Bio

Caroline Rocher began her training at the Conservatoire de Montpellier in France with Madame Claparede and later studied at the Rudra Bejart Lausanne school in Switzerland. After working as a soloist at the Crazy Horse Cabaret in Paris, Miss Rocher went to the United States in 1998 to study at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, in New York City.
 
Six Months later, shortly after she enrolled at the Alvin Ailey Dance School, Miss Rocher joined Dance Theatre of Harlem's "Dancing through Barriers Ensemble". She was then invited to join the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company in 1999, and was promptly promoted to principal dancer the following year.
 
Leading roles with the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company include: South African Suite, Sanguinic in the Four Temperaments, the Siren in The Prodigal Son, Agon Pas de Deux and Second Pas de Trois, Dark Angel in Serenade,
Concerto Barocco, Terpsichore in Apollo, Fancy Free, Dwight Rhoden's Twist, Creole Giselle and Glen Tetley's Sphinx.
 
During the Company's 30th anniversary, as part of the New York City Ballet / Dance Theatre of Harlem collaboration, Miss Rocher performed in Slaughter on Tenth Avenue with NYCB's principal dancer Damien Woetzel.

During the Career Transition for Dancers 2000 Gala, Miss Rocher appeared in Le Spectre de La Rose with American Ballet Theatre's principal dancer Vladimir Malakhov.

Most recently, she created the role of Della Green in Dance Theatre of Harlem's new production of Saint-Louis' Woman, a blues ballet, choreographed by Michael Smuin.

Upon completion of her successful career at the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Caroline Rocher moved to Germany in September 2004 to join the Bayerisches Staatsballett in Munich, where she already danced the part of Lady Capulet in John Cranko's "Romeo et Julia" and also performed in William Forsythe's "Limb's Theorem".
 
Additionally, she also appears in exclusive performances such as the most celebrated "Le Gala des Etoiles du 21eme Siecle" which took place at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris in September 2004.