Carly Hambridge began dancing at age seven in Charlotte, NC, and graduated from Butler University in 2014 with a BA in Dance Pedagogy with honors. Upon graduation, Carly joined Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Graduate Program on scholarship, performing alongside the company. In 2015, she joined Nevada Ballet Theatre and then BalletMet 2 in 2016, performing works by George Balanchine, Edwaard Liang, James Canfield, and Michael Pink. Now, in her 8th season with Boulder Ballet, Carly has been featured in roles including Giselle, Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in works by Twyla Tharp, Christopher Wheeldon, Paul Taylor, Amy Seiwert, Gregory Dawson, Sidra Bell, Andrea Schermoly, Caili Quan, and Ben Needham-Wood. Additionally, Carly teaches ballet to dancers of all levels and is a licensed trainer in the GYROTONIC® Method. Carly joined Boulder Ballet in 2017. 

“Venturing out of your comfort zone may be dangerous, yet do it anyways because our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable.”
-Twyla Tharp from “The Creative Habit”