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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.
Mary Henry Day was born on January 25, 1910, in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Foggy Bottom. She began studying ballet when she was eleven years old. At fifteen she began studying ballet with Lisa Gardiner at the King Smith School. [1] Day then moved to England where she studied at the Royal Academy of Dance. After she graduated, she returned ...
This category is for people who have danced with The Washington Ballet. Pages in category "The Washington Ballet dancers" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
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.
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.
The Sun Also Rises or Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises is a 2013 ballet adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises that was premiered by The Washington Ballet at The Kennedy Center under Artistic Director Septime Webre, [1] whose parents had known Hemingway. [2] It is the first version of this work en pointe. [3]
Elaine Kudo is a ballet dancer and choreographer. She is the ballet master at the Washington Ballet [ 1 ] and was formerly a ballet mistress at the American Repertory Ballet . [ 2 ] She danced formerly with the American Ballet Theatre as a soloist, "excelling" [ 3 ] in Twyla Tharp 's choreography.
Michael Pastreich (born July 14, 1966) is an American performing arts executive. He became the executive director of the Washington Ballet in May 2019. [1] [2] He has been the longest serving president & CEO of The Florida Orchestra, [3] and served for 11 years from the 40th anniversary of the orchestra in 2007 [4] till 2018.