Company Profiles Principals
Soo Youn Cho
Jessica Collado*
Karina González
Birthplace Incheon, South Korea
Birthplace Coral Springs, Florida
Birthplace Caracas, Venezuela
Dance Training Sun Hwa Arts School, Canada National Ballet School, John Cranko Schule Ballet School
Dance Training Gwinnett Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet Academy, Ballet Nova of South Florida
Dance Training Gustavo Franklin Ballet School, Caracas, Venezuela
Joined the Company 2012
Joined the Company 2004
Joined the Company 2010
Promoted to Principal 2018
Promoted to Principal 2017
Promoted to Principal 2013
The Robert F. Parker Principal Dancer
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HOUSTON BALLET
The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Principal Dancer
The Houston Ballet Guild Principal Dancer
Yuriko Kajiya
Melody Mennite*
Connor Walsh*
Charles-Louis Yoshiyama*
The Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation Principal Dancer
The Melza M. Barr Principal Dancer
The Fondren Foundation Principal Dancer
The Anita B. Stude Principal Dancer
Birthplace Aichi, Japan
Birthplace Santa Cruz, California
Birthplace Fairfax, Virginia
Birthplace Shizuoka, Japan
Dance Training Shanghai Dance School, National Ballet School of Canada
Dance Training Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet Academy
Dance Training Kirov Academy of Ballet, Houston Ballet Academy
Dance Training Hiraki Ballet School, English National Ballet School, Houston Ballet Academy
Joined the Company 2014
Joined the Company 2001
Joined the Company 2004
Joined the Company 2008
Promoted to Principal 2014
Promoted to Principal 2008
Promoted to Principal 2007
Promoted to Principal 2016
* denotes dancers who have trained in the Houston Ballet Academy
