Gianna Forte

Ballet Faculty

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Gianna Forte is originally from Easton, CT, and began her training with Connecticut Dance, New England Ballet Company, and Ballet Etudes.

 

In 2015, she began training privately with Christina Fagundas, a former soloist with American Ballet Theatre. Gianna joined The Washington School of Ballet under the direction of Xiomara Reyes in 2016. In 2018, Ms. Forte was promoted to Trainee at The Washington Ballet under the direction of Julie Kent and performed in Septime Webre’s The Nutcracker, John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet, Julie Kent’s The Sleeping Beauty, and rehearsed for Julie Kent’s Swan Lake in April 2020.

 

Ms. Forte became a NASM certified personal trainer in 2021.

 

Ms. Forte also joined Boulder Ballet as a company artist in 2021 and spent 5 seasons with the company. Ms. Forte has enjoyed performing the principal role in Les Sylphides, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, along with works by Nicolo Fonte, Andrea Schermoly, Stephanie Martinez, Amy Seiwert, and Gregory Dawson.

 

Ms. Forte is thrilled to join Ballet Frontier and Ballet Center of Fort Worth for the 2026-2027 season!