About me
Carly Jerstad is originally from Evansville, IN and earned her BFA in dance from Ball State University. While at Ball State, she studied extensively with artists such as Sidra Bell and Noa Shadur. Post grad, Carly spent a year as a trainee with the Big Muddy Dance Company in St. Louis, Mo., then moved to New York City to complete Broadway Dance Center's Professional Semester. There she spent time training with Skye Mattox, Chip Abbot, Josh Assor and Rachel Lee Dolan amongst many others with a chance to perform pieces by Shannon Lewis, Shelly Hutchinson and Alex Mitchell.
Vocally, Carly has been singing all her life performing lead roles in musicals and singing pop/rock in talent and variety shows. She has also studied classically, performing Die Fledermaus in Ball State’s Opera Theatre.
Carly enjoyed using all her talents as a Singer/Dancer for Celebrity Cruise Lines, soon to be on Celebrity Equinox.
Carly has a passion for Color Guard and has spent two summers performing with the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps (2016-17) and spent the last summer teaching movement for the 2022 Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps.
Carly currently lives in New York City taking class and training for her next contract.
