Joelle Kimbrough

Born and raised in Kansas City, Joelle Kimbrough began dancing at three, studying Ballet, Tap, Modern, Hip Hop, and Contemporary. She trained at Kansas City Ballet and Oklahoma City Ballet Schools under Racheal Nye and attended summer intensives at Ballet Chicago, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and more. Joelle has performed in productions like The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty with Kansas City and Oklahoma City Ballets, Oklahoma Festival Ballet, and The Underground with Storling Dance Theatre. A junior ballet performance and pre-med major at OU, she is an Oklahoma Festival Ballet member and a Brown Girls Do Ballet ambassador. Joelle is passionate about promoting diversity in ballet and plans to pursue a professional dance career and later attend medical school.