The Washington Ballet
Katie Sopoci Drake serves as the Managing Director of the School at The Washington Ballet, where responsibilities include business leadership and strategic planning. Previous roles include Collaborator with Mountain Empire Performance Collective, Artistic Director of Spacetime Dance, and Administrative Director at Maryland Youth Ballet, overseeing significant staff and event management. Katie Sopoci Drake has been a Company Member at Rebollar Dance and Mordine & Co. Dance Theater and has contributed as a Visiting Assistant Professor and Adjunct Faculty at the University of Maryland, as well as a Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Educational credentials encompass an MFA in Dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Graduate Laban Certification in Movement Analysis from Columbia College Chicago.
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The Washington Ballet
Artistic Director Julie Kent’s long-term vision is to elevate the prominence of the company as world-class ballet company in the nation’s capital by concurrently expanding the size of the company while broadening its repertoire. She has introduced into the repertoire seminal works by George Balanchine, Frederick Ashton, Jerome Robbins, Antony Tudor, Justin Peck and Alexei Ratmansky while embracing the work of emerging choreographers including Clifton Brown, Gemma Bond, and Ethan Stiefel, among others. Her commitment to the development of both the dancer and the art form is fulfilled through presentation of beloved classic 19th-century ballets and landmark 20th-century works while reaffirming a commitment to commissioned works that will contribute to the evolution of ballet and its relevance in our times. TWB’s three-part mission: ensuring excellence in its professional performance company; growing the next generation of dancers through its school, professional training programs, and Studio Company; and serving the community in which it resides through community engagement programs will continue to propel TWB to a more prominent place within the nation’s capital and beyond.