Biography

Emily Entingh trained in Southern California and at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. She joined Houston Ballet II in 2010, and in 2011 was chosen to represent Houston Ballet at the International Youth Dance Festival in Budapest, Hungary.

Her repertoire includes Florence Clerc’s La Bayadere; Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty; Mikko Nissinen’s Swan Lake; John Cranko’s Onegin; Leonid Jakobson’s Rodin and Pas De Quatre. Harald Lander’s Etudes; Sir Fredrick Aston’s Cinderella; Justin Peck’s Increases; Jerome Robbins’ The Concert, Glass Pieces and Fancy Free; George Balanchine’s Symphony in C, Serenade, Coppelia, Jewels, Symphony in Three Movements, Episodes, and Theme and Variations. Entingh has performed featured roles in William Forsythe’s Pas Parts 2018 and Blake Works I; Jorma Elo’s Bach Cello Suites; Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker; and as “Myrtha” in Larissa Ponomarenko’s staging of Marius Petipa’s Giselle.

She has competed in various national and international ballet competitions; in 2008, she won the regional Junior Youth American Grand Prix Award in Los Angeles, California and placed in the Top Twelve of the Junior Age Division in the New York City Finals.  In 2010, she placed Top Twelve of the Senior Age Division at the Youth American Grand Prix Finals; was a semi-finalist at the USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi; and was a grand prize winner in the Music Center Spotlight Awards in Los Angeles, California.

Entingh joined Boston Ballet II in 2012 and became a company member in 2014. She was promoted to second soloist in 2019.