Vita

PRESTON joined Ballet Fantastique as a PRINCIPAL in 2022 | featured BFan roles listed below

Preston Andrew Patterson is a native of Atlanta, Georgia where he began his training with Ballethnic Academy of Dance. At 14, Preston enrolled at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and at age 19 he completed his dance training with The National Ballet School of Canada. Preston joined Ballet Austin as an apprentice before joining the full company, where he was a member from 2008-2022. In his time at Ballet Austin, he danced works by George Balanchine, Christopher Wheeldon, Justin Peck, and Pam Tanowitz.

Preston has previously appeared with Ballet Fantastique in 5x5 at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts and in the company’s 2013 Italy tour. This is Preston’s 3rd season with Ballet Fantastique. He has enjoyed originating the roles of Serge Devereux in Murder at the Ballet (with original score Juan Luqui, world premiere 2024), and Prince John in Robin Hood (with Nottingham, world premiere 2023), and the Fairy Godfather in Cinderella: The Rock Opera (with Shelley & Cal & the Agents of Unity, 2024 performances), as well as exploring previously created characters in Babes in Toyland, Sleepy Hollow, and Pride and Prejudice: A Parisian Jazz Ballet. See full list of featured performances, below.

Preston looks forward to making his Queen-inspired debut in Ballet Fantastique’s Aladdin.

Quick Facts

Hometown:
Atlanta, GA

Ballet Fantastique: 
Since 2022, favorite role Ichabod Crane in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Favorites: 
Sleepytime tea, showtunes, preparing Friday night dinner

More:
In addition to many arts collaborations, Preston is a founding Resident Choreographer with AfroHouse in Baltimore, MD

PHOTOS OF PRESTON: Tony Spielberg, stephanie urso

 

*ORIGINATED ROLE

  • George Wickham in Pride & Prejudice: A Parisian Jazz Ballet (with Gerry Rempel Jazz Syndicate, 2025 performances)

  • Ebenezer Scrooge in American Christmas Carol (with Grammy®-nominated Halie Loren, 2024 performances)

  • Serge Devereaux, The Director* in Murder at the Ballet (with Juan Luqui, 2024 premiere + tour)

  • The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland: Remix (2024 performances + tour)

  • The Fairy Godfather in Cinderella: The Rock Opera (with Shelley & Cal & the Agents of Unity, 2024)

  • Barnaby Barnacle and Tom, Tom, The Piper’s Son in Babes in Toyland (with Swing Shift Jazz Orchestra, 2022 + 2023 performances + tour)

  • The Poet in Nevermore: Stories of Edgar Allan Poe (with Liz Dorman, 2023)

  • Prince John* in Robin Hood & Maid Marian (with Nottingham, premiere 2023)

  • Ichabod Crane in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (with Dréos + Gerry Rempel Ensemble, 2022 performances + tour)