Elizabeth-Gray Rivers has studied ballet for 13 years with Ann Brodie’s Carolina Ballet Center for Dance Education under the direction of Mimi Worrell, Ashley Lindler, Sakura Oka, Ashley Concannon and Leonardo Victorino and is a Senior company member of Ann Brodie’s Carolina Ballet.

She has attended multiple summer programs around the United States such as School of American Ballet summer intensive, Miami City Ballet School summer intensive, Duncan Cooper summer workshop, Houston Ballet summer intensive, Cary Ballet Conservatory winter intensive and Cary Ballet Prix Challenge as well as Canada’s National Ballet School.

Elizabeth-Gray has placed 3rd at Universal Ballet Competition in 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2024 as well as 3rd at Youth American Grand Prix in 2020 and top 10 at ADC-IDC in 2024. She has placed 1st at South Carolina Governor’s School Grand Jete competition in 2023 and 2024. Elizabeth-Gray has dreams of dancing professionally in a ballet company. She is grateful and honored to be representing Nikolay as an ambassador!