Taylor Ayotte began her formal dance training at age 5 at the Green Bay School of Dance. At age 14, she accepted an invitation to study full-time at the School of American Ballet under Kay Mazzo, Suki Schorer, and Susan Pilarre. She attended summer courses on full scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet and the School of American Ballet. Ms. Ayotte’s featured roles with Carolina Ballet include George Balanchine’s Apollo as Calliope, Rubies as the Tall Girl, and Emeralds as the Principal Woman, as well as the Principal Couple in Zalman Raffael’s Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1. Her repertoire also includes George Balanchine’s Agon, Zalman Raffael’s In the Gray, Rhapsody in Blue, and Metaphorical Heart, Robert Weiss’ Sleeping Beauty, Lynn Taylor-Corbett’s Chiaroscuro and The Ugly Duckling, among others.
