
Joined Ballet West II: 2020
Joined Ballet West: 2022
Promoted to Demi-Soloist: 2024
Promoted to Soloist: 2025
Rylee Ann Rogers is a native of Orem, Utah. She joined Ballet West II in 2020 and was promoted to the main company in 2022, rising to Demi-Soloist in 2024 and Soloist in 2025.
Her ballet training began at the age of three in Utah County with Barlow Arts Conservatory and The Dance Club. As a pre-teen, Rylee Ann spent her summers in New York City training on full merit scholarship at The School of American Ballet (SAB). At 14, she was invited to join SAB’s prestigious year-round program. She graduated with honors in 2020 from both SAB and the Professional Performing Arts High School.
Rylee Ann excelled in the competitive dance world for several years, receiving top honors and scholarships from many of the world’s most renowned dance and ballet institutions. Most notably, she is a two-time recipient of the Grand Prix Award at the prestigious Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition.
She has performed on some of the world’s most celebrated stages, including Radio City Music Hall, where she danced the role of Clara in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, performing with both New York City Ballet and SAB in a variety of roles.
With Ballet West, Rylee Ann has danced the Sugar Plum Fairy and Snow Queen in Willam Christensen’s The Nutcracker. Her repertory also includes Russian Girl in Balanchine’s Serenade, Polyhymnia in Apollo, Ulysses Dove’s Red Angels, Jiří Kylián’s Symphony of Psalms, and Jerome Robbins’ Glass Pieces.
In addition to her ballet career, Rylee Ann has recently ventured into musical theatre, performing the role of Lise Dassin in An American in Paris at the Ruth Theatre.
Her passion for dance continues to deepen as she teaches the next generation of dancers and explores her creativity through original choreography. Faith, family, and a love for beauty remain central to Rylee Ann’s life and artistry.
Follow Rylee Ann on Instagram @r_y_l_e_e_a_n_n.
Click below to see Rylee Ann’s roles.
2022-23 Season
- Onegin (Cranko)
- Rodeo (DeMille)
2021-22 Season
- Dracula (Stevenson)
- The Nutcracker (Christensen)
- Romeo + Juliet (Smuin)
- Glass Pieces (Robbins)
ON TOUR
- Romeo + Juliet (Smuin) – George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center, Park City, Utah