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Hee Seo (b. 13 March 1986) is a South Korean principal dancer for American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. She became the company's first Korean women to be promoted to principal dancer in ABT's 75-year history, and is one of the few principal dancers that has worked their way up through the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company. ''The New York Times'' has described "her dancing and fluid line () exude an unhurried purity that sums up all that is lovely about ballet",〔 while others have described her style as "lyrical and open" and she has been critically acclaimed for her "humility" and "unique feminine strength".〔〔 Seo began training in ballet at age 12, a relatively late start for a ballet student, in the Russian ballet style. She initially did not have aspirations of becoming a professional ballet dancer, but her talents were quickly identified by her teachers and within a year she was offered full scholarships to study abroad at some of the most prestigious ballet schools in the world. She rose to further prominence after winning prizes at ballet's two most prestigious international ballet competitions: a scholarship at the Prix de Lausanne as well as the Grand Prix at the 2003 Youth America Grand Prix. She rapidly rose through the ABT Studio Company and joined the full company in May 2005. She was again quickly promoted into the corps de ballet in March 2006 and then to soloist in August 2010 before finally being named as principal dancer in July 2012 by Kevin McKenzie, the artistic director of ABT. Her time at ABT has been highlighted by numerous lead roles in classical and contemporary ballet. ==Early life== Seo was born in Seoul, South Korea.〔 Her mother, aunt, and grandmother all studied fine arts and she, along with her two brothers, studied piano and took swimming lessons.〔〔 Seo is the middle child in her family and credits her strong relationship with her mother because she did not have a sister.〔 In school, Seo was the student class president and was offered the opportunity to attended a competition at the Sunhwa Arts School.〔 She had been dancing for six months but had received no formal ballet training.〔 Nonetheless, she entered into the competition and was awarded a scholarship to attend the school.〔 Seo enrolled for one year before leaving to study ballet in a professional training program in the United States.〔 Initially her parents were against her leaving, due to her young age, but were eventually persuaded to let her go by one of her teachers.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hee Seo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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