Naomi Glass is a native of Mercer Island, Washington, trained at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, San Francisco Ballet School and Houston Ballet Academy before joining Houston Ballet in 1994.  In 1997, she was nominated by Ben Stevenson to represent Houston Ballet for the Princess Grace Award.  Some of her favorite roles include Stanton Welch’s Madame Butterfly and Indigo, Ben Stevenson’s Three Preludes, Evening Pas de Deux, Five Poems, Dusk and Twilight; Nacho Duato’s Without Words; Trey McIntyre’s Second Before the Ground and “Wendy” in Peter Pan.  Ms. Glass has danced the full-length ballets The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Giselle, Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, Dracula, Romeo and Juliet, Cleopatra, La Sylphide, The Snow Maiden, Firebird and Don Quixote. Beyond her classical repertoire, Ms. Glass has been showcased in a variety of contemporary and neoclassical roles, including works by William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, George Balanchine, Sir Kenneth MacMillan,  Lila York, Helgi Tomasson, Frederick Ashton, Glen Tetley, and others. Ms. Glass retired from her soloist position at Houston Ballet in 2004, and is currently a Ballet Mistress for Houston Repertoire Ballet and a committed teacher to the Ballet Center of Houston.
 
 

Katie Koy began her training when she was 8 years old at the Ballet Center of Houston in Houston, Texas under the guidance of Gilbert Rome. Mrs. Koy danced with Houston Repertoire Ballet for 7 years, during that time performing in Sleeping Beauty, Les Sylphides, Swan Lake, La Bayadere, Cinderella and various roles in The Nutcracker including Snow Queen and the Dew Drop Fairy. She has performed in various ballets choreographed by Sandra Organ, Anne Polenjenko, Leeyan Neeley, Gilbert Rome, and Victoria Vittum and most recently danced in Panoptic choreographed by Lynn Cote, formerly of the Washington Ballet. Katie had trained at several summer dance programs including Joffrey Ballet in San Antonio, American Ballet Theatre, and Washington Ballet. She is currently a faculty member of Ballet Center of Houston and also Ballet Mistress for Houston Repertoire Ballet. Mrs. Koy will graduate from the University of Houston in May 2010 with a degree in Public Relations.
 
 
 

Barbara LeGault is a graduate of Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Barbara LeGault trained under Margo Marshall and is formerly with City Ballet of Houston. Since that time she danced many lead roles with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater and the Louisville Ballet. She was directed by Alun Jones and Helen Starr. In 1979, Jones paid Ms. LeGault the ultimate compliment by creating his Cinderella especially for her. She Also danced with Tennessee Festival Ballet, directed by David and Anna Marie Holmes, and with the Summer Festival Ballet In Lisbon, Portugal. Her Repertoire includes appearances in Don Quixote, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and Sleeping Beauty. Other roles to her credit are appearances in the Houston Grand Opera productions, Mefeistofoles and Aida.  Ms. LeGault has been on the teaching staff of American Academy of Dance, NHDT headquarters, since 1987. She is currently a faculty member of Ballet Center of Houston and the Ballet Mistress for Houston Repertoire Ballet.