QBS Alumni

Sabrina Blackwelder (2019) currently attends The University of Texas at Austin; majoring in Dance Performance and Choreography.

Abigail Davis (2017) attended The Ailey School’s 2017 summer intensive in New York City and received a scholarship to continue her training in New York with The Ailey School’s Junior Division. At age 17, Abigail left Quenedit Ballet School to pursue this opportunity while finishing her senior year of high school. After completing the year in Junior Division, Abigail was invited to continue training in The Ailey School’s Professional Division and is currently in her second year of Professional Division having been awarded her third consecutive scholarship. Abigail has had the honor of promoting The Ailey School and Professional Division by being part of an Ailey commercial, which can be seen on Instagram @theaileyschoolofficial.

When not dancing at Ailey, Abigail has been pursuing work in film and television. She has been in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Seasons 2 and 3), Manifest (Season 2), The Plot Against America (Miniseries to air on HBO) and a new Netflix series (still untitled).

Savannah Michalek (2015) – graduate of Oklahoma City University with B.S. in Arts Management. While at Oklahoma City University, Savannah was a member of the American Spirit Dance Company as well as Director’s Assistant, Assistant Company Manager, Sound Board Operator Assistant, and Static Light Board Operator Assistant. Savannah performed as Dancer for Texas the Outdoor Musical Drama at the Pioneer Amphitheater in the Palo Duro Canyon during the summers of her college years.

Savannah recently worked as the development intern at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts and is currently a student at the University College Dublin studying for her MA in Cultural Policy and Arts Management.

Jaclyn LeVasseur (2015) is a recent graduate from Texas Christian University (TCU) with a BFA in Ballet and a minor in Movement Science. During her time at TCU, Jaclyn performed in principal roles in residency works such as George Balanchine’s Elégie (Michele Gifford, répétiteur) and Antony Tudor’s Dark Elegies (John Gardner and Amanda McKerrow, répétiteurs). She has also performed in works by LeeWei Chao, Summer Lee Rhatigan, and Jennifer Archibald.

Jaclyn is currently teaching dance classes at Quenedit Ballet School and working as an intern with a local San Antonio Physical Therapist and hopes to attend a Doctorate in Physical Therapy program in the near future.

Brittany Vahalik (2018) is currently on scholarship pursuing a double major in dance and physical therapy at the University of Oklahoma and is a member of the Oklahoma Festival Ballet and Contemporary Dance Oklahoma Company. Brittany has done work study with Texas Ballet Theater and will do her study abroad in Barcelona, Spain in 2020.