Ellenora McKie grew up in Minnesota and started dancing at the age of 11. She danced as a student with Twin Cities Ballet in a number of productions such as Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Giselle, Coppelia, The Nutcracker, Pink Floyd's The Wall - A Rock Ballet, and The Wizard of Oz. Ellenora has attended many summer intensives at ABT, San Francisco Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Ballet West, and Houston Ballet. Most recently, Ellenora has trained in the Studio Training Company at Texas Ballet Theater and has performed with the TBT company in Peter and the wolf, Beauty and the Beast,  Dracula, The Nutcracker, and Cinderella.