PETER FRANC, DEMI SOLOIST Birthplace Lancaster, Pennsylvania Dance Training Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy Metropolitan Ballet Theatre Joined the Company 2005 Promoted to Demi Soloist 2007 Favorite Role Slave in Le Corsaire One Defining Moment… Performing in the world premiere of Adam Hoagland’s Cold Virtues. Peter Franc was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and raised in Chicago, Illinois and Atlanta, Georgia.  He received his training from Maniya Barredo at Metropolitan Ballet Theatre; Helen Starr, Bruce Simpson, Alun Jones at the Louisville Ballet; and from the faculty of Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy.  Mr. Franc also trained for four summers in Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy summer intensive program.  He also spent a year dancing as a member of Houston Ballet II before graduating from Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy.  Upon graduation, he was awarded the Michael Wasmund Award.  In 2003, Mr. Franc joined the Louisville Ballet and danced as a trainee for one season.  Mr. Franc has been featured in George Balanchine’s Valse Fantasie, Andre Prokovsky’s Anna Karenina, Robert North’s Troy Game, and Adam Hoagland’s Cold Virtues.  He has also performed principal and soloist roles in Le Corsaire, The Nutcracker, and Stanton Welch’s contemporary works Blue and Bruiser.