Jordan Mercer Lantz

Jordan Mercer’s professional ballet career has taken her all over the United States. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jordan grew up training in the school at Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, where she had the opportunity to perform alongside the company in multiple ballets. She then was selected to join Ballet Austin’s Professional Division Training Program and danced with them for two years before joining the Alabama Ballet. For the last five years, Jordan has been dancing with the Chicago Repertory Ballet, one of Chicago’s premiere contemporary ballet companies. As a senior member, she has gotten to dance in many ballets including The Four Seasons, Bolero, A Symphony for Hope, and as Lady Macbeth in Wade Schaaf’s full length ballet of Macbeth. Throughout her career, she has gotten to work with choreographers such as Wade Schaaf, Roger Vanfleteren, Christopher Bruce, Kiesha Lalama, Gina Patterson, Kameron Saunders, Germaul Barnes, Tenley Dickey, and Shannon Alvis.  Jordan has also spent many years giving back to the next generation. She has taught in Alabama Ballet’s RAD certified Academy, has worked in summer dance and theater programs for Samford University and Point Park University, has acted as assistant to the choreographer for the National Highschool Musical Theater Awards in New York City, and has spent the last five years teaching for several studios in the Chicagoland Area.