Christina Stockdale

A native of Philadelphia, Ms. Stockdale started dancing at the age of five.  She received her training at the Rock School of the Pennsylvania Ballet and the Academy of International Ballet under Anastasia Babayeva, Denis Gronostayskiy, Christopher Fleming, Bo and Stephanie Spassoff and many others.  In 2005 Ms. Stockdale was a finalist in the international ballet competition, Youth America Grand Prix.  Following high school graduation in 2005, Ms. Stockdale joined Manassas Dance Company as a soloist where she danced for two seasons performing "Mina" in Dracula, "The Butterfly" in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and various roles in The Nutcracker, Coppeli" and many others. For the 2007/2008 season, Ms. Stockdale moved to the west coast to perform with Ballet Bellevue and join the faculty of Ballet Bellevue School.  Some of Ms. Stockdale's featured roles with Ballet Bellevue have included "The Lilac Fairy" in The Sleeping Beauty, "Jack Frost" in The Snowman, and Le Corsaire (pas de deux), as well as her performance of works by contemporary choreographers Stacy Lowenberg, Kabby Mitchell, and Jennifer Porter. She has also performed as a guest artist in The Nutcracker and Giselle for Northwest Ballet Theatre and International Ballet Classique in Philadelphia