Rachel Coats

Ms. Coats, a native of Miami, Florida, received her primary instruction from Tony Catanzaro, as well as at the Mencia-Pikieris School of Dance and New World School of the Arts. She spent her summers studying on scholarship at the School of American Ballet and Boston Ballet. Ms. Coats has performed with both Nashville Ballet and Boston Ballet. She has received awards from the National Society of Arts and Letters and ARTS–NFAA Foundations. Since joining the Company, Ms. Coats has enjoyed dancing in Afternoon of a Faun, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Dark Elegies, Brahms Paganini, and End of Time. Some of her favorite roles have included Desdemona in The Moors Pavane, Firebird in Firebird, and Snow Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. This is her ninth season with Kansas City Ballet. She is married to fellow dancer Logan Pachciarz.

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Rachel Coats