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Mara Vinson is from Redondo Beach, California. She trained at Palos Verdes Ballet, the Kirov Academy, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 1999. She was promoted to corps de ballet in 2000, to soloist in 2004, and was made a principal in 2007. Ms. Vinson danced in the BBC's 1999 film version of PNB's production of George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream, filmed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London. Leading RolesGeorge Balanchine's Agon, Apollo, Ballet Imperial, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, Concerto Barocco, Diamonds, Divertimento No. 15, Emeralds, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Butterfly), Serenade, Symphony in C, and Symphony in Three Movements; Val Caniparoli's The Bridge, Lambarena, and Torque; Merce Cunningham's Inlets 2; Nacho Duato's Jardí Tancat and Rassemblement; Kiyons Gaines' ə{SCHWA}; Ronald Hynd's The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Bluebird pas de deux, Gold and Silver pas de trois); Susan Marshall's Kiss; Peter Martins' Valse Triste; Mark Morris' Pacific; Kevin O'Day's [soundaroun(d)dance]; Marius Petipa's Paquita; Jerome Robbins' Dances at a Gathering and In the Night; Kent Stowell's Delicate Balance, Hail to the Conquering Hero, Nutcracker (Clara, Flora), Quaternary, Silver Lining, and Swan Lake (Odette/Odile); Lynne Taylor-Corbett's The Ballet of You and Me and Mercury; and Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room and Nine Sinatra Songs. Originated Leading Roles: Stephen Baynes' El Tango, Val Caniparoli's Torque, Nicolo Fonte's Within/Without, Paul Gibson's Sense of Doubt, and Kent Stowell's Carmen. Featured RolesGeorge Balanchine's La Sonnambula, and La Valse, and Kent Stowell's Carmina Burana. Photos of Mara Vinson |
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