Amy Fote
American ballet dancer
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Amy Fote is an American former professional ballet dancer and was a principal dancer with the Houston Ballet and the Milwaukee Ballet.[3]
Amy Fote | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 (age 53–54)[1][2] Manitowoc, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Career | |
| Current group | Houston Ballet |
| Former groups | Milwaukee Ballet |
Born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Fote trained with the Jean Wolfmeyer School of Dance in Wisconsin, the National Academy of Art, and the Interlochen Arts Academy.[3] She is a 1990 graduate of the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida.[4]
After graduating, Fote joined the Milwaukee Ballet, where she danced for 14 years, eventually rising to the rank of principal dancer.[3] During that time she danced in Yves de Bouteiller's group "Et Toi, Tu Danses?",[5] appeared in the televised PBS documentary Dancing Anna Karenina,[3] and spent nine summers performing with the Chautauqua Summer Ballet Company in New York City.[1]
In 2004, she performed the lead role in Stanton Welch's Madame Butterfly at the Royal New Zealand Ballet.[3] Welch then invited her to join Houston Ballet as a first soloist in 2005,[6] at the age of 33.[1] She was promoted to principal dancer in 2006.[3]