Alison Stroming
Stroming was adopted from Recife, Brazil at the age of eight months and started dancing when she was three years old. She was accepted to The School of American Ballet where she began her formal ballet training at the age of nine. While at SAB, Alison performed with The New York City ballet in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Swan lake, Sleeping Beauty, Harlequinade, Coppelia, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She attended the American Ballet Theater Summer Intensive in New York in 2004. Franco De Vita, principal of the JKO School at ABT, offered her a full scholarship to the new Junior Division. With JKO she has performed in numerous technical demonstrations and performances at The Juilliard School, Guggenheim Museum, City Center, The Metropolitan Opera House, Joyce Theater, and The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Alison also toured with The American Ballet Theater II in Europe in 2010 and 2011 performing roles in Allegro Brillante (Balanchine), Continuo (Tudor), A Taste of Sweet Velvet (Jodie Gates), and Interplay (Robbins). She was a demonstrator for the regional tour of Jump: The Alternative Convention directed by her brother, Gil Stroming. She was also featured in Pointe Magazine’s “In The Wings” in the February/March 2010 issue.
Alison danced for two seasons with the Alberta Ballet in Canada. With Alberta Ballet Alison toured across Canada and danced roles in Kirk Peterson’s Swan Lake, Jean-Grand Maitre’s Love Lies Bleeding, Cinderella, The Nutcracker and George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, just to name a few. She recently danced with Ballet San Jose under the new direction of Jose Manuel Carreno where was the youngest female dancer. Alison is now dancing for Dance Theatre of Harlem.
Stroming was adopted from Recife, Brazil at the age of eight months and started dancing when she was three years old. She was accepted to The School of American Ballet where she began her formal ballet training at the age of nine. While at SAB, Alison performed with The New York City ballet in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Swan lake, Sleeping Beauty, Harlequinade, Coppelia, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She attended the American Ballet Theater Summer Intensive in New York in 2004. Franco De Vita, principal of the JKO School at ABT, offered her a full scholarship to the new Junior Division. With JKO she has performed in numerous technical demonstrations and performances at The Juilliard School, Guggenheim Museum, City Center, The Metropolitan Opera House, Joyce Theater, and The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Alison also toured with The American Ballet Theater II in Europe in 2010 and 2011 performing roles in Allegro Brillante (Balanchine), Continuo (Tudor), A Taste of Sweet Velvet (Jodie Gates), and Interplay (Robbins). She was a demonstrator for the regional tour of Jump: The Alternative Convention directed by her brother, Gil Stroming. She was also featured in Pointe Magazine’s “In The Wings” in the February/March 2010 issue.
Alison danced for two seasons with the Alberta Ballet in Canada. With Alberta Ballet Alison toured across Canada and danced roles in Kirk Peterson’s Swan Lake, Jean-Grand Maitre’s Love Lies Bleeding, Cinderella, The Nutcracker and George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, just to name a few. She recently danced with Ballet San Jose under the new direction of Jose Manuel Carreno where was the youngest female dancer. Alison is now dancing for Dance Theatre of Harlem.