| Chloe Misseldine | |
| Birth Place: | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Education: | Orlando Ballet |
| Occupation: | Ballet dancer |
| Years Active: | 2018 - present |
| Current Group: | American Ballet Theatre |
Chloe Misseldine is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT).
Misseldine was born in Orlando, Florida,[1] where she grew up dancing at the Orlando Ballet School. Her mother, Yan Chen, was also a dancer with American Ballet Theatre,[2] and was a ballet mistress at Orlando Ballet School while Misseldine was growing up.[3]
Though she stopped attending regular school during high school to focus on training,[4] Misseldine continued her studies online, even after moving to New York to start her professional career at age 16.[5] When she finished high school, she started taking classes at Fordham University[6] (a popular choice for New York City ballet dancers, as the college has a Lincoln Center campus as well as a dual program with Alvin Ailey).[7]
In 2017, Misseldine was awarded second place at the Youth America Grand Prix competition in senior women's classical.[8] In 2018, she competed in the prestigious Prix de Lausanne,[9] and was a finalist,[10] again following in her mother's footsteps (Yan Chen was a prizewinner at the competition in 1987).[11]
Misseldine joined American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company in 2018 after participating in multiple ABT Summer Intensives. She became an apprentice with the main company in December 2019, but only had a few months before the pandemic hit. During the pandemic, she returned home to Orlando, where she ended up performing with the Orlando Ballet (who had returned to in-person work before ABT did)[12] in productions of Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, and Jorden Morris' Moulin Rouge.
Misseldine joined the Corps de Ballet of ABT by September 2021, and was promoted to the rank of soloist in September 2022.[13] In July 2024, she was promoted to Principal dancer by director Susan Jaffe on stage after a sold-out run of Swan Lake.[14]
Misseldine's repertoire with the American Ballet Theatre includes:
Misseldine lives in the Upper West Side in Manhattan. Her hobbies outside of dance include photography.