Suzanne Lopez
Close-Up
Suzanne Lopez joined The Joffrey Ballet in September 1991, after a season as a member of The Joffrey II dancers.
Born and raised in Summit, New Jersey, Ms. Lopez began her training at the Garden State Ballet School, studied at the New Jersey School of Ballet, and was a scholarship student at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York.
Ms. Lopez´s extensive list of repertory performed with The Joffrey Ballet includes principal roles in Birthday Variations, Kettentanz, L´Air D´Espirit, Les Patineurs, Les Presages, Lilac Garden, The Moor´s Pavane, Pas Des Deeses, Petrouchka, and Remembrances, as well as The Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.
Lopez plays the role of Suzanne in Robert Altman´s film “The Company,” which also features her wedding to Master Carpenter Keith Prisco. She and her husband are expecting their first child in April 2005.