Karen Wojtowicz
Ballet

Karen began her ballet training at the Academy of Nevada Dance Theater in Las Vegas and continued on a full scholarship in the summer programs at Pacific Northwest Ballet and the San Francisco Ballet School. After finishing high school she studied further with the San Francisco Ballet school studying under Irina Jacobson and former Balanchine ballerina, Gloria Govern. She performed with the San Francisco Ballet in the productions of Giselle and The Nutcracker, toured with them to London in 1999, and received an apprenticeship with the company.

She has danced professionally with San Francisco Ballet, Nevada Dance Theater, Miami City Ballet and Ballet Arizona. Her repertoire includes Giselle, Coppelia, Paquita, Swan Lake, Mark Diamond's A Streetcar Named Desire, Paul Taylor's Piazzolla Caldera, and Balanchine's La Valse. She joined Ballet Arizona in 2005 where she danced featured roles in Romeo and Juliet, La Sonnambula, Raymonda , in Twyla Tharp's The Golden Section, and as "Polyhymnia" in Balanchine's Apollo. She also performed in Ib Andersen's The Nutcracker, Play, Mozaik,  in Bournonville's Konservatoriet,  and Balanchine's Serenade, Divertimento # 15 and Sravinshy Violin Concerto. Among her favorite performances were Ib Andersen's Amoroso and in her noted performance as "Cupid" in Don Quixote.

Karen just received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology degree from ASU. She's currently applying to graduate programs and free-lance teaching.