Bio: Oona Moon Frances comes from a long line of ballet dancers, tappers, and vaudevillian performers. Raised in New York City, she began singing and dancing at a young age through local YMCA programs. After seeing New York City Ballet perform while in first grade, Oona Moon fell in love with ballet. At seven years old, she auditioned for, and was accepted into, the prestigious School of American Ballet (SAB).

While a student in the Children’s Division at SAB, Oona Moon performed in several New York City Ballet productions, including George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, the 50th anniversary of Coppélia, the “pas de quatre” in Tiler Peck’s premiere of Mozartiana, and alongside ballet icon Maria Kowroski in the 2022 Spring Gala at Lincoln Center. In 2025, Oona Moon joined SAB’s Advanced Division.

She has attended summer intensive programs on merit scholarship with American Ballet Theater, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Steps on Broadway, where she studies musical theater, jazz, and hip-hop. She has also trained with Cynthia Harvey and Kurt Froman.

Outside of her ballet work, Oona Moon has appeared in digital content for NBC and Capezio dancewear. From 2022 to 2024, she attended the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan, performing in a variety of musical theater productions as a vocalist. In 2020, she appeared in several episodes of Ron Howard’s On Pointe for Disney+.