Maura O’Neill

Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Maura O’Neill began her formal ballet training at the School of Classical Ballet and Dance under the direction of Serkan Usta and Lori Grooters. O’Neill spent her summers training at San Francisco Ballet, Houston Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Tulsa Ballet. She started her professional ballet journey in 2019 at Richmond Ballet where she spent two years as a trainee. Following her time in Richmond, O’Neill joined Oklahoma City Ballet in 2021 as a second company member until she was promoted to apprentice in 2023.

O’Neill’s favorite repertoire includes George Balanchine’s Second Variation in Divertimento No. 15 and Western Symphony, Gerald Arpino’s Bourree Girl Soloist in Birthday Variations, Alexander Ekman’s Cacti, and Oklahoma City Ballet’s Swan Lake as Big Swan and Spanish as well as a Willi in Giselle. O’Neill has also performed in Ma Cong’s Information and Luscious.!