Esmiana Jaho

The Albanian-born dancer is now America’s Classical Ballerina.

Jani brings to her professional life a broad spectrum of life experiences, including her happy childhood days in Albania. Jani’s career began with ballet classes in her homeland of Albania. With her natural talent and the support of her community, she stepped on stage at age 4 to perform the first of many ballet recitals throughout Albania. Since her childhood recitals she has lived in various parts of the world during the twenty-plus years of her life. Born in Albania, she moved to Greece with her parents at age 5, and when she was 8 her family moved to the United States.