Katerina Rodgaard

Katerina Rodgaard is originally from Maryland. She began her training with Irena Prochotsky and Daweh Zhang and also at the North Carolina School of the Arts. She continued her training on scholarship at Point Park University where she received a BA in Dance with a concentration in Ballet. At Point Park, she performed in many ballets to include Paquita, Carmen, The Merry Widow, Don Quixote, and The Night Before Christmas. Katerina danced professionally with the River North Chicago Dance Company, Cerqua/Rivera Art Experience, Tony Powell Music & Movement, Bowen/McCauley Dance, DanceSmith, and Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh & Company. She has worked with members of the Athens Opera Ballet in Greece, performed on tour in China with the Washington Potomac Dance Ensemble, and has studied extensively with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and the Parsons Dance Company in New York. In 2002 she performed on National TV for the Kennedy Center Honors Program in a Broadway tribute to Chita Rivera. Katerina has served as rehearsal director for Citydance 2 and has been a guest choreographer with DancEthos as well as many local schools and companies. She has taught master technique classes both locally and internationally. Also a licensed attorney, Katerina has practiced real estate law and has worked for a national nonprofit organization doing legislative law. She enjoys her lifelong passion of dance the most and is happy to be a part of the Metropolitan Ballet Theatre.