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Mireille Hassenboehler

Mireille Hassenboehler - Houston Ballet

A native of New Orleans, Mireille Hassenboehler trained intensively with Harvey Hysell until the age of 17. After studying at the San Francisco Ballet School and Houston Ballet Academy, Ms. Hassenboehler joined Houston Ballet in 1992 and was promoted to principal in 2000. Her classical repertoire includes: the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Aurora and Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Giselle and Myrtha in Giselle, the title roles in The Firebird and Cleopatra, Coupava in The Snow Maiden, the ballerina in Etudes, and Kitri in Don Quixote.

She has had featured roles in both classical and contemporary works, including: George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations and Serenade; Christopher Bruce’s Sergeant Early’s Dream; William Forsythe’s In the middle, somewhat elevated; Sean Kelly’s Patterns; Jiri Kylian’s Sinfonietta; Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon; Trey McIntrye’s Bound, Peter Pan, and Second Before the Ground; Timothy O’Keefe’s Uncommon Valor; Glen Tetley’s The Rite of Spring; Stanton Welch’s Indigo and Bruiser; and Ben Stevenson’s productions of Cinderella, Peer Gynt, Four Last Songs and Five Poems. Ms. Hassenboehler continues her college education in her spare time.