Ruth Whitney
Ruth Whitney is a Boston-based dancer who received her early training and performance experience with the Boston Ballet, studying under Tatiana Nikolaevna Legat and Laura Young. She has performed regionally and internationally with companies including Boston Ballet and Teatrul De Balet Sibiu, and as a principal dancer with Festival Ballet Providence. Her classical repertoire includes Odette/Odile, Aurora, Juliet, Sugarplum Fairy, Marguerite, Firebird and Titania as well as Balanchine’s neo-classical Agon and Apollo, and Jose’ Limon’s Moor’s Pavane. Ms. Whitney has been fortunate to work with many wonderful choreographers and mentors including Andrew Kelley, Gianni Di Marco, Viktor Plotnikov, Pavel Rotaru, Marcus Schulkind, Donna Silva and Anne Tolbert.
In addition to her ballet career, Ms. Whitney holds a BA in English and Dance from UMass Boston. She practiced yoga and Qi gong for many years with Jesse Winder and gyrotonics with Lisa Pari and Carol Somers, among others, and incorporates these philosophies in her approach to movement. She and husband Bill Whitney have two young children who plan extravagant parties and wage epic battles, when they aren’t helping her make costumes for upcoming productions.
Ms. Whitney is profoundly grateful to be joining the CSO on stage for this production of Romeo and Juliet, as well as to the many many mentors, friends and family members whose generosity, patience, and faith have made this possible.
