Wes Shunk, Boys Ballet Instructor
Wes began taking classes at Champaign Ballet Academy in 2020 after performing in the 2019 production of The Nutcracker. A Senior Company member of CU Ballet since 2021, he has performed several leading roles including The Nutcracker Prince, Sugarplum Cavalier, and the Rose King in The Nutcracker, Prince Désiré in The Sleeping Beauty, the Prince in Cinderella, and Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake. Wes is committed to mentoring boys in ballet and building future generations of dancers. He began teaching at Champaign Ballet Academy in 2023, and currently teaches the Boys Ballet Class. Wes is an engineering student in the Parkland Pathway to UIUC program, and intends to pursue Nuclear Engineering once he transfers into the University of Illinois.