Cassandra Trenary

She began attending summer intensive at the American Ballet Theatre at age 11 and was invited to train at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School four years later, moving the family to New York City from Georgia full-time.

In 2011 she was invited to join ABT Studio Company on their European Tour as an apprentice and was subsequently offered a corps de ballet contract at American Ballet Theatre in the same year.

[5] As a corps dancer, she danced several soloist roles including the Shades in La Bayadère and Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty.

The following year, she made her debut as Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty,[3] and represented ABT at the Erik Bruhn Prize.

[8] Trenary has an Instagram account dedicated to her photography featuring her ABT colleagues offering a behind-the-scenes look at professional dancers.