Company Artists
Indira Cunningham
Indira is a performing and visual artist and a native to Atlanta, Georgia. She began her dance training at Atlanta Festival Ballet. As she grew up, Indira fell in love with ballet, and began to train pre-professionally with Ballethnic Academy of Dance. She has had the opportunity to perform throughout the southeast, participate in summer intensive programs at Ballethnic, Orlando Ballet, and Oklahoma City Ballet, under a merit scholarship. Indira received her education from Woodward Academy in College Park, GA, and Ben Franklin Academy in Atlanta, where she joined a work-study program that allowed her to accept an apprenticeship with Ballethnic Dance Company.
Indira continued her education at the University of Oklahoma in fall 2017 as a National Award Scholar and a member of the Honors College while dancing as a Trainee, and later, Studio Company member of the Oklahoma City Ballet. While continuing her studies, she moved to Houston to dance as a member of Vitacca Ballet II. She graduated in 3 years in May of 2020 with her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, with Academic Distinction and a 4.0 GPA. During the 2020-21 season, Indira was grateful to have had the opportunity to work with Dance Canvas; Peace, Love, and Dance Project Atlanta; and Ballethnic Dance Company. Indira is an inaugural member of Confluence, joining in 2021, and she is elated to be back for our second season!