{"id":10782,"date":"2021-03-18T14:24:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T14:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=10782"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:24","slug":"matthew-frezzell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2021\/03\/18\/matthew-frezzell\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Frezzell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-block-id=\"block-e4b82882-70e3-4f8b-ba57-c63392e31fe8\">\n<h2><strong>Matthew Frezzell<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Orlando Ballet II (2017-2018)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>San Diego Ballet (2018-2020)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Columbia City Ballet (2020-present)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block-id=\"block-cc017959-052f-4f12-abe6-f2dea10d52e2\">\n<figure style=\"width: 443px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ql-img\" src=\"https:\/\/t8541063.p.clickup-attachments.com\/t8541063\/13a0c72b-2b2a-4e72-987f-0881d3ca0927\/Screen%20Shot%202021-03-16%20at%2010.11.31%20AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"457\" data-id=\"13a0c72b-2b2a-4e72-987f-0881d3ca0927.png\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B-BgWg8AWYE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frezzell&#8217;s Instagram<\/a>, uncredited.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block-id=\"block-f8e33bb4-7378-4fa5-b49f-e651910ffac0\">Matthew Frezzell began his training with Janina Bove and Suzanne Lownsbury Long at Ballet Virginia International. He was selected as one of 13 students to attend the summer program of Virginia\u2019s Governor\u2019s School for the Arts in 2014 before starting at the Orlando Ballet School Academy in 2015.<\/div>\n<div data-block-id=\"block-e7252a08-075f-47f7-b507-c43c0c1d8561\">The next year, Frezzell became a trainee at Orlando Ballet and joined their second company in 2017. His repertory with Orlando Ballet II included <em>Romeo and Juliet<\/em>, <em>Piano Concerto No. 2<\/em>, <em>Swan Lake<\/em>, and <em>The Firebird<\/em>.<\/div>\n<div data-block-id=\"block-77389b49-c24f-4023-b4a5-3fd0beb78aed\">\n<p>After joining San Diego Ballet in 2018, Frezzell performed the roles of Basilio in <em>Don Quixote<\/em> and Bottom in <em>A Midsummer\u2019s Night Dream<\/em>. He left in 2020 and joined Columbia City Ballet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 339px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ql-img\" src=\"https:\/\/t8541063.p.clickup-attachments.com\/t8541063\/4e4e35b2-1872-4907-b2b5-f9cccbfec079\/Screen%20Shot%202021-03-16%20at%2010.13.11%20AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"339\" height=\"302\" data-id=\"4e4e35b2-1872-4907-b2b5-f9cccbfec079.png\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frezzell with Jessica Conniff, San Diego Ballet. Photo by Manuel Rotenberg.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div data-block-id=\"block-77389b49-c24f-4023-b4a5-3fd0beb78aed\">\n<figure style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ql-img\" src=\"https:\/\/t8541063.p.clickup-attachments.com\/t8541063\/cb05b7a3-37ee-4168-a8fa-968179573441\/image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"340\" data-id=\"cb05b7a3-37ee-4168-a8fa-968179573441.png\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/dancersanddogs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dancers and Dogs<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-block-id=\"block-77389b49-c24f-4023-b4a5-3fd0beb78aed\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-block-id=\"block-77389b49-c24f-4023-b4a5-3fd0beb78aed\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-block-id=\"block-77389b49-c24f-4023-b4a5-3fd0beb78aed\"><\/div>\n<div data-block-id=\"block-d5c1697c-da0d-4b1d-8166-37785c538663\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"https:\/\/columbiacityballet.com\/dancer\/matthew-frezzell-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Frezzell, Columbia City Ballet<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegoballet.org\/artists\/company\/matthew-frezzell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Frezzell, San Diego Ballet<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/dancers-and-dogs-photography\/2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charming Photos of Playful Pups Taking Center Stage with Professional Ballet Dancers, My Modern Met<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orangeobserver.com\/photo\/black-tie-art-medicine-gala-matthew-frezzell-guided-guests-ballet-performance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Tie: The Art of Medicine Gala, Orange Observer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Social media:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instagram <a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mattfrezzell32\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@mattfrezzell32<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Frezzell Orlando Ballet II (2017-2018) San Diego Ballet (2018-2020) Columbia City Ballet (2020-present) Matthew Frezzell began his training with Janina Bove [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dancers"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10782"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10796,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782\/revisions\/10796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}