Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy is thrilled to announce our Master Class Series.
Classes are open to intermediate and advanced level students, ages 13 and up, with a minimum of 5 years of formal training. Students with advanced pointe skills should bring their pointe shoes. Each Master Class event features a dance technique class followed by a Q&A with the artist. Observers are also invited to join us with a discounted ticket option.
Native Houstonian, Lauren Anderson danced with Houston Ballet from 1983 to 2006, performing leading roles in all the great classical ballets, appearing across the world to critical audience acclaim, and in the process, becoming one of Houston Ballet’s most beloved stars.
She trained exclusively at Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy from the age of seven. She joined Houston Ballet in 1983 as a corps de ballet dancer and in 1990 became the first Black principal dancer at Houston Ballet. She is also one of the few Black ballerinas at the head of a major ballet company anywhere in the world. Read more…
This event has been postponed. Stay tuned for a new date!
