Jade is from Columbia, South Carolina and began her dance training with Hillary and Gabor Toth at the Southeastern School of Ballet. In 2013 she moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to train on full scholarship at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet under the direction of Marcia Dale Weary. While at CPYB, she had the honor of performing many Balanchine ballets including George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Valse Fanstasie, Emeralds, and Raymonda Variations. Since graduating, she has worked with Ballet Austin, Ballet Arizona, and Oklahoma City Ballet. Jade joined Eugene Ballet as an Aspirant in 2020 and was promoted to Company Dancer in 2022. Some of her favorite performances since joining EB have been Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty and in Toni Pimble’s Concerto Grosso. She has also had the privilege of working with choreographers such as Suzanne Haag, Edwaard Liang, Val Caniparoli, Nicolo Fonte, and Eva Stone. In addition to being a Company Dancer, Jade is also on both Faculty and Staff for the Eugene Ballet Academy, and strives to carry on Marcia Dale Weary’s legacy, “Changing lives through dance.”
