Grace E. Wellmon
Grace was born and raised in Carlisle, PA. She trained at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet under Marcia Dale Weary, Chambersburg Ballet under Lavinia Reid, and with Leslie Hench. She graduated from Messiah University with a Communications degree and Dance minor, where she studied under and performed pieces by faculty Gregg Hurley, Gretchen Patchell, and Eileen Beth Mitchell. She attended The Verdon Fosse® Legacy’s Intensive Training Program in New York City, studying under master instructors including Alyssa Epstein, Dylis Croman, Mary Ann Lamb, Elizabeth Parkinson, and Spence Ford.
This will be Wellmon’s fourth year with the company. Her notable credits with CBC include being Clara in the Company’s annual Jazz Nutcracker and co-choreographing her professional debut work, Nut Devours the Sun, in collaboration with Jayla Thacker and Joshua Malavé, in which she originated the soloist role as Ra. She is also the Media Director of the Company, overseeing all social media and marketing.
Other select performance credits include: Mermaid/Dance Captain (Big Fish), Enchantress/Dance Captain (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast), Fritzie/Dance Captain (Cabaret), Snow Queen and Coffee Soloist (The Nutcracker), and The Evil Queen (Snow White). She has also choreographed musical productions such as Heathers: Teen Edition, Newsies, The Music Man, Firebringer: High School Edition, and Urinetown.
Grace is so excited to be back dancing with Confluence Ballet Company and is looking to performing and creating with all of the artists.