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During the 1950s, Houston Ballet Academy was established under the leadership of Tatiana Semenova, a former dancer with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. 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.
The Houston Ballet has its origins in the Houston Ballet Academy, which was established in 1955 under the leadership of Tatiana Semenova, a former dancer with the Ballets Russes. [7] In 1969, the foundation formed a professional ballet company under the direction of Nina Popova, also a former dancer with the Ballet Russes and the American ...
Ben Stevenson OBE (born 4 April 1936), is a former ballet dancer with Britain's Royal Ballet and English National Ballet, co-director of National Ballet of Washington, D.C. (1971–1974), artistic director of Chicago Ballet (1974-1975), artistic director of Houston Ballet (1976–2003), and artistic director of Texas Ballet Theater (2003–2022).
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. [1] [2] She appeared in many ballets such as Don Quixote, Cleopatra ...
Tatiana Semenova (July 17, 1920–September 24, 1996) was a Russian -born ballet dancer and dance teacher. She was the founding director of the Houston Ballet Academy. [1] Semenova was born in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg ), Russia, but moved with her family to Paris, France when she was five. At the age of seven, Semenova began studying with ...
Houston Ballet. Website. suzellepoole .com. Suzelle Poole, also known as Madame Poole, (née Engelsmith; born 1940) is 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.
Current group. Houston Ballet (1992-2013) Mireille Hassenboehler (born 1973) is an American former professional ballet dancer who performed as a principal dancer with the Houston Ballet until 2013. [2] Hassenboehler was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She trained with Harvey Hysell until the age of seventeen. After studying at the San Francisco ...
Sacramento Ballet. San Francisco Ballet School. Ballet San Jose. Savannah Ballet Theatre. School of American Ballet. Surrendered School of Dance.