Birthplace Plano, TX
Year joined BNC 2006
Sponsored by Kim DeLashmit and Bryan Smith
Meredith trained with Chamberlain School of the Performing Arts and attended summer programs on full scholarship at School of American Ballet, Houston Ballet, Ballet Austin and Pacific Northwest Ballet. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the celebrated Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Ballet Performance and an Outside Field in Comparative Literature. In college, Meredith performed noted roles such as Choleric in Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty. Since joining BNC Meredith has been nominated for the Princess Grace award and has danced leading roles in Garrett Ammon’s and tomorrow came, Love of My Life, Moulin Rouge, and An Occasional Dream, as well as world premiere works by Lauri Stallings, Ma Cong, Maurya Kerr, and Amy Seiwert. Ms Strathmeyer has taught within the BNC school for several years and is a certified Pilates instructor.
Lakewood Cultural CenterFebruary 3–5, 2012
