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Mara Galeazzi

Principal Artist

Mara Galeazzi was born in Brescia and studied at La Scala, Milan, where she got her diploma with full marks. She joined The Royal Ballet in 1992 and was promoted to First Artist in 1995, Soloist at the end of the 1997/98 Season and Principal in September 2003.
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Michele Wiles

Principal Artist

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Michele Wiles received her early training in Washington, D.C. At the age of ten, she received a full scholarship to the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. where she studied from 1991 to 1997. Wiles also participated in the summer programs at The Joffrey Ballet and The Royal Ballet before joining American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company in 1997.
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Polina Semionova

Principal Artist

Polina Semionova was born in Moscow in 1984. She studied at the Bolshoi Ballet School in Moscow. She graduated in 2002 and joined the Berlin Staatsoper Ballet as a principal when she was only 18 years old. She showed her outstanding talent by winning several international ballet competition awards.
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Agnes Letestu

Etoile

Born in Paris, Agnès Letestu enters the Paris Opèra Ballet School in 1983. In 1987, she is engaged - aged 16 - in the Corps de Ballet. In 1988, Coryphee, she dances the Siren in The Prodigal Son (Balanchine). She is promoted Sujet and awarded Prix de l'Eurovision, in 1989. In 1990, she gains the gold medal at the International Varna Competition. Roland Petit gives her the part of Death in Le Jeune Homme et la mort.
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Sarah Lamb

Principal Artist

Sarah Lamb is a native of Boston and trained at the Boston Ballet School with Tatiana Nicolaevna Legat from 1994-1998. She joined the Boston Ballet Company in 1998, was promoted to Soloist in 2001 and Principal in 2003.
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Maxim Beloserkovsky

Principal Artist

Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Maxim Beloserkovsky trained at the School of Dance in Kiev. From 1990 to 1991, he was a principal dancer with the National Opera of Bulgaria. From 1991 to 1994, he was a leading soloist with the National Opera of the Ukraine, and while with this company was awarded the title of “etoile” in 1992.
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Irina Dvorovenko

Principal Artist

Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Irina Dvorovenko began her ballet training at the age of 10 at the Kiev Ballet School. She joined the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Kiev in 1990 as a soloist, rising to the rank of principal dancer in 1992.
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Jason Samuels Smith

Tap Dancer

In less than a decade, Jason Samuels Smith (performer, choreographer, director) has emerged as a multi-talented leader in the Art form of Tap. He won both an Emmy and American Choreography Award for “Outstanding Choreography” for the Opening number of the 2003 Jerry Lewis/MDA Telethon in a tribute to the late Gregory Hines.
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Paloma Herrera

Principal Artist

Born in Buenos Aires, Paloma Herrera began her ballet studies with Olga Ferri at age 7. As a young dancer, she was a first prize winner at several major competitions in South America, and, at the age of 11, studied at the Minsk Ballet School in Russia before returning to Buenos Aires to dance the role of Cupid in Don Quixote at the Teatro Colon.
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Josè Martinez

Etoile

Born in Spain, Josè Martinez studied at the "Rosella Hightower" International Dance Centre" in Cannes. In 1987 he won the "Prix de Lausanne" and trained at the Paris Opera ballet school . In 1988 he joined the Paris Opera ballet. In 1992 Josè won the gold medal at the "Varna" competition and became "Premier Danseur" of the P.O.B. In 1997 he was promoted "DANSEUR ETOILE".
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