Melody Mennite

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Melody Mennite
Born	1983/1984 (age 29–30)^[1] Santa Cruz, California
Occupation	Ballet dancer

Current group	Houston Ballet
Former groups	Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre

Melody Mennite is an American professional ballet dancer who currently performs as a principal dancer with the Houston Ballet. She previously danced with the Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre.^[2]

Born in Santa Cruz, California, Mennite trained at Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre and Pacific Northwest Ballet. At the age of 13, she began studies at Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy. In 2000, at age 16, she spent one year on a full scholarship with Houston Ballet II.^[2]^[3] She also toured in Austria with Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre.^[2]

Mennite joined the Houston Ballet in 2001, and was promoted to principal dancer in 2008. She appears frequently as a guest artist and also performs with Whim W'Him in Seattle.^[2] She was named one of "25 to Watch" by Dance Magazine in 2007.^[4]

Formerly known as Melody Herrera^[5] or Melody Mennite Herrera,^[1] she was married to fellow Houson Ballet dancer Randy Herrera.^[4]^[6] They have one son, Isaac,^[3] born February 2004.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Drake, Nadia (December 16, 2010). "Childhood dance partners Melody Herrera and Lucien Postlewaite, now ballet professionals in distant cities, come back home to celebrate a Santa Cruz tradition". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Melody Mennite, principal dancer". Houston Ballet. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Melody Herrera (May/Jun 2011)". Dance Spirit Magazine. April 25, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "25 To Watch: Melody Herrera". Dance Magazine. January 2007. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
↑ "Melody Herrera, principal dancer". Houston Ballet. Archived from the original on December 15, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
↑ "Randy Herrera Promoted to Principal Dancer". Press Release. Houston Ballet. June 16, 2007. Retrieved February 22, 2012.

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Name	Mennite, Melody
Alternative names	Mennite, Herrera
Short description	ballet dancer
Date of birth	1983
Place of birth	Santa Cruz, California
Date of death
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