• Houston Ballet, operated by Houston Ballet Foundation, is a professional ballet company based in Houston, Texas. The company consists of 59 dancers and...
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  • This is a list of individuals who have performed as members of the Houston Ballet. The dancers as of March 2015 are: Franca Floria Robert Blakis - as the...
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    the dogs'". Houston Chronicle. The Bay Area Citizen. Retrieved 2020-06-02. "Bay Area Houston Ballet & Theatre". Bay Area Houston Ballet & Theatre. Retrieved...
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    Julie Kent (dancer) (category American Ballet Theatre principal dancers)
    named the artistic director of The Washington Ballet. She became co-artistic director at the Houston Ballet in July 2023. She was born Julie Cox in Bethesda...
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    Lisa Niemi (category Actresses from Houston)
    professions were her inspiration and encouragement. She graduated from the Houston Ballet Dance Company in 1974. She shortened her surname from Haapaniemi (meaning...
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    full-length classical ballet in two or three acts, first choreographed by Louis Mérante to music by Léo Delibes. The ballet's premiere took place on...
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    time." In 2013, Stanislavsky Ballet danced Mayerling for the first time, with Sergei Polunin as Rudolf. In 2017, Houston Ballet became the first North American...
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    (Houston Grand Opera), ballet (Houston Ballet), music (Houston Symphony Orchestra), and theater (The Alley Theatre, Theatre Under the Stars). Houston is...
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    Carlos Acosta (category Houston Ballet principal dancers)
    English National Ballet, National Ballet of Cuba, Houston Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. He was a permanent member of The Royal Ballet from 1998 to 2015...
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    American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant, it is recognized...
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  • York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and Houston Ballet. The school...
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    for leading Gensler's efforts in designing Hess Tower (Houston, 2010) and the Houston Ballet Center for Dance (2011). However, Gensler has claimed that...
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  • Suzelle Poole (category Houston Ballet soloists)
    an English ballet dancer, dance teacher, and poet. She is a former soloist with Houston Ballet and is known for continuing to perform ballet in her seventies...
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  • Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy is a ballet training school affiliated with the Houston Ballet. The academy is housed in Houston Ballet Center for...
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    Chun Wai Chan (category Houston Ballet principal dancers)
    Chun Wai Chan is a principal ballet dancer with New York City Ballet. Chan is a former principal dancer with Houston Ballet. Chun Wai Chan was born in Huizhou...
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    York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Houston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, LA Dance Project, and Paris Opera Ballet.[citation...
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  • Mao's Last Dancer (film) (category Films about ballet)
    American-based English ballet director Ben Stevenson, impressed by Li's standout talent, seeks him as an exchange student at the Houston Ballet. Li's determined...
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    Carnival of the Animals at City Ballet". Playbill. "John Lithgow adds Houston Ballet dancer to his résumé". The Houston Chronicle. April 23, 2007. Eichel...
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  • before she began ballet dancing at age 12. She trained with Ballet San Jose before receiving a full scholarship into the Houston Ballet at age 15. Betham...
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    Debbie Allen (category Actresses from Houston)
    of North Carolina School of the Arts. Debbie Allen auditioned at the Houston Ballet Academy at the age of twelve but was denied admission. After another...
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  • This is a list of ballet companies in the United States. List of dance companies Yellowstone Ballet Co. Livingston Montana 1991 - present Yellowstoneballet...
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    resident at the Wortham Theater Center. This theatre is also home to the Houston Ballet. In its history, the company has received a Tony Award, two Grammy Awards...
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  • Jeffrey Golladay (category American male ballet dancers)
    Ballet Dallas and further his training at the Houston Ballet Academy. In the summer of 1997, Mr. Golladay officially joined the San Francisco Ballet....
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    Lauren Anderson (dancer) (category Houston Ballet principal dancers)
    (born February 19, 1965) is an American ballet dancer and a former principal dancer with the Houston Ballet. In 1990, she was one of the first African-American...
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    Li Cunxin (category Chinese male ballet dancers)
    subsequently danced with the Houston Ballet for sixteen years, during which he won two silver and a bronze medal at International Ballet Competitions. While dancing...
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    Beresford, playing the part of Ben Stevenson (artistic director of Houston Ballet), in the critically acclaimed film Mao's Last Dancer. He voiced Bruce...
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    Francisco Ballet is the oldest ballet company in the United States, founded in 1933 as the San Francisco Opera Ballet under the leadership of ballet master...
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    Swan Lake (category 1877 ballet premieres)
    National Ballet: Swan Lake". Critical Dance. 9 October 2014. "Swan Lake – Houston Ballet". Retrieved 12 June 2016. "Swan Lake Synopsis – Houston Ballet". Retrieved...
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    preventing Houston ballet performer Li Cunxin from being forcibly repatriated to Communist China. After performing for the Houston Ballet, Cunxin decided...
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  • Mackey Li Cunxin's ex-wife. She met Li Cunxin in the summer at the Houston Ballet and started a secret relationship with him and later she married him...
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