Simon Ball - Houston Ballet

Simon Ball joins Houston Ballet as a Principal Dancer this year. Mr. Ball trained at the School of American Ballet, The School of Classical Ballet (ABT), Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, and the Conservatory at Point Park College. Before joining Boston Ballet in 1995, he was a guest artist with several companies and toured extensively throughout the United States and internationally.

Mr. Ball has received several outstanding awards, including the Gold Medal at the First International Ballet Competition in Budapest, Hungary (1994), and the Gold Medal in the junior division at the Fifth International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi (1994). In 1999, he was invited to perform at the Benois de la Danse in Berlin.