Chloë Riker-Shah

Choreographer, Ballet Mistress, Business Partner/ Owner

Chloë is a native of Southern California. Chloë began dancing at Riverside Ballet Arts at 4 years old where she studied Classical Ballet technique under Glenda Carhart & her mother Kathleen Riker. She has also studied under Damian Diaz, Michel Gervais & David Allan. 

Chloë was the captain choreographer for Beaumont Senior High School's theater department starting in 2013. She choreographed the following full-length musicals; The King & I, The Sound of Music, The Fiddler on the Roof, and Les Misérables. After graduating in 2017, she was hired back to choreograph The Music Man. She took Ballet classes at BYU-Idaho under Patricia Dienhart from 2017-2018. 

In 2023 she was hired to choreograph Mama Mia where she was nominated for the Lucy Arnaz award for Best Choreography. She returned earlier this year as Choreographer of West Side Story where she was nominated again for Best Choreography.

Chloë performed in David Allan’s Nutcracker  for 18 consecutive years in various Corps de Ballet & Character Roles. These roles include: Frau Silberhaus, King Rat, Courtier, Waltz & Snow Understudy. She later taught & rehearsed David’s choreography for the intermediate Corps de Ballet & children's roles and was promoted to Ballet Mistress in 2019. 

Chloë became a partner at Riverside Ballet Arts LLC in 2019 where she continues as Director of the schools beginning through intermediate training programs including: Creative Movement, Children’s Ballet Technique or Level Classes, Adult Ballet,  Musical Theatre Jazz classes, Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) Body Conditioning & more. She’s enjoyed mentoring young adult advanced dancers in assisting and currently teaching at RBA.