Grace Manuel, from New Orleans, Louisiana, trained in Houston, Texas with Excelsior School of Dance from 2011-2015. She then trained with Houston Ballet Academy from 2015-2018 under Shelly Power, and has attended summer intensives at American Ballet Theatre and the Kirov Academy in D.C. Ms. Manuel joined Oklahoma City Ballet as a trainee 2018, and currently dances in the company as a Corps de Ballet dancer.

Her repertoire includes works by Stanton Welch, Septime Webre, Val Caniparoli, Michael Pink, George Balanchine, Gerald Arpino, Michel Fokine, August Bournonville, Robert Mills, Austin Hartel, Stephen Mills, and Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye. Some of her favorite roles include Wafting Girl in Gerald Arpino’s Birthday Variations, fourth movement corps in George Balanchine’s Western Symphony, and Zulma in Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye’s Giselle. Ms. Manuel has been teaching ballet and choreographing since 2015, at schools in both Houston and Oklahoma City. She is very excited to be joining Pointe PAC this year!