associate artistic director
Sasha Janes was born in Perth, Australia, and received his formal dance training from the Australian Ballet School. He has danced professionally with The West Australian Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, Dayton Ballet and North Carolina Dance Theatre. In 2006 Janes was commissioned to choreograph his first ballet, Lascia la Spina, Cogli la Rosa, and since then he has choreographed several ballets for Chautauqua Festival Ballet and NC Dance Theatre including You’re So Fine, Breathe, Glass Houses, Last Lost Chance, Rhapsodic Dances, and Dangerous Liaisons. In 2012 he was invited to be a participant in the New York Choreographic Institute’s Spring session where he created Murmuration on students from the School of American Ballet. Prior to being named associate artistic director in 2012, Janes served as rehearsal director after eight seasons dancing with NC Dance Theatre.
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