Gia Calhoun

Gia Calhoun trained with Roberto Almaguer and Julia Ortega and also at California Dance Theatre under the direction of Kim Maselli, Stanley Holden, and Charles Maple. She attended summer programs at the Joffrey Ballet School, on scholarship, North Carolina School of the Arts, American Ballet Theatre, and Ballet Ostrava Workshop in the Czech Republic. Gia attended UC Irvine where she earned a B.A. in dance, and she completed a Pilates teacher training program with Diane Diefenderfer at Studio du Corps in Costa Mesa. She danced with Columbia City Ballet, in the corps de ballet and as a trainee with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre where she was also on faculty as a Pilates instructor for the school. Since returning to California, Gia became a PMA Certified Pilates teacher, and she has been a guest artist with many companies including State Street Ballet, Media City Ballet, and Anaheim Ballet.

Catch the dancer spotlight film of Gia on YouTube.