TRICIA SUNDBECK - apprenticed with the Sacramento Ballet through high school and danced as a principal dancer for eight years with the company. Ms. Sundbeck joined Cincinnati Ballet in 2000 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2004. She has performed principal roles in numerous classical ballets including Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Swanhilda in Coppelia, and the title roles in Giselle and Cinderella and has an extensive Balanchine repertoire. Tricia has been coached by such notable stars as Frederic Franklin of the Ballet Russe and Allegra Kent of New York City Ballet. Ms. Sundbeck has also worked internationally performing in Canada, Portugal, Amsterdam, and Germany and performed at the Bolshoi Theatre in the Benois De La Danse Competition where she received critical acclaim.

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THOMAS BELL - graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in Drama and Dance. He attended the Washington School of Ballet and became a principal dancer with the Maryland Ballet and the Eugene Ballet. He has also appeared as a guest artist with the Sacramento Ballet and numerous companies on both coasts. He is currently ballet master at the University of Cincinnati.