Lori Wilson

Hometown:
Lubbock, TX
Joined the company:
2008
Before being hired trained at:
Ballet Lubbock, The Rock School for Dance Education, Chautauqua, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, Ballet Austin, performed with the North Carolina Dance Theatre prior to joining St. Louis Ballet]
Ballets/Featured Roles Since Joining:
Gen Horiuchi:
Don Quixote (Kitri), Nutcracker (Snow Queen, Dew Drop, Columbine, Lead Marzipan, Chinese), Swan Lake (Black Swan), Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty (as Cinderella, Coulante Fairy), Romeo and Juliet (Street Dancer), Le Reve, More Morra, Romantique, Wake Up!, La Vie, Elliptique, Vivaldi Concerto, Little Diamonds, Retourner Encore

George Balanchine: Allegro Brillante, Valse Fantaisie

Christopher d'Amboise: Tribute, Volatizing the Esters

Emery LeCrone: Figurant

Twyla Tharps's: The Storyteller

Francis Patrelle: Rhapsody in Blue (Lead)

Pam Tanowitz: La Tristesse
Favorite Ballet:
To watch: In the Middle Somewhat Elevated and Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella
To dance: Volatizing the Esters, The Storyteller and Swan Lake
Most memorable moment:
Performing Kitri after breaking my 5th metarsal 6 weeks before! And the first step onto stage as Odile with a curtain call.
When I am not rehearsing or performing:
I spend a lot of time tending to my garden and my new home with my amazing boyfriend and our dog.
Never miss an episode of:
Game of Thrones and Once Upon a Time