Jolie Sutton-Simballa – Artistic Director

Jolie Sutton-Simballa was trained in Albuquerque by Karen Alwin, Lynn Cox and Tamara King. She has performed with New Mexico Ballet Company, Dance Theatre Southwest and the University of New Mexico Dance Company among others. She received her BFA in Dance from UNM in 1997, where a scholarship is named in her honor. She graduated as UNM’s first MFA in Choreography in 2004. She has choreographed over 50 ballets.  Jolie served as NMBC’s Assistant Artistic Director for the past 6 years.