Ava Chatterson

Ava was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, and received her early training at the Flint School of Performing Arts. She then went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Ballet and Legal Studies from Indiana University. She also trained at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School and performed with the company while there. Ava was a Company Artist with Sacramento Ballet from 2010 through 2025, and was a leading dancer with the company. Some of her favorite roles have been Choleric in The Four Temperaments (George Balanchine), Tall Girl soloist in Rubies (Balanchine), soloist in Wild Sweet Love (Trey McIntyre), Myrtha in Giselle (Ron Cunningham), and Gertrude in Hamlet (Stephen Mills).  She has been a dancer with Texture Contemporary Ballet, Oakland Ballet and has performed at the Kennedy Center with The Suzanne Farrell Ballet.  Ava is also a founding member, dancer and teacher with local company Capital Dance Project.

Ava has over a decade of teaching experience and has been on faculty at Northern California Dance Conservatory and Indiana University.  She has also been invited to be a guest teacher at the Flint School of Performing Arts, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Mid-Columbia Ballet, and Ovations Dance Studio. She is currently the Upper School Division Lead at the School of Sacramento Ballet.