Company Dancers

Courtney Haynes
Courtney Haynes started dancing when she was 5 at Mountain Dance in Fort Collins, Colorado then at Kehl School of Dance in Madison, Wisconsin. When her family moved to Bozeman in 2004, she began training at Montana Ballet Company. Ms. Haynes continued dancing with them during the transition to Main Street Dance Theatre and came to the Montana Ballet Company's Academy for its first year. Ms. Haynes has been involved in numerous Nutcracker productions and has danced many roles, including the Rat Queen and Clara. Despite a painful injury she is now back to her full ability and proudly dances with 3 screws in her foot. Ms. Haynes is very excited to begin her first Season as an MBC Company Dancer.

Isabel Milkovich
Isabel Milkovich began her dance training in 1998 at Yellowstone Ballet School. While there, she performed in the world premieres of Romeo and Juliet of the Rockies, Hiawatha, and Hansel and Gretel. She recently returned from Pennsylvania, where she studied ballet, jazz, and modern for two years at Mercyhurst College. She also performed in and choreographed for the operas Don Giovanni and Opera Pops and Sizzles. Her favorite roles are Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, a Gypsy from Carmen in Opera Pops and Sizzles, and performing in Circular Thoughts. Isabel is excited to be dancing in Montana again and looks forward to a fun season with the Montana Ballet Company.

Lottie Ortman
Lottie Ortman began her dance career at the age of 12, performing with the Pacific Northwest Ballet Company as a ladybug. Ms. Ortman subsequently trained at the Montana Ballet Company under the direction of Ann Bates and continued with Main Street Dance Theatre and the Dance Center. Ms. Ortman has performed for many years as a corps de ballet member of the Montana Ballet Company, and has danced such roles as the Rat Queen and the Columbine Doll in Nutcracker, and the Spanish doll in Coppelia. Ms. Ortman has a life-long passion for dance and is happy to join MBC again this Season as a Company Dancer.

Caitlyn Ross Raczkowski
Caitlyn Ross Raczkowski, originally from Bozeman, Montana, began fostering her love for ballet at the young age of three. At 13, she attended the Eglevsky Ballet's summer program in Long Island, NY. ABT's Detroit summer program was her next venture, and at 15, Caitlyn made the leap across the seas to the Salzburg International Ballet Academy in beautiful Austria. Asked to return the following semester, Ms. Raczkowski joined the Salzburg Ballet Academy where she completed the first half of her Junior year. She also toured with the company performing the Tchaikovsky Ballet and Carmen in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. Returning to Bozeman for her Senior year, Ms. Raczkowski happily continued dancing for Montana Ballet Company in several Nutcrackers, contemporary productions, and a ground-breaking multi-media collaboration with Patrick Leonard, Jennifer Grace, and Amy Stoddart resulting in a one woman ballet titled, "The First Day." The following Season she joined the San Diego Ballet Company where she danced as a soloist. Ms. Raczkowski hopes to someday direct her own neo-classical/contemporary company. This Season she is pleased to be back with Montana Ballet Company.