Chatch Pregger, he/him, Is the Founder and Artistic Director of Ballet Vermont as well as the creator of The Farm to Ballet Project and the Bees & Friends Festival. He loves making ballets that support community values, contribute to sustainability and provide opportunities for underrepresented dancers.
Chatch started his ballet education at the Adams School of Dance in Rutland VT and then moved on to The Nutmeg Conservatory in CT. He joined Boston Ballet II in 1999 and was promoted to Boston Ballet the following year. Since then he has been a member of the Washington Ballet and the Houston Ballet, as well as a guest artist with the Arizona Ballet, Hartford Ballet, and Texas Ballet Theatre.
He has performed works by Mark Morris, Ben Stevenson, Kirk Peterson, Nacho Duato, Trey MacIntyre, Twyla Tharp, Christopher Weeldon, Antony Tudor, Michael Pink, Stanton Welch, Septime Webre, and George Balanchine, as well as many ballets from the classical repertoire including Gissele, La Bayadere and Don Quixote. Chatch took part in Burlington’s Quadricentennial festival playing Samuel de Champlain in From The New World by Heddy Maalem. He also joined the Portland Ballet in 2010 and Safe Haven Ballet in 2019 to dance the role of Cavalier in The Nutcracker. Chatch Also danced in Farm to Ballet, originating the role of the WeathervanE Rooster, and in Bees & Friends, originating the roles of the Firefly and Cardinal.
Chatch lives in Jericho Vermont with his partner, his two children and their cat Loki.
Chatch started his ballet education at the Adams School of Dance in Rutland VT and then moved on to The Nutmeg Conservatory in CT. He joined Boston Ballet II in 1999 and was promoted to Boston Ballet the following year. Since then he has been a member of the Washington Ballet and the Houston Ballet, as well as a guest artist with the Arizona Ballet, Hartford Ballet, and Texas Ballet Theatre.
He has performed works by Mark Morris, Ben Stevenson, Kirk Peterson, Nacho Duato, Trey MacIntyre, Twyla Tharp, Christopher Weeldon, Antony Tudor, Michael Pink, Stanton Welch, Septime Webre, and George Balanchine, as well as many ballets from the classical repertoire including Gissele, La Bayadere and Don Quixote. Chatch took part in Burlington’s Quadricentennial festival playing Samuel de Champlain in From The New World by Heddy Maalem. He also joined the Portland Ballet in 2010 and Safe Haven Ballet in 2019 to dance the role of Cavalier in The Nutcracker. Chatch Also danced in Farm to Ballet, originating the role of the WeathervanE Rooster, and in Bees & Friends, originating the roles of the Firefly and Cardinal.
Chatch lives in Jericho Vermont with his partner, his two children and their cat Loki.
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