Andrew Brader

Andrew Brader was born and raised in New Orleans, La., and trained with Karen Hebert and at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts with Jan Miller and Miguel Lopez. He attended The Harid Conservatory on full scholarship and the Jaqueline Kennedy Onasis School at American Ballet Theatre. He joined the Houston Ballet performing in ballets by Stanton Welch, Ben Stevenson, John Cranko, Kenneth MacMillan and George Balanchine. He danced with the Los Angeles Ballet for four seasons and has danced principal roles in George Balanchine's Agon, The Four Temperaments, Lar Lubovich's The Evangelist and more. Mr. Brader was a 2009 Lester Horton Award nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Performance and has danced in the National Choreographers' Initiative. Brader currently dances with BalletMet in Columbus, Ohio.