Christine Peixoto

Birthplace

Los Angeles, California

Started Dancing

Age 5

Training

London Studio Theatre

Joined The Sarasota Ballet

2007, Promoted to Coryphee in 2010

Favorite Roles

Blanche in Pineapple Poll, Betrayed Girl in The Rake's Progress

Favorite Productions

Christopher Wheeldon's There Where She Loves, Matthew Bourne's Infernal Galop, Antony Tudor's Lilac Garden

Career Highlights

Performing in Christopher Wheeldon's There Where She Loves;  performing Jamie Carter's A Deux Mains in London for Dame Beryl Grey and Sir Peter Wright

Roles I would like to dance

Juliet and Caroline in Lilac Garden

Repertoire

Includes:  George Balanchine's Allegro Brillante, Divertimento No. 15, Donizetti Variations, Who Cares?;  Dame Ninette de Valois' Checkmate, The Rake's Progress;  Sir Frederick Ashton's The Two Pigeons, Facade, Les Patineurs, Les Rendezvous;  Matthew Bourne's The Infernal Galop, Boutique;  Sir Peter Wright's Giselle;  Antony Tudor's Lilac Garden;  Christopher Wheeldon's There Where She Loves, The American;  Johan Kobborg's productions of August Bournonville's Napoli Pas Six;  Dominic Walsh's I Napoletani;  John Cranko's Pineapple Poll;  Mikhail Fokine's Les Sylphides;  Andre Prokovsky's Anna Karenina, Vespri;  Renato Paroni's Rococo Variations;  Jamie Carter's A Deux Mains, Five Duets.