Dancers

Recently named the company’s third principal dancer, Ian Morris, born in Saratoga Springs, NY, began his dance training under the direction of Phyllis Latin. He studied ballet, jazz, Latin, and tap. Mr. Morris joined the Phyllis Latin Dance Company to further pursue ballet. In December 2002, he and the Latin Dance Company performed at the Bolshoi Student Theater in Moscow, Russia. He attended the Joffrey Ballet School on full scholarship in 2004. During that same year Ian was invited to join the Joffrey Ensemble Dancers. Mr. Morris has been a guest artist with Ballet Tennessee, Connecticut Ballet and Berks Ballet Theatre among others. In 2006, he joined Montgomery Ballet under the direction of Elie Lazar. He has been featured in lead roles in The Nutcracker, Carmen, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Paquita, La Bayadere and Sleeping Beauty, as well as other classical and contemporary works. He spent the 2009-2010 season with Ballet San Antonio before returning to Montgomery Ballet. This is Mr. Morris’s second season with Ballet San Antonio.