Dale Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 From the company: BOSTON BALLET ANNOUNCES 2006-2007 ROSTER August 8, 2006 (BOSTON)— Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announced the roster for the Company's 2006-2007 Season today. Nine dancers have received promotions, one new principal dancer joins the Company, and nine new dancers have joined the corps de ballet. In addition, Boston Ballet II, the pre-professional second company of Boston Ballet, welcomes five new members. Erica Cornejo joins the Company as a principal dancer. Cornejo comes to Boston Ballet from American Ballet Theatre. She was born in San Luis, Argentina and began studying ballet at age four. Cornejo joined ABT's Studio Company in May 1998 and, later that same year, joined ABT. She was promoted to soloist in 2003. Cornejo is married to fellow Boston Ballet principal dancer Carlos Molina. Rie Ichikawa and Sabi Varga have been promoted from second soloist to soloist, and Lia Cirio, John Lam, and James Whiteside have been promoted from the corps de ballet to second soloist. Megan Gray, Katherine Hartsell, Bradley Schlagheck, and Christian Squires have joined the corps de ballet from Boston Ballet II. Also joining the corps de ballet are Alexander Alexandrov and Boyko Dossev from Ballet International, Bo Busby from American Ballet Theatre, Raul Casasola from Opera du Ballet du Rhin, Kelsey Hellebuyck and Claire Stallman from San Francisco Ballet School, Lorin Mathis from Alberta Ballet, Josephine Pra from Birmingham Royal Ballet, and Dong Ting Xing from Liaoning Ballet. The new members of Boston Ballet II include Boston Ballet School alumni Alejandro Diaz and Luciana Voltolini. Joining them are Krista Ettlinger, Robert Kretz, and Samuel Shapiro. BOSTON BALLET COMPANY ROSTER 2006-2007 PRINCIPAL DANCERS Romi Beppu Erica Cornejo Lorna Feijóo Tai Jimenez Nelson Madrigal Carlos Molina Larissa Ponomarenko Reyneris Reyes Roman Rykine Karine Seneca Yury Yanowsky SOLOISTS Melanie Atkins Mindaugas Bauzys Pavel Gurevich Rie Ichikawa Jared Redick Sabi Varga SECOND SOLOISTS Lia Cirio Kathleen Breen Combes Misa Kuranaga John Lam Heather Myers Joel Prouty James Whiteside CORPS DE BALLET Alexander Alexandrov Bo Busby Raul Casasola Daniel Cooper Jaime Diaz Boyko Dossev Megan Gray Katherine Hartsell Kelsey Hellebuyck Melissa Hough Gabor Kapin Lorin Mathis Tempe Ostergren Dalay Parrondo Kelley Potter Josephine Pra Katelyn Prominski Brooke Reynolds Raul Salamanca Daniel Sarabia Bradley Schlagheck Christian Squires Claire Stallman Kimberly Uphoff Heather Waymack Sarah Wroth Dong Ting Xing BOSTON BALLET II Alejandro Diaz Krista Ettlinger Robert Kretz Luca Sbrizzi Samuel Shapiro Luciana Voltolini Nadezhda Vostrikov Link to comment
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