Biography

Courtney Nitting studied with The New Jersey School of Ballet from 2001 to 2010, and continued her training at the School of American Ballet with the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Scholarship until she graduated in 2016. She attended summer courses at American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and The School of American Ballet. Nitting began her professional career with Eglevsky Ballet, Neglia Ballet, and Tom Gold Dance. She joined Pennsylvania Ballet II in 2017. In 2018, she joined Kansas City Ballet (KCB) where she danced corps de ballet, soloist, and principal roles. She was named one of Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch in 2022, along with KCB’s Emerging Dancer 2022.

Her repertoire includes Gary Abbott’s Parallel Lives, George Balanchine’s Serenade, Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias, Devon Carney’s Cinderella, Giselle, The Nutcracker, Sandhur, and Swan Lake, Caroline Dahm’s Delicate, Alexander Ekman’s Cacti (duet), William Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort, Edwaard Liang’s Wunderland, Mark Morris’ Sandpaper Ballet, David Parsons’ A Play for Love, Helen Pickett’s Petal, Michael Pink’s Dracula, Myles Thatcher’s Umbra, Septime Webre’s Wizard of Oz, and Lila York’s Celts.

Since joining Boston Ballet, Nitting has also performed in Sir Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella (The Fairy Autumn), Florence Clerc’s Kingdom of the Shades (Third Shade), Jorma Elo’s Bach Cello Suites and Carmen, Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker (Dew Drop, Snow Queen, Lead Flower, Demi Snow, French Marzipan, Spanish Chocolate, Snowflake, Flower, Party Guest) and Raymonda (Variation #4 and Pizzicato), Helen Pickett’s TO BE ONE, Ken Ossola’s The Space Between, and My’Kal Stromile’s Form and Gesture (Principal Woman).

She choreographed three ballets for Kansas City Ballet as a part of their New Moves program.

Nitting joined Boston Ballet as an artist of the Company in 2023 and was promoted to second soloist in 2024.