Amanda Gerhardt was born in Los Angeles, California, and began her ballet training at age ten in Jacksonville, Florida under Dulce Anaya and Mary Pauline. She attended numerous summer intensives including American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Carolina Ballet and The School of American Ballet where she was chosen to perform for the New York Choreographic Institute. Adjacently, she attended Douglas Anderson School of the Performing Arts before transitioning to Miami City Ballet School’s year round pre-professional program, where she performed Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante and as the Dark Angel in Balanchine’s Serenade.
From:
Jacksonville, Florida
Joined:
2013 as Trainee
Promotions:
Corps de Ballet in 2014
Soloist in 2017
Principal in 2021
Featured Roles:
"Juliet" in Robert Weiss' Romeo and Juliet
"Aurora" and "The Lilac Fairy" in The Sleeping Beauty
"Myrtha" in Giselle
"Cinderella" in Robert Weiss & Zalman Raffael's Cinderella
"Firebird" in Robert Weiss & Zalman Raffael's Firebird
"Snow White" in Zalman Raffael's Snow White
Roles Originated:
"Princess Coral" in Zalman Raffael's The Little Mermaid
"Odette/Odile" in Zalman Raffael's Swan Lake
Dancer Sponsors:
Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm McDougal Brown
Pointe Shoe Sponsor:
Nancy and Christopher Bolen
