Whitney Huell

Joined KCB in 2014

Whitney Huell trained at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities under the tutelage of Stanislav Issaev and Robert Barnett. She attended Indiana University earning a B.S. in Ballet and Psychology before joining Ballet West. With Ballet West, Ms. Huell performed featured roles in Paquita, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Petite Mort, and Jewels. In January 2011 she was one of Dance Magazine’s Top 25 to Watch and was also featured in Pointe Magazine‘s September 2012 issue. With Kansas City Ballet, she has performed works by Amy Seiwert, Adam Hougland, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Monique Meunier, Stanton Welch, Edwaard Liang, Val Caniparoli, Helen Pickett, Septime Webre, Mark Morris, Jirí Kylián and Jerome Robbins. She has been featured as The Lead Woman in James Kudelka’s The Man in Black, Jeté Woman in Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, Dark Angel in Balanchine’s Serenade, Myrtha in Devon Carney’s Giselle, Tiger Lily in Devon Carney’s Peter Pan and the Solo Woman in Balanchine’s Rubies. In 2018 she was featured as the Sugar Plum Fairy in Devon Carney’s production of The Nutcracker becoming the first African American in KCB history to perform the role. In 2024 Ms. Huell participated in Pathways to Performance: Exercises in Reframing the Narrative performing at The Kennedy Center and Jacob’s Pillow.