Amelia Meissner

Joined KCB in 2023

Amelia Meissner was born in San Antonio, Texas, and began her ballet training with the Ballet Conservatory of South Texas. She attended multiple summer intensives at Houston Ballet Academy and was invited to join the professional training division in 2017 at age 15. She advanced through the academy levels and joined Houston Ballet II in 2020 under Claudio Muñoz. During her time in the second company, Meissner performed featured roles with the academy, including Kitri in Ben Stevenson’s Don Quixote and Raymonda in Muñoz’s Raymonda. She was promoted to apprentice with Houston Ballet in 2022 and performed in Stanton Welch’s The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet and more.

This is her third season with Kansas City Ballet, where she has danced featured roles including the Snow Queen in Devon Carney’s The Nutcracker and pas de trois in Emeralds. Outside the studio, Meissner is an avid reader, enjoys traveling, the outdoors and following the PGA Tour. She is also pursuing her bachelor’s degree.