Distinguished Alumni: Victoria Morgan

Ballet

Over the past eleven years, Cincinnati Ballet has experienced tremendous growth and critical success under the leadership of Artistic Director Victoria Morgan. As the company enters its 45th Anniversary Season in 2008-09, Ms. Morgan takes on the additional role as an executive leader, serving for the first time as both the Artistic Director and CEO of Cincinnati Ballet.

Ms. Morgan arrived in Cincinnati in 1997, taking immediate steps to raise the company’s standard of excellence by attracting celebrated dancers, choreographers, and ballet masters to the Ballet from the international dance realm. Ms. Morgan is on the board of Dance Magazine and national membership organization DanceUSA, has served on the NEA evaluation panel, was presiding judge for the 2005 New York International Ballet Competition, and was a judicator for the Benois de la Danse Awards Gala in Moscow, Russia in April 2006. Ms. Morgan came to Cincinnati Ballet after nearly a decade as resident choreographer for the San Francisco Opera. Prior to that, she was a principal dancer for San Francisco Ballet (1978-1987) and Ballet West (1969-1978). Her repertoire included leading roles in numerous classical ballets such as Giselle, Swan Lake, Cinderella and many ballets by George Balanchine. Ms. Morgan also danced in modern and contemporary ballets by William Forsythe, James Kudelka and Val Caniparoli, among others. In addition, Ms. Morgan performed lead roles for television and film and her choreography was featured in the PBS documentary, The Creation of O.M.O. Ms. Morgan graduated Magna Cum Laude with an M.F.A from the University of Utah.