-president of OhioDance and a two time member of the Ohio Arts Council Dance Panel. Ms. Crowley began her dance career with Jan Collum and BalletTacoma in Washington State. She performed professionally in England, France and Slovenia as well as in the United States and received a Master's Degree in Dance from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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