Erica Ratkovicz (she/her) is an alumna company member of The Rochester City Ballet. She began her principal training at an early age with The Timothy Draper Center for Dance Education. As a young dancer, Erica attended several intensive programs including CPYB and The Joffrey Ballet New York. She has performed numerous soloist and corps de ballet roles along with Joffrey Ensemble, Boston Ballet, Hartford Ballet...read more
Erica Ratkovicz (she/her) is an alumna company member of The Rochester City Ballet. She began her principal training at an early age with The Timothy Draper Center for Dance Education. As a young dancer, Erica attended several intensive programs including CPYB and The Joffrey Ballet New York. She has performed numerous soloist and corps de ballet roles along with Joffrey Ensemble, Boston Ballet, Hartford Ballet, and Pittsburgh Ballet. She was a soloist in both a promotional film aired on Oprah and an unreleased film choreographed by Alex Tressor. Her modeling photos have been seen in Dance Teacher, Pointe Magazine, book covers, Discount Dance Supply and Art Stone the Competitor.
Erica was the rehearsal assistant for Men on Pointe. She has taught programs and classes at Rochester City Ballet, NYU Tisch Program, Broadway Bound Dance Center and is the Director of Dance and instructor for Brookwood Camp Summer Intensive. Recipient of Platinum Medal awards as well as High Point and Overall competition scores from New York Dance Champions, Rochester Invitational, Rising Star, New York Dance Olympics, Star Power, North American Dance Experience and Starbound. As an instructor, she has been presented with Choreographer Awards from Nexstar, Beyond the Stars, Groove and Headliners and Entertainment Awards from Groove, Headliners, and Beyond the Stars Nationals.
Erica is honored to be part of Broadway Dance Center. She looks forward to bringing her knowledge to help mold future dancers while creating wonderful experiences.
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