Erin Halloran

Erin Halloran, a native of Pittsburgh, trained with former Bolshoi Principal Mansur Kameletdinov, and then at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School under the direction of Susan McCullough.
At the age of 17 she joined the Cleveland/ San Jose Ballet and the following year she returned to Pittsburgh to join PBT’s corps de ballet under the direction of Patricia Wilde.
As a young member of the corps de ballet Ms. Wilde gave Ms. Halloran her first opportunities, the title role in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, and principal roles in Balanchine’s Emeralds, The Four Temperaments and The Sugar Plum Fairy the Nutcracker.
Following Ms. Wilde’s retirement Ms.Halloran continued to dance for Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre under the Directorship of Terrance S. Orr. Under his leadership she rose through the ranks from corps de ballet to Principal Dancer.
Her repertoire included the principal roles in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Coppelia,The Nutcracker, Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Jean Christophe Maillot’s Romeo et Juliette, Balanchine’s Theme and Variations, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania), Who Cares, Apollo(Caliope), Sylvia, Rubies, Emeralds, and Twyla Tharp‘s Known by Heart pas de deux, as well as many other ballets in PBT’s classical and contemporary repertoire.
While a principal dancer Ms. Halloran wished to deepen her movement practice to extend her longevity as a dancer. She became a PMA certified Pilates,instructor. Following her Pilates in certification, Erin began studying the Gyrotonic Method. Following her retirement, she became certified in both GYROKINESIS® and GYROTONIC ® movement systems.
She loves to incorporate the anatomical approach of these methodologies into her teaching of classical ballet.