Cassandra Trenary

Cassandra Trenary (born 1993)

Career Trenary began dancing with American Ballet Theatre Studio Company's European tour in 2011 as an apprentice at age 17, then became an apprentice with the main company in April. She became a full-time corps de ballet member with ABT in November 2011. As a corps dancer, she danced several soloist roles including the Shades in La Bayadère and Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty. In 2020, though some of her major debuts, including as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, were delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, she was made principal dancer in September, at age 27. Trenary had also performed with Daniil Simkin's side project, Intensio.

Photography

Trenary began shooting analog photography of her fellow dancers while at ABT in 2017, garnering attention for behind-the-scenes images of her colleagues. Her debut solo photography exhibition occurred at PRIV.Y Gallery in New York City in May 2025.