Soloist
Park City, UT
Joined Boston Ballet in 2009
Whitney Jensen began her ballet training in Salt Lake City, Utah. At the age of 10, she won a silver medal at Youth America Grand Prix. The following year, she won the Hope of America Award. At the ages of 11 and 12, Whitney was chosen to perform the role of Clara for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in New York City. That same year Whitney relocated to New York and began training with Valentina Kozlova's Dance Conservatory of New York.
During her training with Ms. Kozlova, Whitney received 7 Gold Medals and one Silver Medal. These competitions include Youth America Grand Prix, American Ballet Competition, Youth Dance Festival of New Jersey, The World Ballet Competition and Seoul International Dance Competition. Whitney has been a featured guest artist at many events including the Closing Gala of the 22nd Varna International Ballet Competition, Miami International Ballet Festival, Kozlov Dance Academy Nutcracker, Chinese Holiday Wonders and she danced the Sugar Plum Pas de deux at The Beacon Theatre in New York City. Whitney was also featured in The New York Times for her performance of Pharoah's Daughter at the New York’s City Center.
In 2008, Whitney participated in the 23rd Varna International Ballet Competition where she won the highest award possible, The Special Distinction Medal and Diploma an award which has only been given 4 other times in Varna's 44 year history. She was also presented with the International Ballet Award. Most recently, Whitney performed the principal role of Maria in the full-length production of The Nutcracker with the Hungarian National Ballet in Budapest. Her most recent guest performances include the Baltic International Ballet Festival Gala in Riga, Latvia and the World Ballet Star Festival in Seoul, Korea. She was also featured on the January/February 2010 cover of DANCE magazine.
Whitney joined Boston Ballet in 2009 as a member of the corps de ballet and was promoted to second soloist in 2010.
Dancing photo: Whitney Jensen in Tarantella, choreography by George Balanchine, courtesy of The George Balanchine Trust.
