The Ailey School

Cassandra began her training at the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet School in Aspen, CO. She has spent summers on scholarship at LINES Ballet and Canada's National Ballet School, as well as The Harid Conservatory and Ballet West. While in Aspen, Cassandra performed with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet in their production of The Nutcracker dancing a wide range of classical roles throughout the years. In 2014 she joined Morales Dance, a classical modern company based in New York. She has performed works by Norbert De La Cruz III, Christian Von Howard, Matthew Rushing, Leni Williams, Tony Morales, Elizabeth Deyo, as well as in original collaborations with Katarzyna Skarpetowska and Gabrielle Lamb. She has trained under the likes of Tom Mossbrucker, Jean Phillippe-Malaty, Nancy Turano, Peter Brandenhoff, Melanie Doskocil, and the late Peter O’Brien. Cassandra is the recipient of the "Agnes Varis Scholarship" at The Ailey School where she graduated Cum Laude from the Ailey/ Fordham BFA program in 2016.