Jaden Ouellette

Jaden started his professional career as a Trainee with Portland Ballet in August 2023 after graduating from Edward Little High School in Auburn, ME. He spent the summer of 2023 at the nationally renowned Boston Ballet’s summer intensive. Last season, Jaden trained in the Portland Ballet’s Pre-Professional Division under Sabir Yapporov, Nell Shipman, Kaitlyn Hayes, and Adam Miller. He also attended Portland Ballet’s summer intensive the summer of 2022. Jaden enjoyed performing roles in Portland Ballet’s Sylvia, Giselle, and A Victorian Nutcracker as Frank and in Portland School of Ballet’s Building Ballets Series: Coppelia as Franz.

Jaden started training in 2019 at The Dance Center in Auburn, ME under Elizabeth Hansen, Amelia Pullen, Heather Baxter, Rachel Gantaume Richard, and Lily Yarnevich. Jaden’s training included ballet, modern, hip hop, and jazz. He performed in The Nutcracker Christmas as the Harlequin Doll, a Spanish Dancer, and a Co-Lead Chinese Dancer.