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In 1999, Septime Webre, a Cuban-American, joined The Washington Ballet as the artistic director.Works created for the Washington Ballet by Webre include Juanita y Alicia (2000), Carmen (2001), Journey Home (2002), Cinderella (2003), Oui/Non (2006), and State of Wonder (2006), as well as Carmina Burana, Fluctuating Hemlines, Where the Wild Things Are, and Peter Pan.
Michele Jimenez auditioned for and joined the Dutch National Ballet in 2006 after dancing for approximately 9 years with the Washington Ballet as a principal dancer. She joined Dutch National as a Grand Sujet and later promoted to second soloist in April 2008.
Mack was born in Elgin, Kershaw County, South Carolina, and is the youngest of four children. [2] When the nurse had to put a name on his birth certificate but his mother had not chosen one, his sister told the nurse he is named Brooklyn Devon Mack, and the nurse left before his mother could react.
The ballerina got the best review possible—onstage at the Metropolitan Opera.
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.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington – The FBR Branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington at THEARC offers programs and activities to help youth from ages 6–18 develop character and acquire the skills necessary to become responsible, civic-minded adults. The Boys & Girls Club facility at THEARC is complete with a regulation ...
Xiomara Reyes (born October 28, 1973, in Havana, Cuba) is a former principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. [1] [2] After retiring from performing she was appointed the Head of School of The Washington Ballet School. [3] [4]
Unlike Martin, 85-year-old Nancy Brawner started ballet for the first time in her 60s. After nearly a lifetime of wanting to be able to learn to dance in a formal setting, she decided to join the ...