ARB Trainees with Douglas Martin and Mary Pat Robertson. Photo by George Jones

Princeton Ballet School recently launched an extensive Trainee program designed to train post-high school students for a career in ballet.  The trainees have a rigorous schedule which includes six hours of training plus rehearsals six days a week, often alongside the professional dancers of American Repertory Ballet.

ARB welcomes the new Trainees who include Mathilde Labrusse, a native of Paris, France; Kelsey McFalls, who is taking a leave of absence from NYU to pursue dance as a career; Shaye Firer from Winnipeg, Manitoba; and Kara Harvey, who recently graduated from Oklahoma University with a B.F.A. in dance.

Bryana Jones (Piscataway), Erin Keegan (Mercerville), Evan Law (Somerset), and Karen Leslie Moscato (Pennington), all Princeton Ballet School standouts, were also admitted to the prestigious program.  Keegan returns to Princeton Ballet School after spending last season in the Miami City Ballet Trainee program.

Look for these trainees and many other students from the Princeton Ballet School at this year's 48th annual performances of The Nutcracker.