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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).
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 was hoping to find a ballet version of the jazz dance competitions that were very popular at the time, yet there were no ballet competitions for students in the U.S. In 1999, together with her husband Gennadi Saveliev (then a soloist with American Ballet Theatre) she decided to create one – and founded Youth America Grand Prix.
The auditions continue Tuesday night on Season 19 of America’s Got Talent with 13 new acts auditioning for judges Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Sofia Vergara. Each artist hopes ...
The company is planning a weekend of free dance Sept. 13-14 with "Ballet Under the Stars" at Scissortail Park and Dance Day at OKC Ballet's home. OKC Ballet opening 2024-2025 season with free ...
Julie Kent (born Julie Cox, 1969) [1] is an American ballet dancer; she was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre from 1993 to June 2015. In 2016, she was named the artistic director of The Washington Ballet. [2] She became co-artistic director at the Houston Ballet in July 2023.
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Lauren Anderson (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 ballerinas to become a principal for a major dance company, an important milestone in American ballet.