Florrie Geller

Florrie Sésé Geller began her pre-professional training with the legendary Marcia Dale Weary and the faculty of Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. She continued her education at Next Generation Ballet with Ivonne Lemus and directors Peter Stark and Philip Neal, as well as summer programs at the School of American Ballet and San Francisco Ballet school on full tuition scholarships. After winning the gold medal at the Youth America Grand Prix Semi-Finals, Florrie distinguished herself by placing in the Top 12 Junior Women in the Final Round of YAGP at Lincoln Center and was selected by Susan Jaffe and Gillian Murphy as the first recipient of the Gillian Murphy Endowed Scholarship to UNCSA. After performing Aurora and Giselle in Next GeneraCon Ballet’s full-length productions, Florrie completed her pre-professional training at San Francisco Ballet school on full Scholarship.

At the age of eighteen Florrie was offered a professional contract with Cincinnati Ballet’s main company where she performed Princess Florine in Devon Carney’s The Sleeping Beauty, the solo role in Jiri Kylian’s Sechs Tanze, Virginia Woolf in Sarah Van PaYen’s Skylight, Cygnet in Kirk Peterson’s Swan Lake, and a soloist role in Myles Thatcher’s Anomaly. Florrie also danced in ballets by Adam Hougland, Victoria Morgan and Sepime Webre. As a professional, Florrie continued her training with celebrated master teachers Wilhelm Burmann and Magaly Suarez. In 2019, Florrie was invited to represent the United States in the Beijing International Ballet and Choreographic Competition. Florrie has performed the Black Swan pas de deux from Swan Lake with Rochester City Ballet, and originated the role of Arsinoe in Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance’s world premier Cleopatra. She has appeared in galas including YAGP’s Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow, and Florida Classical Ballet’s Summer Gala. During the 2023-24 Season, she danced with Oakland Ballet Company in the premier gala of Misty Copeland’s short film Flower, and works by Graham Lustig, Natasha Adorlee and Ye Feng in premier works for the Angel Island Project. Florrie joined Sacramento Ballet for the 24/25 season and has since performed in works by Michael Pink, Julia Feldman, Young Soon Hue, and Amy Hall Garner.

Florrie is currently on the faculty of the School of Sacramento Ballet and previously taught on the faculties of Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy, Magaly Suarez’s The Art of Classical Ballet, and the Draper Center for Dance Education. She is certified in the Escuela Nacional de Ballet de Cuba Methodology, Year 1. She received additional certifications in various training modalities including Progressing Ballet Technique, mat pilates, and Flexistretcher. Florrie has been featured in Dance Spirit Magazine’s “Dancer You Should Know,” the podcasts Becoming Ballet, Dancer Talks, and most recently Dance Magazine’s “Pack it Up: moving for your dance career.”