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During the 1950s, [1] Houston Ballet Academy was established under the leadership of Tatiana Semenova, a former dancer with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. [2] [3] In July 2003, Houston Ballet Academy was renamed Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy in honor of Ben Stevenson, former artistic director of the professional company and director of the academy.
She attended her first ballet class at age 11, and later trained at the Faubourg School of Ballet, while attending high school, and attended summer intensives at Houston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet School, School of American Ballet in New York City and The Royal Ballet School in London. [1] [2] [3]
Dunn was raised in Glen Burnie, Maryland and began dancing at the Edna Lee Dance Studio, following in the steps of his older sister. [2] He attended the Kirov Academy of Ballet's summer intensive program, [2] then from 2009 to 2012, trained at the Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia.
Houston Ballet, operated by Houston Ballet Foundation, is a professional ballet company based in Houston, Texas. [2] The company consists of 59 dancers and produces over 85 performances per year. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is the 5th largest ballet company in the United States (by number of dancers).
The Princeton Ballet School's summer intensive, established in 1981, run by Princeton Ballet School director Aydmara Cabrera is an internationally renowned five-week program for young dancers from age 12 through 23 years old. [5]
Webb was invited to join Houston Ballet in 1997, at the age of 18. [2] She was promoted to soloist in 2000 and to principal in 2003. [3]She performed the lead roles in a number of Ben Stevenson’s classical productions, including Aurora and Blue Bird in The Sleeping Beauty, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Kitri in Don Quixote, Swanilda in Coppélia, Alice and Tiger Lily ...
Dance training at one of the state-funded schools, his father decided, would teach the boy discipline and provide him with a free lunch every day. He studied ballet at the Cuban National Ballet School with many influential teachers, including Ramona de Sáa. In June 1991 he received his diploma with maximum qualifications and a gold medal.
From 2002 to 2019, the Rockettes presented a dance training program called the Rockettes Summer Intensive. This weeklong dance education program offered aspiring dancers the opportunity to train with current Radio City Rockettes and choreographers and learn choreography from the Rockettes repertoire.