CHLOE AIELLO
Chloe is a passionate and motivated freelance dancer, who performs in and around New York City with American Liberty Ballet, International American Ballet, City Dance and Dances Patrelle.
She has 20+ years of training in classical ballet, contemporary ballet, pointe, and modern dance. Previously, Chloe graduated from Columbia University with a Master of Science in Journalism and the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance and political science. There, she choreographed her own works and performed in productions of fellow students, faculty and visiting artists including Amy Chavasse on behalf of postmodern choreographer Laura Dean, Sandra Torijano DeYoung and Robin Wilson.
She spent summers studying at School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Miami City Ballet and Orlando Ballet and enrolled in North Carolina School of the Arts’ esteemed conservatory program to study ballet during high school. (Photo credit: Amanda Chiu/That’s So Fancy Studio)
RESUME
EXPERIENCE
DANCES PATRELLE Company Member New York City, NY (Sep. 2024 - present)
Rehearsing to perform in Dance Patrelle’s annual production of “The Yorkville Nutcracker.”
INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN BALLET Soloist
New York City, NY (Aug. 2024 - present)
Rehearsing to perform the role of nymph in “Walpurgisnacht Ballet” for IAB’s fall “True Icons Gala.”
AMERICAN LIBERTY BALLET Soloist Union City, NJ (Sept. 2023 - present)
Performing principal and soloist roles in ALB original productions of “The Nutcracker: Welcome to New York Suite-y,” “La Zambra del Zorro,” and “The Titanic Tale,” choreographed by Valerie Mae Browne and Osamu Uehara.
CITY DANCE Company Member New York City, NY (Oct. 2023 - Jan. 2024)
Performed corps de ballet roles including villager, lady in waiting, flower and rabbit in City Dance’s original production of “Snow Queen,” choreographed by Michael Buoni.
SKILLS & AWARDS
SKILLS: Advanced classical ballet (Vaganova, Balanchine, Bournonville styles), pointe, contemporary ballet, jazz and modern; intermediate salsa on 2; hula hoop and lyra
AWARDS:
Youth America Grand Prix, Chicago Semifinals
Top 12, youth ballet division (2005); first place, group division (2005); top 12, senior contemporary division (2006)
EDUCATION
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Graduate School of Journalism, M.S., Journalism New York, NY (2015 - 2016)
Audio and visual storytelling (audio, photo and video), geographic beat reporting, long-form narrative writing, audience engagement and broadcast training
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN B.A., Political Science; B.F.A., Dance Ann Arbor, MI (2008 - 2012)
College of Literature Science & the Arts; School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Studied ballet and modern dance, dance pedalgy and choreography
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Winston-Salem, NC (2007 - 2008)
High school diploma, ballet concentration
Contact
Email: chloeaaiello@gmail.com
Instagram: @professorchlo