The Cleveland City Dance Company is a pre-professional dance company with a relationship with Cleveland City Dance. Its mission is “to establish a ballet
company of the highest artistic and technical caliber that serves its communities
through performance and artistic education.”
Self-disciplined, energetic, enthusiastic and focused young
dancers uniquely serve as dance arts ambassadors when they perform at
festivals, local schools, workshops and fundraisers. Our students are selected
to participate in either the Junior Dance Company or Senior Dance Company based
on individual skill levels. Courtney Laves-Mearini, the Artistic and Company Director,
along with Mark Otloski, the company’s Ballet Master, steer the direction of
the ensemble toward continual growth.
The Cleveland City Dance Company has performed at the
Northeast Ohio Dance Festival, Shaker Square's Farmers Market opening weekend
and area schools. Many in the ensemble have also performed with professional
companies including Pennsylvania Ballet's Nutcracker, Kirov Ballet's La
Bayadere and American Ballet Theatre's Le Corsaire. Some of the Senior Dance Company
students have attended summer intensive workshops at School of American Ballet (SAB),
Ballet Met, Pittsburg Ballet, Harid Conservatory, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ben
Stevenson Academy, Julliard Dance and the Rock School.
