Claire Richards

2024.25 Junior Trainee

Junior Trainee, Trainee Program

Joined Trainee Program: 2024

Hometown: Chevy Chase, Maryland

Claire is excited to join the Trainee program after training at the Washington School of Ballet for the last three years. Claire originally hales from Indianapolis, IN and began her serious ballet training with Indiana Ballet Conservatory. After relocating to the DMV area. Claire danced with Kirov Academy of Ballet and the Washington School of Ballet. Claire’s recent summer intensives have included the Sarasota Ballet, Bolshoi and John Cranko School. Claire was also selected to be a member of the Kennedy Center Master Ballet program in 2022-23. Claire is currently a senior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and lives with her family in Chevy Chase, Maryland.