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Alice Cao comes to American Repertory Ballet from Seattle, Washington where she trained at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School on scholarship after being selected for their outreach program, DanceChance.  She attended summer programs at American Ballet Theatre, The National Ballet School of Canada, Ballet Austin, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and Lines Ballet.  Alice has performed with the Pacific Northwest Ballet in George Balanchine's Symphony in C and Coppélia, Ronald Hynd's Sleeping Beauty, and Kent Stowell's Nutcracker.  With the Pacific Northwest Ballet School, she performed in Balanchine's Chaconne, Who Cares?, and Cortege Hongrois and originated leading roles in Bruce Wells' Hansel and Gretel and Pinocchio, Kiyon Gaines' 10:"UN" A'Frayed Edges, and Barry Kerollis' The Anxiety Variations.  Cao is a graduate from the University of Washington with a BS in Computing and Software Systems and danced with Ballet Memphis as an Apprentice for the 2010-2011 Season.  She is very excited to join American Repertory Ballet.