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Beret Holaday

Beret Holaday is originally from Mankato, Minnesota, where she began her training at Mankato Ballet Company. She spent two summers training at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and two summers as a Resident Advisor. 

Upon graduating high school, Beret moved to Kansas City to continue her dancing at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory where she trained under Paula Weber, Ronn Tice, David Justin, DeeAnna Hiett and Gary Abbott. While at UMKC, Beret had the privilege of learning works by choreographers such as Kevin Iega Jeff and Cleo Parker Robinson. In 2020, she graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance.

This is her first season with Störling Dance Theater as an intern.