Alisha Hill

Alisha was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. At a young age she relocated to St. Louis, Missouri, where she became the third generation of her family to find her passion for ballet. Alisha began her training at Patzius Performing Arts, a family-owned studio, and later became a member of the affiliated Midwest Ballet Theatre. She attended summer intensives with Cincinnati and Milwaukee Ballet. Alisha placed several times at Youth America Grand Prix and was awarded scholarships from various arts competitions, including the National Society of Arts and Letters classical ballet competition. Alisha joined Kentucky Ballet Theatre as a trainee in 2018 and was promoted to Company Dancer in 2022. Some of her favorite roles include Aurora (Sleeping Beauty); Belle (Beauty and the Beast); Dorothy (The Wizard of Oz); Sugarplum, Snow Queen, and Dewdrop (The Nutcracker); Wendy (Peter Pan); Mina (Dracula); Black Swan Pas de Deux (Swan Lake); Satanella Pas de Deux; Grand Pas de Electrique (Bluebeard); Le Spectre de la Rose; Experiencia by Andres Arámbula; Calles de Tango by Kirt Hathaway; Eden by Juan Angel. She has also had the opportunity to work under Aurora Bosch who is regarded as one of the “four jewels of Cuban ballet”. This is Alisha’s eighth season with Kentucky Ballet Theatre.