Valerie Harmon was born in Lompoc, California, where she received the majority of her dance training from Denise Donlon at the Lompoc School of Dance. She spent summers training with Long Beach Ballet Arts Center, American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet and Milwaukee Ballet. From there she went on to dance with the school of State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara, where she was later invited to join the Company. While with State Street Ballet, Ms. Harmon performed in many new works by Artistic Director Rodney Gustafson, as well as Robert Sund’s Beauty and the Beast, and William Soleau’s Carmen. In 2006, she was privileged to join Milwaukee Ballet for its production of Swan Lake. After completing the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II program, Ms. Harmon accepted a position with Milwaukee Ballet for its 2008-09 season. During her time with the Company, she has enjoyed performing the roles of Candide Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, the Spirit of the Glass Slippers in Cinderella, Prayer in Coppélia, Wendy in Michael Pink's Peter Pan and Mina in Michael Pink's Dracula. She has also danced in new works by Cameron McMillan, Mark Godden, Tim O'Donnell, Mauro de Candia, Petr Zahradnícek, Darrell Grand Moultrie and Val Caniparoli. During the summer of 2011, Ms. Harmon was privileged to dance with Dance Grand Moultrie at Summerstage in New York City. In addition, she was featured as Giselle and Odette per the inaugural season of DManagement's Performing Arts in Chicago.
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