Lia Cirio

Lia Cirio began her training at Swarthmore Ballet Theatre and went on to train at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. At the age of 16, she won the National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts award in Ballet, and she was invited by Mikko Nissinen to join Boston Ballet II. She was Boston Ballet’s Princess Grace nominee for 2004. Cirio was promoted to the corps de ballet in 2004, to Second Soloist in 2006, and to Soloist in 2007. From 2008-2009, Cirio toured with Trey McIntyre Project, performing throughout the United States and worldwide. She returned to Boston Ballet in 2009 and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2010. Cirio has danced numerous classical, neo-classical, and contemporary roles for Boston Ballet, and has been hailed as “one of the most accomplished actress-dancers in the company” by The Patriot Ledger. She has performed in galas and as a guest artist around the world. Cirio was named in Dance Magazine’s first “On the Rise” feature article, and has been featured in additional articles in Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit Magazine, NBC Asian America, and on the cover of Pointe Magazine, among others. She and her brother, Jeffrey, formed Cirio Collective in 2015, and she serves as the Assistant Artistic Director and Public Relations Manager for the company. Cirio began her choreographic career with her piece, “Sta(i)r(e)s” for Boston Ballet’s ChoreograpHER Project. She went on to choreograph two more works for Boston Ballet School and ChoreograHER, as well as a work for Ballet Academy East in NYC. Cirio is currently working on a new work for Boston Ballet's main stage scheduled to premiere February 2022.