At 17, Kretzschmar moved to
New York City to attend the
School of American Ballet at
Lincoln Center, where she studied under
Suki Schorer, Suzi Pillare,
Kay Mazzo,
Peter Martins,
Sean Lavery, and
Andrei Kramarevsky. Kretzschmar holds a bachelor's degree in Communications from Fordham University. She is currently the artistic director of Ballet Hartford and co-hosts the New York City Ballet podcast "The Rosin Box". She is a co-founder of Arthouse2B. In 2020, Kretzschmar choreographed
Rachmaninoff Variations set to
Rachmaninoff's music,
"Variations on a Theme of Chopin" for the New York Choreographic Institute. In 2022, she choreographed
Rhapsodie set to commissioned music by Lauren Vandervelden. For Ballet Hartford, she choreographed
A Ceremony of Carols in 2023, with
music of the same title by
Benjamin Britten, and
Venus in 2024, with music from
Gustav Holst's "
The Planets". In 2024, Kretzschmar choreographed
Raffaella, an original full-length narrative ballet that premiered at the
Morris Performing Arts Center in
South Bend, Indiana. A filmed live-stage recording of
Raffaella was produced and premiered on October 31, 2024 at the
University of Notre Dame.
Awards • 2015
Martin E. Segal Award for rising artists • 2017
Janice Levin Award == References ==