Arolyn Williams

Born: Rowe, Massachusetts

Joined Ballet West II: 2004
Joined Ballet West: 2006
Promoted to Demi-Soloist: 2010
Promoted to Soloist: 2011

Training: Pioneer Valley Ballet in Massachusetts under Gail Collins, followed by two years at North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA) where she received the Chancellor's Award for Artistic and Academic Excellence. She also spent several summers at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance where she studied Ohad Naharin’s Gaga technique, as well as repertoire by Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin, and local San Francisco choreographers Alex Ketley and Robert Moses.

Current Repertoire: “Two Girls” in Bronislava Nijinska's Les Biches; Adam Sklute’s newly conceived and produced versions of Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty;  George Balanchine’s Serenade, The Four Temperaments, and Chaconne; the 2010 world premieres of  Megan Furse’s Selcoutheries and Helen Pickett’s But Never Doubt I Love; John Butler's Carmina Burana; Jiri Kylian's Sinfonietta; Nicolo Fonte's Bolero; and the 2011 world premieres of Christopher Ruud's Trapped, Tom Mattingly's Fall Into Loving Arms, Christopher Anderson's Intonation, and Avichai Scher's White Noise.

Favorite Roles: “Spring Fairy” in Ben Stevenson's Cinderella, “Ophelia” in Val Caniparoli's Hamlet and Ophelia Pas de Deux; "Cio Cio San" in Stanton Welch's Madame Butterfly and “Titania” in Sir Frederick Ashton's The Dream.