"Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love."
- Rainer Maria Rilke
KODY JAURON, from Phoenix, AZ, began his training under the direction of Andrew Needhammer and continued his pre-professional studies at the Miami City Ballet School and Ballet Austin’s Professional Division Trainee Program. At Ballet Austin, Kody was honored to become a recipient of the Sarah & Ernest Butler Scholarship, and after one season, Kody was promoted to an apprentice to the company. Kody was privileged to dance featured roles by George Balanchine, Thang Dao, Viktor Kabaniaev, Stephen Mills, and Nelly van Bommel. He has supplemented his training at Houston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Most recently, Kody studied on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studio under the direction of Claire Bataille prior to joining DanceWorks Chicago in January 2014.