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DOMENICO LUCIANO
from Naples, Italy joined Dominic Walsh Dance Theater in 2005. Having made his American debut with
Tulsa Ballet in 2004, Mr. Luciano studied at the Teatro di San Carlo Ballet School in Naples Italy,
and danced with various companies in Europe as a Principal Dancer including Europadance in France,
Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Germany, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Teatro Dell’Opera in Rome and
Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. His repertoire includes many of the classical principal leads such
as Romeo, Paris, and Benvolio in both Sir Kenneth MacMillan and John Cranko's Romeo & Juliet;
Paris in Amedeo Amodio’s Romeo & Juliet with Eleonora Abbagnato, Principal Dancer with
Paris Opera Ballet; Solor in La Bayadere, The Prince in The Nutcracker, and
Albrecht in Giselle, all by Derek Dean; In the Night by Jerome Robbins;
Onegin in John Cranko’s Onegin; Roland Petit's Ma Pavlova with international
ballerina Lucia Lacarra; and Don Jose with the National Ballet of China in Carmen.
Mr. Luciano also excels in his contemporary repertoire which includes George Balanchine’s La
Valse; Nacho Duato’s Jardi Tancat and Without Words; Orfeo in Carole Armitage’s
Orfeo ed Euridice; and Mauro Bigonzetti’s Mediterranea. Also with Dominic Walsh
Dance Theater, he performed the American premiere of Bigonzetti’s Pression, Michele
Merola’s With Painted Lips, Enrico Morelli’s Funabula, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano’s
Dicese, and Jirí Kylián’s Double You. Dominic Walsh has created many roles
especially for Mr. Luciano including Le Spectre de la Rose, Desire in Sleeping Beauty,
Tybalt in Romeo & Juliet, I Napoletani, Terminus and the title role in Amadeus
for which he also designed the costumes. Since 2005, Mr. Luciano has danced in all of the
company’s tours to Mexico, Italy, Spain, Greece, Romania, Florida and New York. In 2003, he
received the Leonide Massine award in Positano, Italy as Best Male Dancer of the Year and in
October 2008, Mr. Luciano was named “Best Dancer” by the Houston Press.
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Photo by Jim Caldwell
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LAUREN BETTENCOURT
joined Dominic Walsh Dance Theater as an apprentice for the 2008-2009 season and for her company
debut, she danced the role of Ms. Song in Mr. Walsh’s Sleeping Beauty. She trained at
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and most recently with Ballet Austin. Her training also includes
participation in Boston Ballet’s Summer Dance Program and the summer program of New York State’s
School of the Arts. Her professional experience includes performing with Central Pennsylvania
Youth Ballet and with Ballet Austin II in Stephen Mills’ The Nutcracker, A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, and 5 Flights Up; George Balanchine’s Serenade; Thaddeus Davis’s
The Monologue Project; Thang Dao’s Printemps Perdu; and Gina Patterson’s
Ven Pronto. Her repertoire also includes Balanchine’s Raymonda Variations, Divertimento
#15, and The Nutcracker.
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