NAOMI GLASS . Biography

BIOGRAPHY:

Naomi Glass is a former soloist with the Houston Ballet. Some of her favorite roles include Stanton Welch’s Madame Butterfly and Indigo, Ben Stevenson’s Three Preludes, Evening Pas de Deux, Five Poems, Dusk and Twilight; Nacho Duato’s Without Words; Trey McIntyre’s Second Before the Ground and “Wendy” in Peter Pan. In 1997, she was nominated by Ben Stevenson to represent Houston Ballet for the Princess Grace Award. A native of Mercer Island, Washington, Ms. Glass trained at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, San Francisco Ballet School and Houston Ballet Academy before joining Houston Ballet in 1994. She recently retired from her soloist position and is teaching ballet and freelancing.