COMPANY PROFILES
First Soloists
Tyler Donatelli* The Houston Ballet Guild First Soloist Birthplace Huntington Beach, California Dance Training Southland Ballet Academy, Houston Ballet Academy
Mónica Gómez
Julian Amir Lacey Gian Carlo Perez
Harper Watters*
Birthplace Havana, Cuba
Birthplace Atlanta, Georgia
Birthplace Havana, Cuba
Birthplace Dover, New Hampshire
Dance Training National Ballet School of Cuba
Dance Training Ballet San Jose School, Teen Dance Company, City Ballet School San Francisco, School of American Ballet, Apprentice Program Palucca University of Dance / Semperoper Ballett Dresden Joined the Company as First Soloist 2024
Dance Training Escuela de ballet Alejo Carpentier, Escuela Nacional de ballet Fernando Alonso
Dance Training Houston Ballet
Academy, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Portsmouth School of Ballet
Joined the Company 2014 Promoted to First Soloist 2022
Joined the Company 2015 Promoted to First Soloist 2019
Joined the Company as First Soloist 2023
Joined the Company 2011 Promoted to First Soloist 2021
Soloists
Simone Acri
Bridget Allinson-Kuhns*
Eric Best*
Aoi Fujiwara*
Danbi Kim*
Birthplace Indianapolis, Indiana Generously underwritten by James Stafford and Deborah Keyser
Generously underwritten by Cabrina and Steven Owsley
Birthplace Saitama, Japan
Birthplace Columbus, Ohio
Birthplace Osaka, Japan
Birthplace Suwon, Republic of Korea
Jacquelyn Long*
Naazir Muhammad*
Aaron Daniel Sharratt*
Alyssa Springer*
Sayako Toku
Generously underwritten by Marianne and Joe Geagea
Birthplace Cleveland, Ohio
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York
Birthplace Tuscon, Arizona
Birthplace Orange County, California
Birthplace Hyogo, Japan
* denotes dancers who have trained in the Houston Ballet Academy
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