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Lesley Rausch is from Columbus, Ohio. She studied with Shir Lee Wu at Columbus Youth Ballet and also trained at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as member of the corps de ballet in 2001 and was promoted to soloist in 2007. In addition to her performing career, Ms. Rausch has been a guest teacher at New American Youth Ballet in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Leading RolesGeorge Balanchine's Agon, Emeralds, The Four Temperaments, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Titania), Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, and Symphony in C; Val Caniparoli's The Bridge and Lambarena; Ulysses Dove's Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven, Red Angels, and Vespers; William Forsythe's Artifact II, In the middle, somewhat elevated, and One Flat Thing, reproduced; Kiyons Gaines' {SCHWA}; Paul Gibson's The Piano Dance; Mark Morris' Pacific; Jerome Robbins' The Concert and Fancy Free; Kent Stowell's Nutcracker (Clara, Flora, Peacock); Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room and Nine Sinatra Songs; and Christopher Wheeldon's Polyphonia. Originated Leading Roles: Benjamin Millepied's 3 Movements and Susan Stroman's TAKE FIVE … More or Less. Featured RolesGeorge Balanchine's Apollo, Ballet Imperial, Concerto Barocco, Diamonds, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Serenade, La Sonnambula, Symphony in Three Movements, and La Valse; Todd Bolender's Souvenirs; Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow and The Sleeping Beauty; and Kent Stowell's Carmina Burana, Cinderella, and Swan Lake. Photos of Lesley Rausch |
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