Amy Fote American ballet dancer
Amy Fote is an American former professional ballet dancer and was a principal dancer with the Houston Ballet and the Milwaukee Ballet .[ 3]
Born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin , Fote trained with the Jean Wolfmeyer School of Dance in Wisconsin, the National Academy of Art , and the Interlochen Arts Academy .[ 3] She is a 1990 graduate of the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida .[ 4]
After graduating, Fote joined the Milwaukee Ballet, where she danced for 14 years, eventually rising to the rank of principal dancer.[ 3] During that time she danced in Yves de Bouteiller's group "Et Toi, Tu Danses?",[ 5] appeared in the televised PBS documentary Dancing Anna Karenina ,[ 3] and spent nine summers performing with the Chautauqua Summer Ballet Company in New York City .[ 1]
In 2004, she performed the lead role in Stanton Welch 's Madame Butterfly at the Royal New Zealand Ballet .[ 3] Welch then invited her to join Houston Ballet as a first soloist in 2005,[ 6] at the age of 33.[ 1] She was promoted to principal dancer in 2006.[ 3]
References
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Wozny, Nancy (January 2008). "Amy Fote" . Dance Magazine. Archived from the original on January 24, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012 .
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Weiss, Suzanne (December 16, 2007). "Home for the Holidays: Houston Ballet stars Fote, Leschke return for 'The Nutcracker' " . Herald Times Reporter . Manitowoc, Wisconsin . p. B1. Retrieved February 22, 2012 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link )
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"Amy Fote, principal dancer" . Houston Ballet. Retrieved February 22, 2012 .
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"Alumni Listing" . The Harid Conservatory . Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012 .
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Joslyn, Jay (February 28, 1992). " 'Gotta dance' is ballet troupes cry" . The Milwaukee Sentinel . Retrieved February 22, 2012 .
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Mattison, Ben (August 24, 2005). "Houston Ballet Announces Appointments and Promotions" . Playbill Arts . Retrieved February 22, 2012 .
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