Christian Delery

CHRISTIAN DELERY was born in Salisbury, Maryland and began singing and acting at a young age. He starred in his first community production, Four Tickets to Christmas, at age ten where he sang, danced and acted. In 2004, at the age of 12, Christian began ballet training with the Salisbury Dance Academy where he studied for three years. During his training at the Salisbury Dance Academy he performed the roles of fritz, the nutcracker, and russian in the Eastern Shore Ballet Theater’s production of “The Nutcracker” and lead roles in the Eastern Shore Ballet Theater’s 2005 production of “Coppelia” and “Swan Lake”. In 2007 he was accepted as an apprentice by the Atlantic City Ballet Theater where he toured and performed lead roles in their 2007-2008 season’s productions “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “The Nutcracker”, “Dracula” and “The Mikado”. In 2008 was offered a full scholarship at Virginia School of the Arts where he performed lead roles in their 2008 production “The Nutcracker” and their 2009 production “Strings and Things” as well as community outreach demonstrations. In 2009, he was offered full scholarships to the Pittsburg Ballet School & the Milwaukee Ballet School. In the summer of 2009 he trained at the Joffrey Ballet School in NYC under a full scholarship. That summer, at the age of 17, he was accepted as an apprentice by the Dayton Ballet’s and performed lead roles in their 2009-2010 season productions “Tales from the Shadows”, “The Nutcracker” and “Dracula”. In the summer of 2010, he was accepted and attended the School of American Ballet. He performed soloist roles in the Dayton Ballet’s 2010-2011 season productions “Casanova & Eve of Frankenstein”, “The Nutcracker”, “A Streetcar Named Desire”, and “New Music for New Dance”. In 2011, he performed the lead role of cavalier as a guest artist for a production of “The Nutcracker” in Benton, Arkansas. In 2012 he moved to New Orleans to attend Tulane on Scholarship. Since he performed lead roles in New Orleans such as Arabian and Snow King in L.H. Ballet Classique’s Production “The Nutcracker”, and toy soldier and mirlitons in Delta Festival’s Ballet production “The Nutcracker” , and offered master classes in the gulf coast area. In 2013 he judged, choreographed and taught master classes for Dance Teachers United dance competition and convention in Hattiesburg, MS and choreographed and performed the lead roles arabian in L.H.Ballet Classique’s production “The Nutcracker” and cavalier in Kansas Youth Dance Center’s production “The Nutcracker”. He performed in the Marigny Opera Ballet’s “Giselle”, “The Art of Jazz” and Orfeo from 2016-2017. He has been trained by many famous dancers such as Jock Soto, Justin Peck, Phyllis Papa, George De La Pena, Era Jouravlev, Francesca Corkle, Davis Robertson, and many more. He continues to teach masterclasses and workshops in the Gulf Coast area.