Stefan Calka

Stefan began training with the legendary Violette Verdy while at Indiana University. With The Sacramento Ballet, he has danced numerous principal roles including: The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Desire), Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried), Ron Cunningham’s Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Carmina Burana (Beige Couple), Dracula (Count Dracula, Jonathon Harker), and The Great Gatsby (Jay Gatsby). Stefan has also danced Principal roles in the works of George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, Trey McIntyre, Lila York, Septime Webre, Amy Seiwert, Matthew Neenan, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Ma Cong, Jodie Gates, Edwaard Liang, and Adam Hougland, to name a few. As a choreographer he has annually created for Sacramento Ballet’s Beer and Ballet series, has created two premiers for the Modern Masters series, and has had his work showcased at Sacramento Ballet’s performances at the Mondavi Center.

He toured China with John Clifford’s production of Casablanca at the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. He also assisted Mr. Clifford in staging Balanchine ballets for both the Kirov Ballet and Bolshoi Ballet during the International Balanchine Centennial Celebration. For the past decade, Stefan has been a teacher, ballet master, and choreographer for the Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Summer Dance Workshop bringing his knowledge and experience from the ballet world to the next generation of aspiring pre-professionals. Stefan is a founding member, dancer, and choreographer of Capital Dance Project.

Stefan is currently one of the Rehearsal Directors for Sacramento Ballet.