Carly Hambridge has danced with companies across the country including BalletMet, Nevada Ballet Theatre, and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Pedagogy from Butler University. Her notable principal and soloist roles include the title role of Giselle, Sugar Plum and Clara in The Nutcracker, Je Ne T’aime Pas and This Bitter Earth by Christopher Wheeldon, Act 3 Pas de Deux from Don Quixote, and Summer Fairy in Cinderella. Her notable corps de ballet roles include Serenade, Who Cares?, and Slaughter on Tenth Avenue by George Balanchine, Airs by Paul Taylor, Bolero by Edwaard Liang, and full-length ballets The Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadere, Romeo and Juliet, and Beauty and the Beast. Aside from performing, Carly teaches ballet to dancers of all ages. 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”