Velocity Program

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 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*

Birthplace Indianapolis, Indiana Generously underwritten by James Stafford and Deborah Keyser

Birthplace Saitama, Japan

Birthplace Columbus, Ohio

Birthplace Osaka, Japan

Danbi Kim*

Jacquelyn Long*

Naazir Muhammad*

Aaron Daniel Sharratt*

Alyssa Springer*

Birthplace Suwon, Republic of Korea Generously underwritten by Cabrina and Steven Owsley

Birthplace Cleveland, Ohio

Birthplace Brooklyn, New York

Birthplace Tuscon, Arizona

Birthplace Orange County, California

* denotes dancers who have trained in the Houston Ballet Academy

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