Lee Kopp, the Public Relations and Marketing Manager for Ballet San Jose, has announced promotions and new company members. It seemed apparent from the spring casting that several corps members were ready for soloist status and the announcement confirmed those educated guesses.
The new soloists are Amy Marie Briones, Junna Ige, Akira Takahashi and Jing Zhang. Advancing to principal status is Jeremy Kovitch.
New to the company as members of the corps de ballet are Cindy Huang, Lucius Kirst, Alex Kramer, Annali Rose, Kendall Teague and Mallory Welsh. Kirst and Kramer are coming to Ballet San Jose from American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company as mentioned during the spring season, but not identified. Welsh recently danced with Smuin Ballet. Joshua Seibel, apprenticing during the 2011-2012 season, has been promoted to corps status.
The happy surprise in the release concerned Nutnaree Pipit-Suksun, who is joining the company as a soloist after some five years with San Francisco Ballet. For Bay Area balletomanes who reveled in her unique fluidity, it is excellent news.
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