Amy Fote is a former American professional
ballet dancer and was a
principal dancer with the
Houston Ballet and the
Milwaukee Ballet.
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Born in
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Fote trained with the Jean Wolfmeyer School of Dance in Wisconsin, the
National Academy of Arts, and the
Interlochen Arts Academy.
She is a 1990 graduate of the
Harid Conservatory in
Boca Raton, Florida
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.
After graduating, Fote joined the Milwaukee Ballet, where she danced for 14 years, eventually rising to the rank of principal dancer.
During that time she danced in Yves de Bouteiller's group "Et Toi, Tu Danses?", appeared in the televised
PBS documentary ''Dancing Anna Karenina'',
and spent nine summers performing with the
Chautauqua Summer Ballet Company in
New York City.
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In 2004, she performed the lead role in
Stanton Welch's ''
Madame Butterfly'' at the
Royal New Zealand Ballet.
Welch then invited her to join Houston Ballet as a
first soloist
In ballet, a soloist is a dancer in a ballet company above the ''corps de ballet'' but below principal dancer.
Dancers at this level perform the majority of the solo and minor roles in a ballet, such as Mercutio in ''Romeo and Juliet'' or one of t ...
in 2005,
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] at the age of 33.
She was promoted to principal dancer in 2006.
References
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People from Manitowoc, Wisconsin
American ballerinas
Houston Ballet principal dancers
1972 births
Living people