List of Houston Ballet performers

This is a list of individuals who have performed as members of the Houston Ballet.

2014-2015 season

The dancers as of March 2015 are:^[1]

Principals

--> Franca Florio --> • Robert Blakis - as the bay harbour butcher

Simon Ball[2] Ian Casady[3]

Ermanno Florio[4]

Karina Gonzalez[5] Yuriko Kajiya[6]

Melody Mennite[7][8] Connor Walsh[9]

Sara Webb[10]

First soloists

Jessica Collado[11]

Linnar Looris[12]

Jared Matthews[13]

Katharine Precourt[14]

Soloists

Soo Youn Cho Christopher Coomer James Gotesky

Oliver Halkowich Nozomi Iijima

Nao Kusuzaki Allison Miller

Aaron Robison Lauren Strongin Charles-Louis Yoshiyama

Demi soloists

Emily Bowen

Elise Elliott (née Judson)

Christopher Gray

Jim Nowakowski

Corps de ballet

Asia Bui Ana Calderon Chun Wai Chan Shahar Dori Rupert Edwards Rhodes Elliott

Rhys Kosakowski Bridget Kuhns Dylan Lackey Zecheng Liang Jacquelyn Long Katelyn May

William Newton Aaron Sharratt Madeline Skelly Alyssa Springer Hayden Stark Megumi Takeda

Natalie Varnum Brian Waldrep Harper Watters Joel Woellner Chae Eun Yang

Apprentices

Kaleigh Courts Tyler Donatelli

Aoi Fujiwara Satoko Konishi

Mallory Mehaffey Deanna Pearson

Michael Ryan

2012-2013 season

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Principals

Simon Ball[16] Ian Casady[17]

Karina Gonzalez[18] Mireille Hassenboehler[19]

Melody Mennite[20][21] Connor Walsh[22]

Joseph Walsh[23] Sara Webb[24]

First soloists

Melissa Hough[25]

Linnar Looris[26]

Kelly Myernick[27]

Soloists

Jessica Collado Christopher Coomer James Gotesky

Oliver Halkowich Ilya Kozadayev

Nao Kusuzaki Katharine Precourt

Aaron Robison Lauren Strongin

Demi soloists

Soo Youn Cho Nozomi Iijima

Allison Miller

Charles-Louis Yoshiyama

Jim Nowakowski

Corps de ballet

Aria Alekzander Emily Bowen Chun Wai Chan Shahar Dori Rupert Edwards

Rhodes Elliott Sadie Elliot Christopher Gray Elise Judson Jacquelyn Long

Katelyn May Madison Morris William Newton Derek Dunn Aaron Sharratt

Megumi Takeda Natalie Varnum Brian Waldrep Harper Watters Liao Xiang

References

1. "Inside Houston Ballet: Dancers". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
2. "Simon Ball, principal". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
3. "Ian Casady, principal". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
4. "Karina Gonzalez, principal". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
5. "Karina Gonzalez, principal". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
6. "Yuriko Kajiya, principal". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
7. "Melody Mennite, principal". Houston Ballet. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
8. "Melody Herrera, principal". Houston Ballet. Archived from the original on December 15, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
9. "Connor Walsh, principal". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
10. "Sara Webb, principal". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
11. [, March 19, 2015 "Jessica Collado, first soloist"] Check |url= value (help). Houston Ballet.
12. "Linnar Looris, first soloist". Houston Ballet. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
13. "Jared Matthews, first soloist". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
14. "Katharine Precourt, first soloist". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
15. "Inside Houston Ballet: Dancers". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
16. "Simon Ball, principal". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
17. "Ian Casady, principal". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
18. "Karina Gonzalez, principal". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
19. "Mireille Hassenboehler, principal". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
20. "Melody Mennite, principal". Houston Ballet. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
21. "Melody Herrera, principal". Houston Ballet. Archived from the original on December 15, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
22. "Connor Walsh, principal". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
23. "Joseph Walsh, principal". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
24. "Sara Webb, principal". Houston Ballet. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
25. Cupcakes & Conversation with Melissa Hough, Ballet News, July 30, 2010
26. "Linnar Looris, first soloist". Houston Ballet. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
27. "Kelly Myernick, first soloist". Houston Ballet. Retrieved February 17, 2012.

External links

• Official website