Sylvia Deaton

Sylvia Deaton began her training with the Diana Evans School of Dance in Lexington, and also as a scholarship student at the Otto M. Budig Academy of Cincinnati Ballet. In 2005, Deaton became a trainee with Boston Ballet School, studying under Margaret Tracey and Mikko Nissinen. Deaton was the recipient of the Sydelle Gomberg Scholarship for two years. She attended Boston Ballet Summer Dance Program as a scholarship student for three years.

In 2007, Deaton competed in the Tanzolymp Festival in Berlin, Germany and received a silver medal. She also attended an exchange program with the Royal Danish Ballet, culminating with a performance of Bournonville’s Flower Festival in Genzano in Boston Ballet’s 2007 production of Night of Stars. For three summers, Deaton attended the Festival Dance program at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada as a scholarship recipient. During the summer of 2009, she also attended The School at Jacob’s Pillow Ballet Program.
Deaton joined Boston Ballet II in 2008, and was promoted to company member in 2010. In 2011, Deaton was Boston Ballet’s Princess Grace Award nominee.

Her repertoire includes Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker and Swan Lake; George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Divertimento No. 15, Symphony in Three Movements, La Valse, Jewels, Coppélia, Theme and Variations, The Four Temperaments, and Ballo della Regina; Maina Gielgud’s Giselle; Florence Clerc’s La Bayadere; Marius Petipa’s Paquita and The Sleeping Beauty; August Bournonville’s La Sylphide; John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet; James Kudelka’s Cinderella; Sir Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée; Jiří Kylián’s Falling Angels; and Jorma Elo’s Carmen, and Double Evil.