Grace Holmes

Instructs: Ballet

 

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, she began her ballet training with Audrey Maduell, Lelia Haller and Harvey Hysell. She was a soloist with New Orleans Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet, England. Her repertoire includes over 100 ballets spanning both classical and modern genres, including ballets by Balanchine, Tudor, McKayle, Forsythe, and Christensen. She has created roles with choreographers of international fame: Bintley, Morris, Kudelka, York, Rehda, Tomasson, Way, Welsh, and Caniparoli.

She later worked in Education and Outreach for Birmingham Royal Ballet Education and became the Ballet Education Manager for the Royal Opera House in London, England. She is currently Director of Education for American Repertory Ensemble, a new Austin-based dance and chamber music company, teaches as an Adjunct Professor at UT, is Guest Teacher and Choreographer at McCallum High School, and is thrilled to be teaching at Tapestry Dance.