Alison Ramoran, from Los Angeles, CA, trained at South Bay Ballet (now known as Ballet California), under the instruction of Diane Lauridsen. In 2017 she received the Daily Breeze “Making a Difference Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Arts” by the California Legislature Assembly at the Torrance Performing Arts Consortium.
Upon graduating in 2018, she was given a contract with Oklahoma City Ballet’s second company. She was then promoted to Apprentice in 2020, and Corps de Ballet in 2021. While there, she performed works by Septime Webre, Robert Mills, Ryan Nye, Nicolo Fonte, Jerome Robbins, Jessica Lang, August Bournonville, and Michael Pink.
Some of her favorite roles include Princess Florine in Ryan Nye’s “Sleeping Beauty”, Clara in Robert Mills’ “The Nutcracker”, and Nosferatu in Micheal Pink’s “Dracula”. Ms. Ramoran joined Smuin Ballet in 2022, where she performed Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Requiem for a Rose, Val Caniparoli’s Swipe, Osnel Delgado’s Turntable, Rex Wheeler’s Take Five, Nicole Haskins’ Peaceful Prayer, Kate Skarpetowska’s Sextette, and Amy Seiwert’s French Kiss. In 2023, she also performed with Amy Seiwert’s Imagery working with choreographers Amy Seiwert, Trey McIntyre, Natasha Adorlee, & Helene Simoneu . Since joining Diablo Ballet in 2023, she has performed in Confetti and Reflections by Gerald Arpino, Donizetti Variations by George Balanchine, Dr. Magic by Penny Saunders, The Nutcracker Suite and Cinderella’s Wedding by Julia Adam, The Firebird and Alice in Wonderland by Brian Enos, 4 in the Morning by Val Caniparoli, Forward Thinking by Michael Wells, Elevator Operator by Amanda Farris, Sleeping Beauty’s Wedding staged by Sean Kelly, Black Swan in Swan Lake Suite and the Pas D’Action from La Bayadère staged by Christopher Lam.
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