Amelia Virtue portrait

Amelia Virtue

Amelia Virtue (she/her) — Born in Morgantown, West Virginia, Amelia Virtue trained at Kat and Company Dance Studio, where her mother was also her ballet teacher. She later attended scholarship programs with American Ballet Theatre in New York City and Alonzo King LINES Ballet. Following the 2011 Youth America Grand Prix, she was invited to Ellison Ballet’s year-round program in New York City. She continued her training at Cincinnati Ballet and Nashville Ballet, dancing with both professional companies. Amelia has taught for the Kansas City Ballet School and currently teaches at Richmond Academy of Ballet and Aspire Dance Academy. She holds a BFA in Dance and Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University and appears in the August 2023 issue of Dance Magazine in Dr. Kate Sicchio’s piece Amelia and the Machine. A founding member of Conflux Dance Theater in 2022, Amelia is thrilled to return for her fourth season with the company.