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Michele Wiles & David Hallberg of American Ballet Theatre 2002 Variations. American Ballet Theatre. Dancers. Julie Kent began her dance training with Hortensia Fonseca at the Academy of the Maryland Youth Ballet. She attended the American Ballet Theatre II Summer session and the School of American Ballet before joining American Ballet Theatre as an apprentice in 1985. In that same year, Kent won first place in the regional finals of the National Society of Arts and Letters at the Kennedy Center.
In 1986, she was the only American to win a medal at the Prix de Lausanne International Ballet Competition, and she became a member of ABT's corps de ballet. She was appointed a Soloist with ABT in 1990 and a Principal Dancer in 1993, the year in which she won the Erik Bruhn Prize in Toronto. She created Artemis in Artemis, Sibyl Vane in Dorian, His Memory and His Experiences in HereAfter and leading roles in Apothéose, Americans We, Baroque Game, The Brahms-Haydn Variations, C. to C. In April 2000, Kent won the Prix Benois de la Danse.
Kent is married to Associate Artistic Director Victor Barbee. Ms. SWANILDA. Ballet At its Best~Alina Cojocaru, Gillian Murphy and more! Coppelia Grand PDD Gillian Murphy Marcelo Gomes. Gillian Murphy- Odette Swan Lake ABT. Gillian Murphy!!! Gillian Murphy & Ethan Stiefel Black Swan At Vail International Dance Festival. Dancers Speak: Gillian Murphy. Gillian Murphy , Black Swan Variation. Gillian Murphy Le Corsaire Third Odalisque Variation American Ballet Theatre.