Nina Yoshida-Webster was born in New York City and began her ballet training at New Jersey School of Ballet. At age 15, she was invited to train professionally with Gelsey Kirkland in NYC. Nina has performed professionally with Gelsey Kirkland Ballet, New Jersey Ballet, American Repertory Ballet, and Asian American Ballet Project. In 2021, Nina moved to Providence, RI to dance with Ballet Rhode Island. She has performed as a principal dancer in a wide range of classical and contemporary repertoire, including Kitri in Don Quixote, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, the Sugarplum Fairy and the Snow Queen in the Nutcracker, Stepsister in Cinderella, Jumping girl in George Balanchine’s Who Cares? Eternal Spring pas de deux in Leonid Yakobsen’s Rodin, and Yusha Marie Sorzano’s Two Women duet. Nina is thrilled to be choreographing for Choreography Project for the first time!