Kristi Capps accepted the position of rehearsal director for the 2014-2015 season after serving as a rehearsal director in residence for the 2013-2014 season during the company’s production of Dracula as well as a repetiteur for its spring production of Cinderella. Mrs. Capps began her professional career with the Atlanta Ballet and then joined Cincinnati Ballet. Rising quickly through the ranks to principal, Mrs. Capps delighted audiences in leading roles in many major classical and contemporary ballets both within the company and abroad as a guest artist. With Kansas City Ballet, Kristi has been given the opportunity to be the répétiteur for many of the company’s productions, including Devon Carney’s Sleeping Beauty for Ballet Hawaii, Cincinnati Ballet and Grand Rapids Ballet, Victoria Morgan’s Cinderella, Edwaard Liang’s Wunderland and Helen Pickett’s Petal. Additionally, she has staged Septime Webre’s The Wizard of Oz for Kansas City Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Nevada Ballet, and most recently Hong Kong Ballet.