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MOLLIE SANSONE began her ballet training in North Carolina with Melissa Hale-Coyle, Claudia Folts, Lisa Leone, Mel Tomlinson, Rebecca Massey, Patricia McBride, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, and Maniya Barredo. During the summers, she attended the Joffrey Midwest Workshop, the Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory, and Atlanta Ballet. Sansone’s career began with Nashville Ballet in the summer of 2004. During her nineteen-year tenure, she performed works by choreographers such as Paul Vasterling, Jirí Kylián, George Balanchine, Christopher Bruce, Salvatore Aiello, Val Caniparoli, Cathy Marston, Jennifer Archibald, Gina Patterson, Stephen Mills, Christopher Stuart, and Matthew Neenan. Her most notable lead roles include Juliet in Vasterling’s Romeo and Juliet, Lizzie in Vasterling’s Lizzie Borden, the Survivor in Mills’ Light, The Chosen One in Aiello’s Right of Spring, the Turning Girl in Balanchine’s Who Cares?, the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Dew Drop Fairy in Vasterling’s Nashville’s Nutcracker, and Mattie in Marston’s Snowblind.
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Sansone was a School of Nashville Ballet part-time faculty member since 2005. She also taught for Nashville Ballet 2 and the main company. Sansone premiered her first original choreographic work in 2019 titled Mash the Pigeon for Nashville Ballet 2. For the main company, she choreographed works such as Bootleg Sugar Lips, and Fortitudine, among others. She was also commissioned by Chattanooga Ballet to choreograph a new work titled Élégiaque. Once she was titled the Resident Choreographer of Nashville Ballet in 2022, Sansone choreographed an excerpt for Vasterling’s collaboration titled Anthology. She then choreographed for the short film titled Wild Swans, also produced by Vasterling. In the summer of 2023, she attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts’ Choreographic Institute. Her most recent work with Nashville Ballet, titled Speak, premiered in their 2024 Attitude series.
Sansone performed with North Carolina’s former MOTION Dance Theater, where she danced original works choreographed by Nick Kepley, Gabrielle Lamb, and James Gregg. In 2013, she was the recipient of the Individual Artist Fellowship awarded by the Tennessee Arts Commission. She also set Vasterling’s Cinderella on Sacramento Ballet. As an actor, Sansone performed the role of Louise in Carousel with Asheville Lyric Opera, and West Side Story with Studio Tenn. She also performed in and acted as the assistant choreographer for Studio Tenn’s Cabaret
Sansone performed with North Carolina’s former MOTION Dance Theater, where she danced original works choreographed by Nick Kepley, Gabrielle Lamb, and James Gregg. In 2013, she was the recipient of the Individual Artist Fellowship awarded by the Tennessee Arts Commission. She also set Vasterling’s Cinderella on Sacramento Ballet. As an actor, Sansone performed the role of Louise in Carousel with Asheville Lyric Opera, and West Side Story with Studio Tenn. She also performed in and acted as the assistant choreographer for Studio Tenn’s Cabaret
