Isabella Bertellotti is from San Diego, California and began her ballet training at age eight at Danceology Academy of Classical Ballet with Elena Baltovick. Isabella continued her pre-professional training at California Professional Ballet Program under Maxim Tchernychev, where she danced for six years until joining Tulsa Ballet as a trainee in 2020. She has attended Bolshoi Ballet Academy’s summer intensive and The Washington Ballet on scholarship. She was also a finalist at the Spotlight Awards in Los Angeles and awarded First Place at the Youth America Grand Prix and competed in the New York City Finals multiple times. Isabella is excited to begin her professional career here at Charlotte Ballet.