Lindy Mesmer
Company Artist with the Joffrey since 2023
Biography
Lindy Mesmer, from Blacksburg, Virginia, received her early training from Aleksey Plekahanov and Inessa Plekahanova at Radford University Ballet Youth. She trained on scholarship at the School of American Ballet from 2016-2020, and has been an apprentice at the National Ballet of Canada since 2020, where she has performed in productions such as Balanchine’s Serenade (2021), James Kudelka’s The Nutcracker (2021, 2022), Nureyev’sSleeping Beauty (2022), MacMillan’s Concerto (2022), and Karen Kain’s new production of Swan Song (2023). In 2021, Mesmer performed the principal role in George Balanchine's Raymonda Variations at Chautauqua Institution and was featured in Grace Weber’s music video Thru the Fire feat. Chance the Rapper. In 2019, Mesmer performed with the School at Jacob’s Pillow in their yearly summer gala, and an original work by Alysa Pires at New York Choreographic Institute. Between 2013 and 2016, Lindy placed annually at Youth America Grand Prix regionals and competed each year at the YAGP Finals in New York, winning the Gold Medal in 2014.