Luke Potgieter began ballet training at The School of American Ballet at age 9 under Olga Kostritzky, Jock Soto, Johnathan Stafford and Andrei Kramarevsky. Upon graduating, he joined the Cleveland Ballet directed by Gladisa Guadalupe for their 2015-2016 season. In 2016, Mr. Potgieter spent a year at Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Professional Division before joining Carolina Ballet in 2017.