Lilly Leech

Lilly began her ballet training at age 11 with Rolando Yanes and Karl Rabenau at Milwaukee Ballet School. When Lilly was 17, she danced in the Studio Company at Ballet Chicago, directed by Daniel Duell and Patricia Blaire. She went on to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Ballet Performance at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she trained with faculty members Michael Vernon, Sarah Wroth, Kyra Nichols, Carla Körbes, Sasha Janes, and Christian Claessens. After graduating, Lilly was a company dancer with the Indianapolis Ballet directed by Victoria Lyras. Lilly attended summer programs with Akram Khan at Orsolina28, Jacob’s Pillow, Chautauqua Institute, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Carolina Ballet, Ballet Chicago, Indiana University Ballet Theater, Milwaukee Ballet, and Boston Ballet. Lilly has loved performing works by Melissa Barak, Justin Peck, Akram Khan, Sasha Janes, Mark Morris, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbin’s, William Forsyth, Val Caniparoli, Christopher Wheldon, and Micheal Vernon.