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Skylar Brandt was born in White Plains, New York and began her training at the age of six with teachers Diana White and Christian Claessens at Scarsdale Ballet Studio. She also studied with Valentina Kozlova, Fabrice Herrault, and Susan Jaffe. She attended the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre from 2005-2009, under the direction of Franco DeVita. Her roles with the JKO School include roles in Flames of Paris and Jessica Lang's La Belle Danse and Inspired By, as well as leading roles in original pieces by DeVita and Raymond Lukens. She has also danced the Pas de Trois and Little Swans from Kevin McKenzie's Swan Lake. Brandt spent five summers at ABT's New York Summer Intensive, was a National Training Scholar from 2006-2009 and also received the Bender Foundation Scholarship in 2009. In the JKO School, Brandt performed leading roles in Les Sylphides, La Bayadere, Brian Reeder's Walk the Cake and Shhh..., and also danced in Etudes, Swan Lake, Joao Carvalho's Plenilunio, and George Balanchine's Raymonda Variations. Brandt was a silver medalist at Youth America Grand Prix in 2004 and 2008. She has performed at the Metropolitan Opera House in the Royal Ballet's Cinderella, ABT's Le Corsaire, Coppelia, The Sleeping Beauty, and ABT's 2009 Spring Gala. Brandt participated in the JKO School technical demonstration and performed as Swanilda in Coppelia for a tribute to Frederic Franklin as part of the Guggenheim Museum's Works & Process. Brandt was invited to dance for the Antony Tudor Centennial Celebration at the Julliard School and danced the role of Clara in SUNY Purchase's The Nutcracker. In 2007, she choreographed and performed in a DVD for Capezio's national campaign. Brandt joined ABT II in 2009.
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