Barbara Beneville

Barbara was born in Englewood, NJ and at the age of 2 she saw a ballerina spin across the television screen and she was taken. From 2 ~ 16 she studied with the Wayne Ballet Company under Annette McKenna (ABT) and was invited into Joffrey at 9 years old. Not leaving their middle daughter in NY, the family moved to MN and then back to Atlanta GA, where she studied with the Decatur/DeKalb Ballet Company. With sports and studies now a bigger part of life after graduation from high school and now studying biology in the dental field she kept on foot in the performing world. During college she was a part of the performing group, The Georgia Peaches and was discovered and asked to audition for a live show in Philadelphia. With no head shot and resume and not a clue as to this side of the business she ended up choreographing the show and working with such talent as Bonnie and Terry Turner and Jan Hooks who encouraged her to get an agent....on the side. She dove into the business while finishin