December 2008

Madison, WI

Posted December 29, 2008 in (No Comments)

Our final tour city, Madison, WI, was by far a perfect ending to my first season. A few of us caravaned in rental cars to our destination a day early in order to teach students who would be attending our family matinees later that week. By 7am the next morning, we were shuttling from our hotel suites to the gymnasiums

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A dancer's view on touring

Posted December 29, 2008 in (No Comments)

My experience on tour was pretty basic but very fulfilling. It is pretty typical, wake up, eat, chant (I practice Nichiren Buddhism), have ballet class/warm-up, and tech/rehearsal, and then show. The audiences have been really responsive and nice and seem to know what they are watching, which is comforting. The great thing however is that Eduardo, our director, does an

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Meet the Artists

Eduardo Zuñiga

Eduardo Zuñiga

Dancer

Eduardo Zuñiga (Santiago, Chile) began his training at age 15 with The Teatro Municipal School before attending the Houston Ballet Academy, where he performed with both Houston Ballet and Houston Ballet II. In 2005, Zuniga joined State Street Ballet, and...

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