Nicole Fannéy
Ballet West Academy Trainee: 2016
Joined Ballet West II: 2018
Joined Ballet West: 2020
Nicole Fannéy is from Cary, North Carolina. She joined the Ballet West Academy as a trainee in 2016 and joined Ballet West II in 2018. She was promoted to the main company in 2020. Nicole began her training at the International Ballet Academy in Cary, North Carolina. She then attended Houston Ballet Academy on full scholarship in 2015, and in the summer of 2016, studied at the Paris Opera Ballet School. In 2015, she was awarded the Grand Prix at the Youth America Grand Prix Tampa Semifinal. Nicole performed in Youth America Grand Prix’s Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow Gala in Tampa in 2015 and 2016, and in Indianapolis in 2015. She has attended summer intensive programs at Ballet West Academy, the artÉmotion Summer Intensive, Pacific Northwest Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet School, American Ballet Theatre, and Ellison Ballet. With Ballet West, Nicole has danced roles in Sklute’s Swan Lake, Archibald’s Tides, Smuin’s Romeo + Juliet, and Fonte’s Carmina Burana, to name just a few. She has also originated featured roles in works by Sophie LaPlane and Juliano Nunes.
Follow Nicole on Instagram @nikki.fanney.
Click below to see Nicole’s roles.
2022-23 Season
- Onegin (Cranko)
- Concerto Barocco (Balanchine)
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) Hostess, Spanish, Arabian, Mirlitons
- The Sleeping Beauty (Sklute, after Petipa) Carabosse, Wise Cat, Countess, Aurora’s Friend
- Les Noces (Nijinska)
- Light Rain (Arpino)
ON TOUR
- Orange (Nunes) – Ballet West in the Garden, Red Butte Garden Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Galantheae (LaPlane) – Ballet West in the Garden, Red Butte Garden Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, Utah
2021-22 Season
- Dracula (Stevenson) Bride, Peasant Girl
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) Spanish, Mirlitons
- Romeo + Juliet (Smuin) Lady Capulet, Capulet Harlot
- Glass Pieces (Robbins) “Akhenaten”
- Carmina Burana (Fonte)
- Galantheae (LaPlane) Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)
- Orange (Nunes) 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) Lady Capulet – 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)
ON TOUR
- Piece of My Heart (Fonte) – George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center, Park City, Utah
2019-20 Season
- Beer & Ballet
- Piece of My Heart (Fonte)
- Le Chant Du Rossingnol (Balanchine) Court Lady
- Snow White (Robinson-Harris and Dolkas) Vain Queen
- The Nutcracker (Christensen)
- Giselle (Sklute, after Coralli and Perrot) Wilis, Peasant Woman
ON TOUR
- Giselle (Sklute, after Coralli and Perrot) – The Soraya, Los Angeles, California
- Jewels (Balanchine) Emeralds – Northrup Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2018-19 Season
- Beauty and the Beast (Robinson-Harris and Dolkas) The Evil Fairy, The Good Fairy
- Beer & Ballet
- Divertimento (Kunikova)
- But a Dream (Adams)
- The Nutcracker (Christensen)
- Swan Lake (Sklute, after Petipa and Ivanov) Courtier, Swan Maiden
ON TOUR
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) – Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
- Divertimento (Kunikova),
- Laden (Adams)
- Swan Lake (Sklute, after Petipa and Ivanov) Pas de Trois
Photos by Beau Pearson