James Gilmer

James Gilmer (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) trained at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School and the Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School. After graduating, he performed with Texture Contemporary Ballet and joined Cincinnati Ballet in 2011. While dancing with the Cincinnati Ballet for six seasons, Mr. Gilmer was promoted to Soloist in 2015 and performed works by George Balanchine, Septime Webre, Ohad Naharin, Val Caniparoli, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Edwaard Liang, Jennifer Archibald, Amy Seiwert and Victoria Morgan, to name a few. Mr. Gilmer was also a member of Amy Seiwert's Imagery, performing during the summer seasons since 2013 and of ODC/dance, performing works by Brenda Way, KT Nelson and Kate Weare. Mr. Gilmer joined the company in 2019. Instagram: @j_gilmer