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Soloist

Adrienne Carter

Hometown: Kennesaw, Georgia

Adrienne Carter was born and raised in Kennesaw, GA, where she began her dance training at her family-owned dance studio, Impact Dance of Atlanta (Now Inspirit Dance Academy). During her training, Carter attended summer programs at Pacific Northwest Ballet, School of American Ballet, Ballet Austin, and Miami City Ballet School. She moved to Miami in 2008 to train full-time at Miami City Ballet School under Carter Alexander, Geta Constantinescu, and Rafi Maldonado-Lopez. As a student at MCBS, she was invited to perform multiple programs with the company and was offered a company apprenticeship for Miami City Ballet’s 2010/2011 season, in January 2011 she joined the company's corps de ballet. Carter has danced much of the company’s Balanchine and contemporary repertory and has had the opportunity to work with world-renowned choreographers such as Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky, Pontus Lidberg, and many others.

Carter was promoted to the rank of soloist in 2022.

Carter was a Miami City Ballet School Alumnus.

Roles Since Joining MCB

Richard Alston
Carmen

Margarita Armas
Análogo

Sir Frederick Ashton
Les Patineurs

George Balanchine
Agon (Second Pas de Trois)
Allegro Brillante
Concerto Barocco
“Diamonds” from Jewels (Demi-soloist)
Divertimento no. 15
“Emeralds” from Jewels
Episodes
George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® (Demi-soloist Flowers, Frau Stalhbaum, Hot Chocolate Lead, Coffee)
La Source
La Valse (Three Ladies)
Piano Concerto no. 2
Prodigal Son (The Siren) 
Raymonda Variations 
“Rubies” from Jewels (Tall Girl)
Scotch Symphony
Serenade (Russian Girls)
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Stravinsky Violin Concerto
Swan Lake, Act II
Symphony in Three Movements
The Firebird
The Four Temperaments (Choleric)
Theme and Variations
Walpurgisnacht Ballet
Western Symphony
Who Cares?
Brian Brooks
One Line Drawn

John Cranko
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo’s Gypsy, Juliet’s Nurse)

William Forsythe
Herman Schmerman Duet

Amy Hall Garner
Resplendent Fantasy

Martha Graham
Diversion of Angels (Lady in Red)

Alonzo King
Following the Subtle Current Upstream

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Carmen

Justin Peck
Heatscape

Alexei Ratmansky
Concerto DSCH (Demi-soloist)
Pictures at an Exhibition 
Roses from the South: Three waltzes for Toby
Swan Lake (Tall Swans, Spanish, Act III Soloist Swans)
Symphonic Dances

Jerome Robbins
Antique Epigraphs (Green Soloist)

Brahms/Handel
Fanfare (The Celli)
Glass Pieces (1st Movement Soloists)
I’m Old Fashioned
The Concert (Angry Girl)
The Cage
West Side Story Suite (Rosalia)

Jamar Roberts
Sea Change

Liam Scarlett
Viscera

Claudia Schreier
Iris
The Source

Pam Tanowitz
Coincident Dances

Paul Taylor
Company B (I Can Dream)

Twyla Tharp
Baker’s Dozen
Deuce Coupe (Got to know the woman)
In The Upper Room (Stompers)
Sweet Fields (Jordan Solo)

Durante Verzola
Grand Glittering Gershwin
Sentimiento (Damisela Encantadora)
PAGANINI, In Play (4th Movement Principal)

Classical Repertoire
Don Quixote, Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky
Giselle, Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot (Bathilde)

*Carter has originated roles in Margarita Armas' Análogo, Brian Brooks' One Line Drawn, Amy Hall Garner's Resplendent Fantasy, Justin Peck's Heatscape, Alexei Ratmansky’s Roses from the South: Three Waltzes for Toby, Jamar Roberts' Sea Change, Claudia Schreier's Iris, and The Source, Pam Tanowitz’s Coincident Dances, and Durante Verzola's Grand Glittering Gershwin, Sentimiento, and PAGANINI, In Play.