DAVID BLUMENFELD began dancing at the age of 5 with Dame Sonia Arova at the Alabama Ballet. He continued training with Wes Chapman and Roger VanFleteren when they assumed leadership over the company. When his family moved to Atlanta, he trained with Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education. At 16, he left home to study at the School of American.
After 3 years at SAB, David joined the Alabama Ballet, where he danced numerous featured roles in Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Donizetti Variations, and Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio). After a year off, during which David attended Georgia State University full-time, he joined the Atlanta Ballet, where he has danced featured roles in Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes, and Lauri Stallings’ bekken/the drum also waltzes.
David is the recipient of the 2001 Mae L. Wein award for outstanding promise, and was awarded the Rudolph Nureyev Scholarship while attending SAB for the 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 school years. David also graduated with honors, and received a B.A. in Anthropology from Georgia State University in August 2007.
Besides dance, David’s interests include anthropology (the study of culture), and the protection and preservation of the environment.
Headshot photo © Charlie McCullers
Dancing photo © Richard Calmes
- Euro Trip - July 23rd, 2008
- Goings on in Little 5 Points and Beyond - March 27th, 2008
- Gimme More…Light - March 9th, 2008
- A Day in the Life of - March 6th, 2008
- Atlanta Ballet’s Athens Tour - February 7th, 2008
- Atlanta Ballet Performs Michael Pink’s Romeo and Juliet - February 7th, 2008
- Super Tuesday! - February 6th, 2008
- Santa Claus Clones - December 16th, 2007
- Atlanta Ballet’s The Nutcracker - December 13th, 2007
- Wings Rehearsal - December 4th, 2007
