08/24/2026
🌟🩰With just ONE WEEK AWAY from starting classes at Tupelo Ballet Academy, we’re looking back over our summer of dancing and want to highlight some of our Tupelo Ballet company members who put in the extra work!
Early in 2026, eight of our company members auditioned and were accepted to various summer intensive programs across the country. These dancers earned the opportunity to train in studios with new instructors, choreographers, and artists—an incredible part of a dancer’s growth! The programs challenged them with different styles of dance and teaching methods and helped to build and broaden their strength and technique. 💪 We are proud of their discipline and commitment, and excited to have them all back for another season with Tupelo Ballet!
Isabell Bevering (Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Carlisle, PA)
Alice Fagan (Princeton Ballet School/American Repertory Ballet, Princeton, NJ)
Annelise Fagan (American Ballet Theatre Collegiate Intensive, Long Beach, CA)
Della Ivy Jones (Cosmopolitan Ballet Theatre, Northampton, MA)
Olivia Lee (Nashville Ballet, Nashville, TN)
Emmy Lilley (Cosmopolitan Ballet Theatre, Northampton, MA)
Mary Kiley Lovorn (Sarasota Ballet, Sarasota, FL)
Diana Tackitt (Ruth Page Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL)