Raven Loan

Sponsored by Linda L. Sell, M.D.

Raven Loan was born in South Australia and began her dance training at Terry Simpson Studios. She has attended Summer Intensive programs at Ballet Summer Estonia, The Washington School of Ballet, and the School of American Ballet. Loan studied at the HARID Conservatory’s year-round training program, where she received Dance Study awards and the Certificate of Scholarship. Loan has also received the Jeannot B. Cerrone Award for excellence in performance.  

She joined Milwaukee Ballet II for the 2022/23 Season, during which she performed with the Company in several works by Michael Pink, including Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Hunchback of Notre Dame, and as a Lost Boy in Peter Pan. She also performed as Aurora in “Aurora’s Wedding” from The Sleeping Beauty during Milwaukee Ballet II’s showcase Momentum.

She was promoted to the Company in 2023. Since then, she has performed in Michael Pink's Dracula and Cinderella, as Songbird and Princess Florine in Sleeping Beauty, and as Clara in The Nutcracker. SHe has also perfomed in Kenneth Tindall's Casanova, Mark Godden's Carmen, and contemporary works by Lorenzo di Loreto, Tsai Hsi Hung, and Amanda Lewis.