Born in Pompano Beach, Florida, Jo-Ann Sundermeier began her dance training with Liana Navarro in Miami when she was eight years old before entering the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School’s Professional Division in 1997. She became an Apprentice with the company in 2003 and soared through the ranks to Principal dancer in 2012.

Sundermeier’s repertoire includes the dueling roles of Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Giselle and Myrtha inGiselle, and Princess Aurora inThe Sleeping Beauty. She also danced La Goulue, a role created for her in Moulin Rouge® – The Balletby choreographer Jorden Morris, as well as Tinker Bell inPeter Pan, Russian Girl in Balanchine’sSerenade, Second Violin inConcerto Barocco

,and the Grand pas de deux from Nutcracker.Additional repertoire includes Romeo & Juliet, Val Caniparoli’s A Cinderella Story,Raymonda, Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room, Toer van Schayk’s Seventh Symphony, and Mark Godden’s Dracula.

Sundermeier has performed with Q Dance for the past three seasons and was selected by acclaimed choreographer Peter Quanz to perform his work In Tandem at the prestigious Guggenheim Museum in New York City.