Sophia Schwinghammer

SOPHIA SCHWINGHAMMER trained at Charlotte Ballet Academy in North Carolina and Milwaukee Ballet. She was accepted into the Milwaukee Ballet’s second company in 2020 and graduated from their program in the spring of 2022. Sophia was twice named First Prize Winner of Original Work by Open Door Studios Youth Ensemble Choreographic Workshop in North Carolina, and she hopes to continue her exploration of choreography. Since joining First State Ballet Theatre in the fall of 2022, Sophia has enjoyed dancing roles in FSBT’s Don Quixote, Dracula, The Nutcracker, Coppélia, and The Sleeping Beauty. Sophia also finds great joy in performing contemporary work during FSBT’s mixed-repertoire programs Up Front on Market and Triple Bill. She was a featured artist in the original works Sélo by Zachary Kapeluck and Wings by Viktor Plotnikov. Sophia looks forward to returning to the studios this year for her third season with FSBT.