Kira Roberts

Kira Roberts,  a Florida native, trained at Florida School for Dance Education until 2017 under the direction of Michele Zehner. After high school, she was awarded a scholarship to Colorado Ballet’s Pre-Professional Division. In Denver, she performed in Colorado Ballet’s The Nutcracker, Septime Webre’s The Wizard of Oz, and Lemon Sponge Cake Ballet’s production of Vertical Migration Experiment, choreographed by Robert Sher-Mecherndl. Before moving to the QC, Kira danced a season at Columbia City Ballet, and received a Bachelors degree in Geoscience from Mississippi State University. Since joining BQC in 2021, she has performed choreography by Courtney Lyon, Emily Kate Long, Lynn Bowman, Domingo Rubio, and Deepali Phanse Bhagwat. The Nutcracker is one of Kira’s favorite ballets, and she has had the opportunity to perform as Clara, Ballerina Doll, Spanish, and Mirliton. Other memorable performances are Lyon’s Le Boeuf sur le Toit (2022), Rite of Spring (2023), and classical works set by Emily Kate Long including Petipa’s Pas de Trois from Swan Lake (2022), sections of Bournonville’s Napoli (2023), and Vainoen’s Flames of Paris (2024). Kira values the quality of community outreaches BQC provides and is excited to return for a fifth year, both onstage and in the community!