Trainee Director
Cassandra Voborsky received training from Pamela Lauer, the Peabody Conservatory,
the Hartford Ballet, the Washington School of Ballet, Central
Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen,
Denmark. Her performing experience includes
Sleeping Beauty,
The Nutcracker,
Coppelia, contemporary modern and jazz works with Hartford Dance Theater, and classical repertoire such as
Swan Lake
with The Washington Ballet’s Young Dancers. Her final year of high
school was spent in Oldenburg, Germany, where she had the opportunity to
perform with the ballet company of the Oldenburgishes Staatstheater. In
January 1992, Cassandra joined Ballet Magnificat! She became a member
of the touring company in 1993 and toured for over twelve years both
nationally and internationally. Together with husband Jiri Sebastian,
Cassandra served as one of the technical directors on the road. She was
promoted to the Assistant Artistic Director to Kathy Thibodeaux in 2000.
Cassandra retired from her professional career as a dancer in December
2004 during the annual Christmas gala performances of Ballet Magnificat!
in Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson, Mississippi. Since the completion of
her performing career as an artist of the company, Cassandra has
directed the Trainee Program, developing it into an international
division of Ballet Magnificat! with students from the Unites States and
many foreign countries, including Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand,
Germany, Poland, Macedonia, Canada, and Japan.
Cassandra has conducted ballet technique Master classes all over the
Unites States, as well as Singapore, Greece, Belgium, Israel, and most
recently the Dance Center Conservatory in Prague, the Czech Republic.
Cassandra was featured in the Braun Buffel world-wide ad campaign, shot
in Singapore during the 2003 Ballet Magnificat! tour.
Cassandra has three beautiful children Benjamin Isaiah, Maya Terezka, and Solomon Jeremiah.
