Department of Theatre & Dance Staff

Anna Patsfall grew up in Cincinnati, OH where she attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts and received her early ballet training under Mark Diamond, Sheila Cohen and Patricia Rozow. She graduated with a BFA in Ballet from the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of music where she studied under Yi Qi Chang, Carol Iwasaki, Oleg Sabline and Jiang Qi. Upon graduation Anna joined Kentucky Ballet Theater in Lexington, KY where she spent twelve seasons. While at Kentucky Ballet Theater, Anna danced leading roles such as Spartucus pas de duex, Fairy Doll pas de trois, Mina/Elizabetta in Dracula, Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen, and Dewdrop in The Nutcracker, Swanhilda in Coppelia, Belle in Beauty and The Beast, Micaela in Carmen, Lilac Fairy, Princess Florine, and Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty, Fairy Godmother in Cinderella and Tinkerbell in Peter Pan, as well as featured roles in works by notable classical and contemporary choreographers. Anna has appeared as a guest dancer in Ponce, PR, Shamburg, IL, Owensboro, KY and Winchester, KY. 

Anna’s choreographic work has been performed by the Kentucky Ballet Theater, Ballet Winchester, The Tallahassee Ballet, Ballet de Camaguey (Cuba), Ballet Senorial (Puerto Rico), Florida State University, and Western Kentucky University. Her creative work has been presented at the American College Dance Association Conference, the Big Muddy Dance Festival, and the Corps de Ballet International conference. Anna has served on the faculty of the Kentucky Ballet Theater, Winchester Ballet, The Tallahassee Ballet, Florida State University and Western Kentucky University. She has appeared as a guest master teacher at summer intensives and workshops including The Kentucky Ballet Theatre, The Suzanne Farrell Young Dancers workshop, Florida State University, Ballet Senorial (PR), the Governor’s School for the Arts (KY), and Dancer’s Pointe (KY). Anna holds a Master of Fine Arts in Dance and Choreography from the Florida State University. She is currently Associate Professor of Dance at Western Kentucky University where she teaches Ballet and Pointe Technique, Dance History, Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology, and Choreography.