Talia Lebowitz

Talia grew up in Agoura Hills, California. She began her training at the age of five at California Dance Theatre. In 2018 Talia continued her training in Kansas City Ballet School’s Daytime program on scholarship, and the following year she was invited to join Kansas City Ballet’s Trainee program. While at KCB, Talia had the opportunity to perform in Devon Carney’s productions of The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, as well as a variety of roles in outreach performances. In 2021 Talia was thrilled to join the Grand Rapids Ballet as an apprentice, and in 2023 she was promoted to company dancer. Some of Talia’s favorite performances with GRB include Dream Clara and Sugar Plum Fairy in Val Caniparoli’s The Nutcracker, 5 girls in George Balanchine’s Who Cares? Beauty Fairy, White Cat and Pas De Trois in Devon Carney’s Sleeping Beauty, Wendy in Septime Webre’s Peter Pan, Elemental Brubeck by Lar Lubovitch, Evensong by James Sofranko, and In the Countenance of Kings by Justin Peck. In 2018 and 2019 Talia placed 2nd at YAGP in the senior classical division. She has also attended summer intensives with the Joffrey Ballet (New York,) Ellisons Ballet, American Ballet Theatre (New York,) and the Tiler Peck summer intensive.