Photography by Graham Blair.

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Favorite Quote:

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams”      – Eleanor Roosevelt

Jillian is  entering her fifth season as a company member with San Diego Ballet.

Birthplace

• Rochester, NY

Joined the San Diego Ballet

• 2005

Originally from Rochester, NY, Jillian Nealon trained at the Draper Center for Dance Education/Rochester City Ballet under the directorship of Timothy Draper and Jamey Leverett. She furthered her training at numerous summer intensive programs, including ABT, Miami City Ballet, Ballet Austin, Princeton Ballet, Kirov Ballet, and Kaatsbaan.

Upon graduating high school, Jillian joined Ballet Austin as a trainee for one year and afterward went on to attend Indiana University where she danced with the School of Music’s Ballet Theater. While there she worked closely with world-renowned Violette Verdy, Jacques Cesbron, Guoping Wang, Suzie Pillare, John Clifford, and Julie Kent. She graduated from IU in 2005 with a B.S. in Ballet and Kinesiology.