After training for 11 years with Ballet Austin Academy in my hometown of Austin, Texas, I continued on to North Carolina School of the Arts. There, I trained with such teachers as Melissa Hayden, Warren Conover and Nina Danilova and performed in a variety of ballets including George Balanchine’s Western Symphony, Ton Simon’s Fractal Course, The Nutcracker and my personal favorite, Intermezzo by Eliot Feld. Following this training, I danced professionally for 15 seasons with Kansas City Ballet. At KCB, I performed principle roles in George Balanchine’s Agon, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, and Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Val Caniparoli’s Lambarena, and Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun, as well as soloist roles in Handel Trio by Alonzo King and The Dying Swan solo.
Classes
I currently teach classes at the following schools:
Media
Videos
- Kansas City Ballet (May 7, 2013): Sneak Peak: Common People
- Kansas City Ballet (April 16, 2013): Aisling on ‘Common People’
- Kansas City Ballet (April 16, 2013): Hey-Hay, Going to Kansas City – Commercial
- Kansas City Ballet (March 14, 2013): Splendid Isolation III
- Kansas City Ballet (May 6, 2011): Aisling talks about staging The Catherine Wheel Suite
- Kansas City Ballet (April 25, 2011): Moves | May 5-8
Articles
- Dance Magazine (May 2013): William Whitener Stepping Down
- KCUR (October 14, 2010): Kansas City Ballet Presents Parody of Broadway Theatrics, Russian Ballet and the Mob
- Pointe Magazine (December 2006/January 2007): Aisling discusses and demonstrates stage makeup
Reviews
- KCMetropolis (May 4, 2013): And all that jazz
- KCMetropolis (March 19, 2013): Midsummer welcomes spring
- KCMetropolis (February 26, 2013): Dancers debut choreographic creativity
- KCMetropolis (February 20, 2012): Passion and tragedy yield success
- The Kansas City Star (February 17, 2012): KC Ballet gives ‘Romeo & Juliet’ new vitality
- KCMetropolis (October 18, 2011): Dancing an all-American ballet
- Kansas City infoZine (October 18, 2011): Kansas City Ballet’s “Tom Sawyer”
- KCMetropolis (December 19, 2010): Soloists shine in perennial favorite
- CultureMob (December 16, 2010): A Tale of Two Nutcrackers
- The Independent (December 1, 2010): Old Wine, New Touches
- KCMetropolis (October 17, 2010): KC Ballet season begins with a bang
- Examiner (October 11, 2010): KC Ballet’s season opener, “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue”, highlights the company’s diverse nature
- KCMetropolis (May 12, 2010): A vivacious finale
- The New York Times (September 17, 2005): Tales of Love at Battery Park, Some Even True
- Dance Magazine (2001): Heartland Salutes Stravinsky with Balanchine Kansas City Ballet
