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Born in Armenia, David Hovhannisyan began dancing at the age of six. At the age of ten, he was accepted into the National Ballet School of Armenia on full scholarship. At the age of 16, he began his professional career with the Armenian National Ballet Company. After arriving in the United States he received critical acclaim dancing for numerous companies throughout the country. Mr. Hovhannisyan joined Milwaukee Ballet in 2004. This will be his sixth season with the company. He has enjoyed dancing many principal roles such as Romeo in Romeo & Juliet, Basilio in Don Quixote, the title role in Dracula, Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Prince Solor in La Bayadere, Tamino in The Magic Flute, Captain Phoebus in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, Moon Prince in Scheherazade and leads in The Nutcracker, as well as numerous leads in contemporary ballets. Mr. Hovhannisyan has enjoyed working with choreographers such as Michael Pink, Stephen Mills, Bruce Wells, Trey McIntyre, Margo Sappington, Kathryn Posin and Mark Godden, among others. For more information about Mr. Hovhannisyan please visit www.DavidHov.com.
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