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Artistic Staff
Lise Houlton became Artistic Director
of Minnesota Dance Theatre in 1995, succeeding her mother
Loyce Houlton, who founded the company in 1962. A native of
Minneapolis, best known for her effortless, fluid style and
dramatic sensibility, she began her dance career with MDT,
then moved at the age of 19 to the renowned Stuttgart Ballet
under the leadership of Glen Tetley. After two years in Germany,
she joined American Ballet Theatre where she danced principal
roles for many of the great choreographers of the last half
century, among them Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Glen Tetley, Antony
Tudor, Paul Taylor and Jerome Robbins. She has choreographed
several works for the MDT repertory including Sidetracks,
House on Fire, Bred in the Bone, Alchemical Wedding, A Piece
A Chord, Rumblings, and The Enchantment: Twelve Dancing Princesses.
Gloria Govrin
began her training at the School of American Ballet at the
age of 12. Four years later she joined New York City Ballet
as an apprentice, becoming a corps de ballet member the following
year. She was quickly promoted to a soloist, performing numerous
roles created expressly for her by George Balanchine.
In 1974, Govrin opened the New Hope Ballet Academy in New
Hope Pennsylvania. In 1986, she joined the Rock School
of Pennsylvania Ballet where she became principal teacher.
From 1999 to 2006, she assumed the role of Associate Director
at San Fransico, where she trained many students who went
on to professional careers with San Francisco Ballet, as well
as many other companies world-wide.
Ms. Govrin is considered
one of the leading masters of ballet technique and she brings
her years of experience into every class she teaches.
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Administrative Staff
Morrie Hartman, Executive Director
Steve Weiss,
Operations Director
Stacy Trenda,
Accountant
Steve Michels-Boyce,
Graphic Designer
Medical Consultants
Jonathan Reynolds, MSc, PT
J.C. Coetzee, MD
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