Avery Saulnier de Reyes is a freelance dancer and artist with City Ballet of Boston. Avery received her classical training at Boston Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Lexington School of Ballet and Integrarte. Her roles include Garland Fairy and Little Red Hood in The Sleeping Beauty, original choreography by Gianni di Marco and Fanny Cerrito in Pas de Quatre. Additionally, She co-directs Northeast Arts, recently producing her first independent live programs. Avery has begun to explore work on film, performing with Columbia Pictures, ArtsEmerson, Carley Byers and in Cambridge Symphony Orchestra’s Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty.

She is immensely grateful for the love and support of family, friends, teachers, directors and colleagues and the unending patience, knowledge and kindness of mentors Carlos Molina, Érica Cornejo, Gianni di Marco, Adriana Suárez, Donna Silva and Linda diBona Brassel.

“I knew I wanted to be a ballerina since I was 3, but my path has not been easy! Along the way, I became a mother, a survivor and a teacher, giving up the opportunities to dance that were open to me in pursuit of more basic needs. After seventeen years of denial, I chose to return to the studio, relearn the technique from scratch and heal my soul. I believe in the power of the arts and all the tears, blood and sweat that goes into it is worth it if my dancing moves even any one person towards acknowledging their own beauty.”