Taylor Cross ‘29

Taylor Cross is a first-year at Harvard planning to concentrate in Neuroscience on a pre-med track. Taylor grew up in Colleyville, Texas, where she trained in a pre-professional Vaganova training program at Almayeva Ballet Academy under the direction of Marina Almayeva since age eight. She has competed internationally placing in duets and ensembles at YAGP, top 12 soloist, and numerous first place soloist wins at Washington DC Grand Prix, ICON, WBAC, and NextGen Dance Awards. She has also had the honor of performing several lead and principal roles such as Clara in the Nutcracker, The Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Medora in Le Corsaire, and Paquita in Paquita. Taylor is so excited to be joining HBC this year!