Caleb Mitchell

Caleb Mitchell

Master Class Instructor – Summer 2011

Caleb Mitchell was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan where he received early ballet training at the age of 16 under Rose Marie Floyd.  After graduating cum laude in 1998 with a BFA in dance from the University of Arizona, Caleb joined the Houston Ballet under Ben Stevenson, O.B.E.-emeritus and later Stanton Welch, artistic director.  During his tenure with Houston Ballet (1998-2007), Mr. Mitchell performed many featured roles in works by George Balanchine, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Sir Frederick Ashton, Ben Stevenson, O.B.E., Glen Tetley, William Forsythe, Paul Taylor, Christopher Bruce, Ronald Hynd, Lila York, Natalie Weir, Julia Adams, Trey McIntyre, Stanton Welch James Kuldelka and David Parsons.

In 2007, Caleb was awarded a Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellowship (Helen Russell Scholar) at the University Of California- Irvine. While pursuing his degree at UCI, Caleb danced in featured roles by Jodie Gates (Frankfurt, Ballet) and William Forsythe.  Mr. Mitchell received his MFA in dance with an emphasis on pedagogy and choreography in June, 2009 and will join the faculty at Belhaven University in Jackson, MS as a full-time Assistant Professor Of Dance in the fall of 2009.

Mr. Mitchell’s choreographic projects include works set on, Neos Dance Company, Hosannah Sacred Arts, dancers from the Houston Ballet, Houston Ballet II, Houston Metropolitan Dance Company, Ad Deum Dance Company, Le Lien Ballet Theater and Masterworks Art Festival.  During his tenure at UCI, Mr. Mitchell was Ballet Master for   Professor David Allen (former National Ballet of Canada, Diamond Project), and was awarded a grant to do choreographic research with world renowned choreographer Alonzo King (Lines Ballet) and Jacopo Godani (Frankfurt Ballet). Caleb’s most recent choreographic project “Sanctuary”, a world premiere, was a collaborative with world renowned choreographer Dr. Donald McKayle and performed by the Etude Dance Ensemble and the UCI Symphony Orchestra at UCI Irvine in April 2009.

Caleb is currently a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor of Dance at Belhaven University in Jackson, MS, where his areas of concentration are ballet, men’s technique, and resident choreographer.