Christopher Coomer

Christopher Coomer was born in Birkenhead, England, and received his training at Wallasey School of Ballet and Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy. He joined Houston Ballet in 2004 as an apprentice and in 2005 became a member of the Corps de Ballet.  He was promoted to Soloist in 2007 following his performance in Stanton Welch's Clear.  He became First Soloist in 2018.

Mr. Coomer's classical and contemporary repertoire includes: Giselle, Onegin, The Nutcracker, Merry Widow; Christopher Bruce's Rooster, Hush, Sergeant Early's Dream, and Swan Song; Mark Morris's Sandpaper and Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes; James Kudelka's Firebird and Little Dancer; Jiří Kylián's Petite Mort, Forgotten Land, and Svadebka; Twyla Tharp's The Brahms-Haydn Variations; Christopher Wheeldon's Carnival of the Animals; Hans van Manen's Five Tangos; Julia Adam's Ketubah, Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Gloria; Jerome Robbins' The Concert; George Balanchine's Western Symphony, Serenade, Jewels, and Theme and Variations; Ben Stevenson's Don Quixote, Dracula, Coppélia, and The Sleeping Beauty; Stanton Welch's Maninyas, Divergence, Indigo, Play, Velocity, Elements, Tu Tu, Madame Butterfly, Red Earth, Clear, Four Seasons, Cinderella, Falling, Doll's House, Marie, and La Bayadère.

In addition, Mr. Coomer has performed featured roles in many works, including: George Balanchine's Jewels; Stanton Welch's Tu Tu, Red Earth, Cinderella, and La Bayadére; Paris and Tybalt in Ben Stevenson's Romeo and Juliet; Rothbart in Stanton Welch's Swan Lake; Edwaard Liang's Murmuration, Gurn in August Bournonville's La Sylphide; Sharpless, Prince, Yamadori, and Bonze in Stanton Welch's Madame Butterfly.

Mr. Coomer is an Owner and Director of a dance studio in Pearland, Texas.  He is a proud father of three children (1 daughter, 2 sons).