Amy Fote, Principal

Birthplace
Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Dance Training
The Harid Conservatory
National Academy of Arts
Jean Wolfmeyer School of Dance

Joined the Company
2005

Promoted to Principal
2006

Other Companies
Milwaukee Ballet

Favorite Role
Anna in Anna Karenina by Andre Prokovsky

Review
“Amy Fote’s performance in the title role had the audience spellbound.  She enchanted us, every moment delicately refined, dancing so lightly she was almost floating.” – Juliet Palmer Halasz (Review of Madame Butterfly)

One Defining Moment…
Being coached by Simon Dow for the Spartacus (pas de deux).

Amy Fote joined Houston Ballet as a first soloist in 2005 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2006.  She was born and raised in Manitowoc, Wisconsin where she began studying ballet with Jean Wolfmeyer. She continued her training at the National Academy of Arts, and later became a graduate of The Harid Conservatory.  She danced with Milwaukee Ballet for fourteen years. She was invited as a guest artist to perform Stanton Welch’s Madame Butterfly for the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2004. 

Her repertoire includes contemporary works by Jiri Kylian, George Balanchine, Christopher Burce, Jerome Robbins, Alonzo King, Choo San Gohhas and Christopher Wheeldon.  Ms. Fote has performed the lead roles in many great classical ballets including Romeo and Juliet, Anna Karenina, Giselle, Cinderella, Carmen, Swan Lake, Onegin, Dracula, Coppelia and Don Quixote. 

Headshot by: Patrick Dean


Photo: Drew Donovan