Mrs. Cara Matchett danced with Charlotte Ballet, was a Principal with the American Contemporary Ballet, and is a company dancer, teacher, and choreographer with Ballet Project Orange County.  She attended Chautauqua Institution on full scholarship two summers in a row and upon graduation was chosen by Jean–Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride to join Charlotte Ballet, where she danced for two seasons.

After that, she moved to Los Angeles where she was a principal dancer with the American Contemporary Ballet for 5 years. She started dancing with Ballet Project Orange County during the pandemic, and recently joined full time as a company dancer, teacher, and choreographer. Some of her performance highlights include principal roles in George Balanchine’s Serenade, Concerto Barocco, Who Cares, Élégie, Raymonda Variations, Swan Lake, and The Nutcracker, and Merce Cunningham’s Duets, Dwight Rhoden’s The Groove, and Antony Tudor’s Dark Élégie. She is also a certified Classical Pilates and Gyrotonic Instructor.