April Giangeruso

April Giangeruso was born in Washington D.C. and began her early training in her hometown of Ellicott City, Maryland. At age nine, she received a full scholarship to the Kirov Academy of Ballet where she studied from 2001-2005 under the direction of Ludmila Morkovina. She also studied with Valentina Kozlova and at 15 years old was the youngest female finalist at the 2006 USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi. She has performed the Bluebird pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty, the grand pas de deux from The Nutcracker and Raymonda, and the Medora and the Slave pas de deux from Le Corsaire. She has attended the ABT Summer Intensives as a National Training Scholar, and in September 2007 she joined the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at ABT. Giangeruso joined ABT II in December 2007 and joined American Ballet Theatre as an apprentice in January 2010.

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