Ahna Lipchik tells herself she feels nothing

Circling Issue #12 featuring Ahna Lipchik

Ahna Lipchik trained and performed with the Milwaukee Ballet School and later attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. While in school, she competed at Youth America Grand Prix and World Ballet Competition, earning high marks, winning best choreography at both, and an invitation to perform in the World Ballet Competition’s final gala performance. Ahna has since performed with San Diego Ballet, State Street Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet, and as a guest artist with schools and companies around the country. She has enjoyed dancing featured roles in works by Ramon Flowers, Kevin Jenkins, Kassandra Taylor Newberry, Robert Sund, and Autumn Eckman, as well as principal roles in ballets by Sir Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Marius Petipa, and August Bournonville. Ahna has found great fulfillment through teaching, choreographing, and through her inter-arts collaborations.

It was truly a pleasure to sit down for a conversation with dancer Ahna Lipchik this past weekend. …