Bonnie Boiter-Jolley is a graduate of the UNCSA High School Ballet program, having competed at the Youth America Grande Prix and studied at the American Ballet Theatre, Kirov Academy of Ballet, Boston Ballet, Alonzo King Lines Ballet and the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. She is also a Magna Cum Laude Graduate of the University of South Carolina Honors College with degrees in Dance Performance and Choreography and Political Science. While at USC, Bonnie had the privilege of performing as a principal dancer in numerous Balanchine ballets including Agon, Serenade, Allegro Brilliante, Who Cares?, and Apollo, as well as in works by Martha Graham, Twyla Tharp, Lyla York, and Alan Hineline, traveling with the company to ACDF. She has performed in Italy under the direction of Anna Marie Holmes and the Czech Republic and in the Summer Stage series in New York City. Bonnie spent a season dancing with Wideman Davis Dance company in South Carolina before moving to Seattle, Washington where she joined Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theatre. Bonnie has attended the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet’s teacher training, has over a decade of experience in dance education and has been on faculty at the Columbia City Jazz Conservatory under the leadership of Choreographer and Master Teacher Dale Lam since 2011. Bonnie left her position as Principal Dancer with the Columbia City Ballet in 2021 after over a decade with the organization. In addition to teaching at local and regional conservatories, Bonnie is finishing her second semester teaching adjunct at the University of South Carolina and her first season in the role of rehearsal director at Columbia Classical Ballet Company. In 2019 Bonnie co-founded the Columbia Repertory Dance Company, an organization that strives to provide artistic community and equitable employment for professional dancers and choreographers in the Columbia area year round. Bonnie is thankful for a life in the arts with her husband Chad Henderson.
Nicolas White
Nicolas White, Camden native, began his dance training at age 14 with Ann Brodie’s Carolina Ballet under the Artistic Director, Mimi Worrell. Nicolas went on to study with Ballet Austin under William Piner and The Joffrey Ballet School under Davis Robertson. After graduating, he took a break from dance to attend College, returning to dance in 2013 with the Charlotte Ballet under Jean Pierre-Bonnefoux, Patricia Mcbride, and Mark Diamond. Nicolas started his freelance career after returning to Columbia in 2015. He is currently on staff with Ann Brodie’s Carolina Ballet Center for Dance Education, a head bartender at COA in the Vista, and is Commissioner for Columbia Music Festival Association. Nicolas is a founding member of the Columbia Repertory Dance Company.
Columbia Repertory Dance Company
The Columbia Repertory Dance Company was founded in 2019 by current Artistic and Managing Directors Stephanie Wilkins and Bonnie Boiter-Jolley with the mission to offer something different to both professional dance artists and audiences in Columbia, SC. By creating multidisciplinary and collaborative performance projects that extend through and fill the void of the summer season alongside fair and equitable terms and pay, CRDC aims to retain the abundant talents of South Carolina dance artists. The company seeks to provide and promote a spectrum of professional opportunities while inspiring and developing a broader and deeper understanding of dance in Columbia. Now in its fourth season, Columbia Repertory Dance Company is excited to be traveling to New York City to participate in the DUMBO Dance Festival this summer. For more information visit us at www.coladance.com or on Instagram @colarepdanceco
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Bonnie Boiter-Jolley Bio
Bonnie Boiter-Jolley is a graduate of the UNCSA High School Ballet program, having competed at the Youth America Grande Prix and studied at the American Ballet Theatre, Kirov Academy of Ballet, Boston Ballet, Alonzo King Lines Ballet and the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. She is also a Magna Cum Laude Graduate of the University of South Carolina Honors College with degrees in Dance Performance and Choreography and Political Science. While at USC, Bonnie had the privilege of performing as a principal dancer in numerous Balanchine ballets including Agon, Serenade, Allegro Brilliante, Who Cares?, and Apollo, as well as in works by Martha Graham, Twyla Tharp, Lyla York, and Alan Hineline, traveling with the company to ACDF. She has performed in Italy under the direction of Anna Marie Holmes and the Czech Republic and in the Summer Stage series in New York City. Bonnie spent a season dancing with Wideman Davis Dance company in South Carolina before moving to Seattle, Washington where she joined Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theatre. Bonnie has attended the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet’s teacher training, has over a decade of experience in dance education and has been on faculty at the Columbia City Jazz Conservatory under the leadership of Choreographer and Master Teacher Dale Lam since 2011. Bonnie left her position as Principal Dancer with the Columbia City Ballet in 2021 after over a decade with the organization. In addition to teaching at local and regional conservatories, Bonnie is finishing her second semester teaching adjunct at the University of South Carolina and her first season in the role of rehearsal director at Columbia Classical Ballet Company. In 2019 Bonnie co-founded the Columbia Repertory Dance Company, an organization that strives to provide artistic community and equitable employment for professional dancers and choreographers in the Columbia area year round. Bonnie is thankful for a life in the arts with her husband Chad Henderson.
Nicolas White
Nicolas White, Camden native, began his dance training at age 14 with Ann Brodie’s Carolina Ballet under the Artistic Director, Mimi Worrell. Nicolas went on to study with Ballet Austin under William Piner and The Joffrey Ballet School under Davis Robertson. After graduating, he took a break from dance to attend College, returning to dance in 2013 with the Charlotte Ballet under Jean Pierre-Bonnefoux, Patricia Mcbride, and Mark Diamond. Nicolas started his freelance career after returning to Columbia in 2015. He is currently on staff with Ann Brodie’s Carolina Ballet Center for Dance Education, a head bartender at COA in the Vista, and is Commissioner for Columbia Music Festival Association. Nicolas is a founding member of the Columbia Repertory Dance Company.
Columbia Repertory Dance Company
The Columbia Repertory Dance Company was founded in 2019 by current Artistic and Managing Directors Stephanie Wilkins and Bonnie Boiter-Jolley with the mission to offer something different to both professional dance artists and audiences in Columbia, SC. By creating multidisciplinary and collaborative performance projects that extend through and fill the void of the summer season alongside fair and equitable terms and pay, CRDC aims to retain the abundant talents of South Carolina dance artists. The company seeks to provide and promote a spectrum of professional opportunities while inspiring and developing a broader and deeper understanding of dance in Columbia. Now in its fourth season, Columbia Repertory Dance Company is excited to be traveling to New York City to participate in the DUMBO Dance Festival this summer. For more information visit us at www.coladance.com or on Instagram @colarepdanceco