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 Helen Starr was born in England and trained at the Royal Academy of Dance and the Royal Ballet School. She spent 7 years with the Royal Ballet as Soloist and Assistant Ballet Mistress. She then joined London Festival Ballet as a Principal Dancer and danced leading roles in all the classics and contemporary repertoire. Her partners have included John Gilpin, André Prokovsky, Peter Schaufuss, Peter Martins, Frank Augustyn and Mikhail Baryshnikov with whom she danced La Sonnambula, Petrouchka and the pas de deux from Le Corsaire, right here in Louisville.
During her 38 years with Louisville Ballet, Miss Starr staged Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Coppelia, Les Sylphides, La Fete Etrange, Paquita & Sir Frederick Ashton’s Les Patineurs. Recognized nationwide as a fine ballet teacher and coach, she continues to stage ballets and give Master classes.
Miss Starr regularly teaches Encore Classes for the Louisville Ballet Youth Ensemble and serves as a guest instructor at the Louisville Ballet Summer Intensive.
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