Kristina Pool
Sponsored by Mark and Melanie Robbins
Joined Ballet West II: 2015
Joined Ballet West: 2017
Promoted to Demi-Soloist: 2022
Kristina Pool is from Princeton, New Jersey. She joined Ballet West II in 2015 and was promoted to the main company in 2017, and then to Demi-Soloist in 2022. With Ballet West, Kristina has danced leading roles in Smuin’s Romeo + Juliet, Sklute’s Giselle, Fonte’s Carmina Burana, Olga in Cranko's Onegin, and the role of Svetlana in Ben Stevenson's Dracula, among many others.
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Click below to see Kristina’s roles.
2022-23 Season
- Onegin (Cranko) Olga
- Concerto Barocco (Balanchine)
ON TOUR
- Galantheae (LaPlane) – Ballet West in the Garden, Red Butte Garden Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, Utah
2021-22 Season
- Dracula (Stevenson) Bride
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) Maid, Doll, Spanish, Mirlitons, Waltz of the Flowers
- Romeo + Juliet (Smuin) Capulet Harlot, Street Dancer
- Glass Pieces (Robbins) “Rubric,” “Akhenaten”
- Carmina Burana (Fonte)
- Galantheae (LaPlane) Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)
ON TOUR
- Piece of My Heart (Fonte) – Ballet West in the Garden, Red Butte Garden Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Paquita (Kunikova, after Petipa) – Ballet West in the Garden, Red Butte Garden Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Romeo + Juliet (Smuin) Juliet’s Friend – George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center, Park City, Utah
2020-21 Season
- Tides (Archibald)
- Precious Gems
- Precious Jewels Variations from Aladdin (Robinson Harris and Dolkas)
- Paquita (Kunikova after Petipa)
- Resist Much, Obey Little (Naumann) Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)
ON TOUR
- Piece of My Heart (Fonte) – George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center, Park City, Utah
2019-20 Season
- Le Chant Du Rossingnol (Balanchine) Court Lady
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) Maid
- Giselle (Sklute, after Coralli and Perrot) Peasant Woman, Wilis, Giselle’s Friend
ON TOUR
- Giselle (Sklute, after Coralli and Perrot) Wilis – The Soraya, Los Angeles, California
2018-19 Season
- Jewels (Balanchine) Emeralds, Rubies, Diamonds
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) Maid
- Swan Lake (Sklute, after Petipa and Ivanov) Cygnettes, Swan Maiden, Young Friends
- Onegin (Cranko) Neighbors
2017-18 Season
- Serenade (Balanchine)
- Carmina Burana (Fonte)
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) Maid
- Cinderella (Ashton) The Stars
- Summerspace (Cunningham)
- The Shakespeare Suite (Bintley) Chorus
- Jabula (Weir) National Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)
ON TOUR
- Dances for Lou (Caniparoli) – Joyce Theater, New York City, New York
2016-17 Season
- Bournonville Divertissments (Bournonville)
- “Are We There Yet?” (Dolkas)
- Piece of My Heart (Fonte)
- Mobile (Ruud)
- Madame Butterfly (Welch) Geisha
- The Nutcracker (Christensen)
- The Sleeping Beauty (Sklute, after Petipa) Beauty, Aurora’s Friends, Lilac Fairy Attendant
- Chaconne (Balanchine)
- The Green Table (Jooss)
2015-16 Season
- The Nutcracker (Christensen)
- Romeo and Juliet (Cranko)
- Beauty and the Beast (Robinson-Harris and Dolkas) Beauty
Photos by Beau Pearson