Claudia Rhett-Sinclair

Claudia Rhett is from Nashville, Tennessee and began her dance training at a young age. She attended summer intensives on scholarship at the School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and The Chautauqua Institution, where she also performed with Nashville Ballet and Charlotte Ballet. Claudia attended Indiana University Ballet Theatre as a member of IU’s Hutton Honors College and graduated in 2020 with Distinction, earning a B.S. in Ballet with an Outside Field in Business Studies. Her most notable performances while at IU were soloist and principal roles in works by George Balanchine, Martha Graham, Sasha Janes, Mark Morris, Antony Tudor, and Twyla Tharp.

Claudia joined Grand Rapids Ballet as an Apprentice in 2020 and was promoted to Company Artist in 2022. She has since performed in works by Jennifer Archibald, George Balanchine, Andy Blankenbuehler, Val Caniparoli, Devon Carney, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Adam Hougland, Lar Lubovitch, Trey McIntyre, Danielle Rowe, Penny Saunders, Katarzyna Skarpetowska, James Sofranko, Ben Stevenson, Christopher Stowell, and Septime Webre.

Some of her favorite roles have been in Berceuse by Penny Saunders, Sinfonia Concertante by Yuka Oba-Muschiana, For Pixie by Dani Rowe, and the Dark Angel in George Balanchine’s Serenade.

Claudia created her first work, Sunday in the Park, for GRB’s 2024 Jumpstart Program and looks forward to choreographing more in the future. She has been teaching for 10 years and loves finding new ways to inspire the next generation of dancers, both in the Grand Rapids community and beyond.