{{short description|South Korean ballet dancer}} {{for|the Goryeo Dynasty diplomat|Sŏ Hŭi}} {{good article}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Eastern name order|Seo Hee}} {{Infobox dancer | name = Hee Seo | image = Hee Seo, American Ballet Theatre, The Moor's Pavane, November 8, 2013.jpg | alt = | caption = Seo curtain call for ''The Moor's Pavane'' on 8 November 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.notmydayjobphotography.com/AmericanBalletTheatreCurtainCa/Fall-Season-2013/i-zJwg373 |title=Fall Season 2013 |publisher=Kent G. Becker |date=9 November 2013 |access-date=2016-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717014553/https://www.notmydayjobphotography.com/AmericanBalletTheatreCurtainCa/Fall-Season-2013/i-zJwg373 |archive-date=17 July 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|3|13|df=y}}<ref name=Kourlas />{{failed verification|date=March 2023}} | birth_place = Seoul, South Korea<ref name=Kourlas /><ref name=Kourlas2 /> | height = | education = {{bulleted list |Sunhwa Arts School | Kirov Academy of Ballet | John Cranko Schule | American Ballet Theatre Studio Company }} | occupation = Principal dancer | years_active = 2004–present | current_group = American Ballet Theatre | former_groups = | dances = | website = <!-- {{URL|website}} --> | module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto|child=yes | hangul = %서희 | hanja = 徐姬 | hanjaref = <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.siminilbo.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=27309 |title=서희 등 한국 발레 꿈나무들 세계 유명무용단 줄줄이 입단 |trans-title=Seo Hee and other promising young Korean ballerinas joining world-famous dance companies |work=Simin Ilbo |date=9 February 2004 |access-date=5 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208182658/http://www.siminilbo.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=27309 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> }} }}
'''Hee Seo''' ({{Korean|hangul=서희}}; born 13 March 1986) is a South Korean ballet dancer who is a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/feb/18/dance |title=One step closer to perfection: The best of Balanchine lights up London – but Stravinsky in Birmingham must not be missed |access-date=2008-08-26 |date=2007-02-18 |work=The Observer |author=Jennings, Luke |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201175102/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/feb/18/dance |archive-date=1 December 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> She became the company's first Korean ballerina to be promoted to principal dancer in ABT's 75-year history. She is also one of the youngest dancers in ABT history to be promoted to principal at the age of twenty-six. ''The New York Times'' has described her style and dancing to "exude an unhurried purity that sums up all that is lovely about ballet" and by ''Vogue'' as "unspeakably lissome".<ref name=Kourlas2 /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.vogue.com/3306451/american-ballet-theatre-fall-gala-2014/ |title=Clinique, Lanvin, and Piaget Host the American Ballet Theatre's Fall Gala |last=Inglese |first=Elizabeth |date=23 October 2014 |newspaper=Vogue |location=New York, New York |access-date=2015-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007043216/http://www.vogue.com/3306451/american-ballet-theatre-fall-gala-2014/ |archive-date=7 October 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Several critics have noted her style as "lyrical and open" and she has been critically acclaimed for her "humility" and "unique feminine strength".<ref name=Kim /><ref name=DM />
Seo began training in Russian ballet at the age of eleven, originally recreationally. Seo has stated on numerous occasions that she did not have aspirations of becoming a professional ballet dancer. Her teachers identified her skills and talents early on, and within a short period of time she was offered full scholarships to study abroad at prestigious ballet schools. She gained further notice by winning a scholarship at the 2003 Prix de Lausanne as well as the Grand Prix at the 2003 Youth America Grand Prix.
She was rapidly promoted from the ABT Studio Company and joined the full company in May 2005. She was again quickly promoted into the corps de ballet in March 2006 and then to soloist in August 2010 before finally being named as principal dancer in July 2012 by Kevin McKenzie, the artistic director of ABT. During her time at ABT, she has performed numerous lead roles in classical and contemporary ballet.
==Early life== Hee Seo was born in Seoul, South Korea.<ref name=Kourlas /><ref name="Kourlas2" /><ref name=Suh/> Her mother, aunt, and grandmother all studied fine arts and she, along with her two older and younger brothers, studied piano and took swimming lessons.<ref name=Kourlas /><ref name=Lee /> Seo has stated that one of the reasons she has a strong relationship with her mother was because she did not have a sister.<ref name=Lee />
In middle school, Seo was the student class president and was offered the opportunity to participate in an entrance competition for the Sunhwa Arts School.<ref name=Kourlas /> She had been dancing for six months, but had not received any formal ballet training.<ref name=Kourlas /> She entered into the competition and was awarded a scholarship to attend the Sunhwa School.<ref name=Kourlas /> Originally, her parents opposed her leaving due to her young age, but were persuaded otherwise by one of her teachers.<ref name=Kourlas /> Seo had only enrolled for one year before leaving to further study ballet in a professional training program in the United States.<ref name=Kourlas />
==Training and career== [[File:Hee Seo, American Ballet Theatre, Romeo and Juliet, June 19, 2015.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Seo curtain call for ''Romeo and Juliet'', 19 June 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.notmydayjobphotography.com/AmericanBalletTheatreCurtainCa/2015-Met-Season/i-ws4PVJ5 |title=2015 MET Season |publisher=Kent G. Becker |date=19 June 2015 |access-date=2016-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309175449/http://www.notmydayjobphotography.com/AmericanBalletTheatreCurtainCa/2015-Met-Season/i-ws4PVJ5 |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>|alt=Photograph of Seo with her arms out during the curtain call for Romeo and Juliet on 19 June 2015]] Seo started her formal dance training at age eleven, which is a fairly late start for a ballet dancer.<ref name=Kourlas/><ref name="Kourlas2" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://artsincolor.com/2013/05/beyond-the-stage-american-ballet-theatre-hee-seo/ |title=BEYOND THE STAGE: Hee Seo-The American Ballet Theatre's newest Principal Dancer |publisher=Arts In Color |date=22 May 2013 |author=Keith Colins |access-date=2016-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310014729/http://artsincolor.com/2013/05/beyond-the-stage-american-ballet-theatre-hee-seo/ |archive-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Jillian Laub from ''movmnt'' has described Seo as having "the perfect body for ballet".<ref name=MVT>{{cite news |url=http://www.movmnt.com/hee-seo-seoul-ballerina_0039.html |title=Hee Seo – Seoul Ballerina |publisher=movmnt magazine |date=19 Mar 2007 |last=Laub |first=Jillian |location=New York, New York |access-date=2015-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309041429/http://www.movmnt.com/hee-seo-seoul-ballerina_0039.html |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> At thirteen, she was invited to attend and awarded a full three-year scholarship to study under Alla Sizova at the Kirov Academy of Ballet (formerly the Universal Ballet Academy) in Washington DC.<ref name=Kourlas2/><ref name=Kim /> Seo has often stated Sizova was a major influence and mentor in her life.<ref name=Kourlas /> Jacqueline Akhmedova was also one of her teachers and helped train her for competitions.<ref name=MVT /> Akhmedova said, "Seo [was] the best student she has ever had".<ref name=MVT />
Seo won the 2003 Prix de Lausanne Award in Switzerland and was offered a scholarship by Reid Anderson to attend the John Cranko Schule.<ref name=DM /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prixdelausanne.org/winners/hee-seo/ |title=Hee Seo |publisher=Prix de Lausanne |date=2003 |access-date=2016-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306153122/http://www.prixdelausanne.org/winners/hee-seo/ |archive-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=KT>{{cite news |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2015/09/148_114697.html |title=New prima ballerina at American Ballet Theatre |newspaper=The Korea Times |date=8 July 2012 |last=Do |first=Je-hae |location=Seoul, South Korea |access-date=2015-12-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081224/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2015/09/148_114697.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> That same year, Seo won the Grand Prix at the 2003 Youth America Grand Prix.<ref name=Kourlas2/><ref name=DM /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://yagp.org/?event=yagp-2003-new-york-city-finals |title=YAGP 2003 New York City Finals |publisher=Youth America Grand Prix |date=2003 |access-date=2016-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316173308/http://yagp.org/?event=yagp-2003-new-york-city-finals |archive-date=16 March 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> John Meehan asked her to join the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company in the following year where she stayed until joining American Ballet Theatre as an apprentice in May 2005.<ref name=Kourlas2/><ref name=Kim /><ref name=Suh/>
In the beginning, Seo's transition to the ABT company was difficult.<ref name=Suh/> She had trained under the Russian syllabus at Cranko and needed to make the transition to the "American style".<ref name=Kim /> Seo noted that "the ABT style is to leave the dancers alone. Individual character matters here, and dance that lacks originality cannot survive".<ref name=TCI>{{cite news |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/02/20/2009022061001.html |title=Korean Ballerina Emerges from ABT Chorus Line |newspaper=The Chosun Ilbo |date=20 Feb 2009 |location=Seoul, South Korea |access-date=2015-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013419/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/02/20/2009022061001.html |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> She was able to adapt with the assistance of her mentors who also at the time helped her overcome a serious back injury.<ref name=Kim /> In March 2006, she was promoted to the rank of corps de ballet.<ref name=ABT2 /> She gained significant attention in 2009 when she performed the female lead in ''MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet'', ''La Sylphide'', and ''On the Dnieper''.<ref name=Kim /><ref name=ABT /> She debuted as Juliet on her twenty-third birthday which she has said was "one of [her] favorites".<ref name=DM /><ref name=TCI /> Cory Stearns, at the time a newly promoted member of the corps de ballet, partnered her as the other titular character of Romeo.<ref name="WFT">{{cite news |url=http://allaccess.wolftrap.org/2016/07/01/qa-hee-seo-juliet/ |title=Q&A: Hee Seo, Juliet of American Ballet Theatre's Romeo and Juliet |publisher=Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts |author=Wolf Trap |date=1 July 2016 |access-date=2016-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924170629/http://allaccess.wolftrap.org/2016/07/01/qa-hee-seo-juliet/ |archive-date=24 September 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
She became a soloist in August 2010 and principal dancer in July 2012.<ref name=Kourlas2/><ref name=Gottlieb /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/07/06/2010070600337.html |title=Seo Hee Becomes 1st Korean Soloist in American Ballet Theater |newspaper=The Chosun Ilbo |date=6 July 2010 |location=Seoul, South Korea |access-date=2015-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013323/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/07/06/2010070600337.html |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> She was the first Korean ballerina to be promoted to principal dancer in ABT's 75-year history and, at age 26, one of the company's youngest dancers to be so promoted.<ref name=Kourlas2 /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nycdanceproject.com/nyc-dance-project/hee-seo-2 |title=Hee Seo... |newspaper=NYC Dance Project |location=New York City, United States |last=Ory |first=Deborah |date=13 Feb 2014 |access-date=2015-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222125034/http://www.nycdanceproject.com/nyc-dance-project/hee-seo-2 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Her promotion drew further attention as Seo was one of only three principal dancers in the company to have been promoted from the ABT Studio Company.<ref name=Kourlas2 /><ref name=PM /> Julia Moon, the Ballet Director of Universal Ballet, said that "Seo has an incredible talent, not just in dancing but also acting. I have never doubted that someday she would become a principal dancer at ABT".<ref name=KT /> Seo has been noted for her "lyrical and open" style and "unique feminine strength" by several critics including ''The New York Times'', ''Dance Magazine'', and ''KoreAm''.<ref name=Kim /><ref name=DM />
Seo's debut performance as Principal dancer in 2012 was as Princess Aurora in ''The Sleeping Beauty'' and the Swan Queen in ''Swan Lake''.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LccRAwAAQBAJ&q=%22hee+seo%22+ballet&pg=PA296 |title=Britannica Book of the Year 2014 |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |date=2014 |author=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. |isbn=978-1625131713 |access-date=2016-03-08}}</ref> Seo has said that ''Swan Lake'' was her most challenging ballet.<ref name=PM /><ref name="Georgiou">{{cite news |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/swan-lake-the-dancers-dream-and-nightmare-comes-to-texas-ballet-theater-7087050 |title=Swan Lake, The Dancer's Dream and Nightmare, comes to Texas Ballet Theater |last=Georgiou |first=Danielle |newspaper=Dallas Observer |date=23 May 2014 |access-date=2015-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208053230/http://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/swan-lake-the-dancers-dream-and-nightmare-comes-to-texas-ballet-theater-7087050 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The iconic classic ballet is notoriously difficult and demanding.<ref name="Georgiou" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_danc/ballerina-thrills-as-both-odette-and-odile/2017/01/26/a4c7247e-e3f2-11e6-879b-356663383f1b_story.html |title=Ballerina thrills as both Odette and Odile |date=26 January 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |last=Kaufman |first=Sarah |access-date=2017-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921095725/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_danc/ballerina-thrills-as-both-odette-and-odile/2017/01/26/a4c7247e-e3f2-11e6-879b-356663383f1b_story.html |archive-date=21 September 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The lead ballerina performs the contrasting roles of Odette, the White Swan, and Odile, the Black Swan.<ref name=PM /><ref name="Georgiou" /> In an interview with ''Pointe'' magazine, Seo said that she "prefers the mental and physical challenge of full-length ballets over repertory works".<ref name=PM /> In particular, Swan Lake "is physically and mentally exhausting, but so beautiful."<ref name="WFT" />
In 2014, Seo gained the opportunity to dance several full-length roles in her second year as principal, when three of ABT's senior principal ballerinas announced their retirement. This placed Seo in line for several leading roles.<ref name=PM /> The 2016 ABT season, almost ten years from Seo's lead debut, she and promoted Principal dancer Cory Stearns reprised their parts as Romeo and Juliet as first cast at the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.<ref name="WFT" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/dancing-juliet-the-power-stillness-and-pain-of-one-of-ballets-greatest-heroines/2016/07/08/3fb2bd04-406f-11e6-a66f-aa6c1883b6b1_story.html |title=Dancing Juliet: The power, stillness and pain of one of ballet's greatest heroines |author=Sarah L. Kaufman |date=8 July 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2016-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919164446/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/dancing-juliet-the-power-stillness-and-pain-of-one-of-ballets-greatest-heroines/2016/07/08/3fb2bd04-406f-11e6-a66f-aa6c1883b6b1_story.html |archive-date=19 September 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Seo has said, "when I dance with Cory, I feel like I’m going back to those years".<ref name="WFT" /> Seo again reprised her role as the famous Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty.<ref name="NYT4">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/arts/dance/review-sleeping-beauty-american-ballet-theater-ratmansk-metropolitan-opera.html?_r=0 |title=Review: A 'Sleeping Beauty' Revival Rich in Details and Reward |date=30 June 2016 |last=Macaulay |first=Alastair |author-link=Alastair Macaulay |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2016-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917033435/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/arts/dance/review-sleeping-beauty-american-ballet-theater-ratmansk-metropolitan-opera.html?_r=0 |archive-date=17 September 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Alastair Macaulay of ''The New York Times'' on Seo's performance, "she has most revealed the distinctiveness, elegance and authority of an important ballerina".<ref name="NYT4" /> She commonly partners with Roberto Bolle,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/07/anne-mcnallys-social-circuit-diary-june-2016-and-more |title=Anne McNally's Social Circuit Diary: June 2016 and More |author=Anne McNally |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=7 July 2016 |access-date=2016-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810143105/http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/07/anne-mcnallys-social-circuit-diary-june-2016-and-more |archive-date=10 August 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> including Bolle's final performance with ABT.<ref>{{cite web |title=Roberto Bolle Says Goodbye to American Ballet Theater, but Not to Dance |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/arts/roberto-bolle-american-ballet-theater.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref>
Seo models for Bloch and wears their pointe shoes.<ref name=Suh/> In an interview with ''The Wall Street Journal'', Seo stated that she "carries three to six new pairs a day and alternates them in class and rehearsals to break them in" and that she "can go through a pair a day once the shoes become too soft to support her feet".<ref name=Suh/><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/3-things-actors-can-learn-ballet-dancers/ |title=3 Things Actors Can Learn From Ballet Dancers |last=Ciccarelli |first=Stephanie |magazine=Backstage |date=8 July 2015 |access-date=2015-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909150121/http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/3-things-actors-can-learn-ballet-dancers/ |archive-date=9 September 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Her performances are sponsored by Pamela and David B. Ford.<ref name=ABT /> Seo resides in Manhattan in New York City.<ref name=Kim/>
==Roles and repertoire at ABT== [[File:Hee Seo and Jared Matthews, American Ballet Theatre, May 17, 2014.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|Seo and Jared Matthews curtain call for ''Don Quixote'', 17 May 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.notmydayjobphotography.com/AmericanBalletTheatreCurtainCa/Hee-Seo/ |title=Hee Seo Curtain Calls |publisher=Kent G. Becker |date=17 May 2014 |access-date=2016-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309075445/http://www.notmydayjobphotography.com/AmericanBalletTheatreCurtainCa/Hee-Seo/ |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>|alt=A photograph of Seo and Jared Matthews with their arms extended during the curtain call for Don Quixote on 17 May 2014]]
===Full length ballets=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Choreographer !scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Apollo'' | Polyhymnia | George Balanchine |style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="notes">{{cite web |url=http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/apollo.html |title=APOLLO |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312173713/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/apollo.html |archive-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''La Bayadère'' | Nikiya, Gamzatti, the Lead D'Jampe and Shade | Natalia Makarova, after Marius Petipa |style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="notes">{{cite web |url=http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/bayadere.html |title=La Bayadère |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308030234/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/bayadere.html |archive-date=8 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |''Cinderella'' | Cinderella | Frederick Ashton |style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="notes">{{cite web |url=http://www.abt.org/performances/performance_display.asp?Event_ID=887&Date_ID=1763 |title=Cinderella |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310092015/http://www.abt.org/performances/performance_display.asp?Event_ID=887&Date_ID=1763 |archive-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |''Cinderella'' | Twig | James Kudelka |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Coppélia'' | Prayer | Nicholas Sergeyev |style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="notes">{{cite web |url=http://www.abt.org/performances/performance_display.asp?Event_ID=134 |title=Coppélia |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310102920/http://www.abt.org/performances/performance_display.asp?Event_ID=134 |archive-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Don Quixote'' | Mercedes and flower girl | Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky |style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="notes">{{cite web |url=http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/don_quixote.html |title=Don Quixote |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012242/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/don_quixote.html |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Gaîté Parisienne'' | The Glove Seller | Léonide Massine |style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="notes">{{cite web |url=http://www.abt.org/performances/performance_display.asp?Event_ID=860&Date_ID=1628 |title=Gaîté Parisienne |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310092820/http://www.abt.org/performances/performance_display.asp?Event_ID=860&Date_ID=1628 |archive-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Giselle'' | Giselle and Zulma | Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa |style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="notes">{{cite web |url=http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/giselle.html |title=Giselle |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320101031/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/giselle.html |archive-date=20 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Jardin aux Lilas'' | Caroline | Antony Tudor |style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="notes">{{cite web |url=http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/jardin_aux_lilas.html |title=Jardin aux Lilas |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307154209/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/jardin_aux_lilas.html |archive-date=7 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''The Lady of the Camellias'' | Olympia | John Neumeier |style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="notes">{{cite web |url=http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/lady_of_camellias.html |title=The Lady of the Camellias |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318142052/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/lady_of_camellias.html |archive-date=18 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''The Moor's Pavane'' | The Moor's Wife | José Limón |style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="notes">{{cite web |url=http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/moors_pavane.html |title=The Lady of the Camellias |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310081207/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/moors_pavane.html |archive-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''A Month in the Country'' | Natalia Petrovna | Frederick Ashton |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''The Nutcracker'' | Clara, the Princess and Nutcracker's Sister | Alexei Ratmansky |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''On the Dnieper'' | Natalia | Alexei Ratmansky |style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="notes">{{cite web |url=http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/on_the_dnieper.html |title=On the Dnieper |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=30 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027133016/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/on_the_dnieper.html |archive-date=27 October 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Onegin'' | Tatiana | John Cranko |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Romeo and Juliet'' | Juliet | Kenneth MacMillan |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT /> |- ! scope="row" | ''The Sleeping Beauty'' | Princess Aurora, the Lilac Fairy, the Fairy of Sincerity and Princess Florine | Marius Petipa and Alexei Ratmansky |style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="notes">{{cite web |url=http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/sleeping_beauty_ratmansky.html |title=The Sleeping Beauty |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308174642/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/sleeping_beauty_ratmansky.html |archive-date=8 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Swan Lake'' | Odette-Odile, the pas de trois, the Polish Princess and a big swan | Kevin McKenzie, after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov |style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="notes">{{cite web |url=http://www.abt.org/performances/performance_display.asp?Event_ID=17 |title=Swan Lake |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310102908/http://www.abt.org/performances/performance_display.asp?Event_ID=17 |archive-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''La Sylphide'' | The Sylph | August Bournonville |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Les Sylphides'' | The Prelude | Michel Fokine |style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="notes">{{cite web |url=http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/sylphides_les.html |title=Les Sylphides |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185429/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/sylphides_les.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Sylvia'' | Ceres | Frederick Ashton |style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="notes">{{cite web |url=http://www.abt.org/sylvia2013/home_02.html |title=Sylvia |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411131815/http://www.abt.org/sylvia2013/home_02.html |archive-date=11 April 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Jane Eyre'' | Blanche Ingram | Cathy Marston |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''L'histoire de Manon'' | Manon | Kenneth MacMillan |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Of Love and Rage'' | Callirhoe | Alexei Ratmansky |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Whipped Cream'' |Princess Tea Flower | Alexei Ratmansky |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Like Water for Chocolate'' |Rosaura | Christopher Wheeldon |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |}
===Other ballets and repertoire=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Choreographer !scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Ballo della Regina'' | George Balanchine |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Birthday Offering'' | Frederick Ashton |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''The Brahms-Haydn Variations'' | Twyla Tharp |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Chamber Symphony'' | Alexei Ratmansk |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Dark Elegies'' | Antony Tudor |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes'' | Mark Morris |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Duets'' | Merce Cunningham |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''From Here On Out'' | Benjamin Millepied |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''The Leaves Are Fading'' | Antony Tudor |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Overgrown Path'' | Jiří Kylián |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Raymonda Divertissements'' | Marius Petipa |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Seven Sonatas'' | Alexei Ratmansky |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Thaïs Pas de Deux'' | Frederick Ashton |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Thirteen Diversions'' | Christopher Wheeldon |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Other Dances'' |Jerome Robbins |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |}
===Created roles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Choreographer !scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row" | ''With a Chance of Rain'' |Liam Scarlett |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''The Seasons'' |Alexei Ratmansky |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | ''AFTERITE'' |Wayne McGregor |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | Garden Blue |Jessica Lang |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |- ! scope="row" | I Feel The Earth Move |Benjamin Millepied |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=ABT2 /> |}
==Notes== {{reflist|group="notes"}}
==References== <references>
<ref name=Kourlas>{{cite news |last=Kourlas |first=Gia |title=Hee Seo: The American Ballet Theatre corps member makes her debut in Romeo and Juliet. |newspaper=Time Out New York |location=New York City, United States |publisher=Time Out New York |date=7 July 2009 |url=http://www.timeout.com/newyork/dance/hee-seo |access-date=4 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429113637/http://www.timeout.com/newyork/dance/hee-seo |archive-date=29 April 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> <ref name=Kourlas2>{{cite news |last=Kourlas |first=Gia |title=A Fresh Perch on the Career Ladder |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York City, United States |date=3 May 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/arts/dance/hee-seo-american-ballet-theater-principal.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |access-date=4 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512212305/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/arts/dance/hee-seo-american-ballet-theater-principal.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |archive-date=12 May 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> <ref name=Gottlieb>{{cite news |last=Gottlieb |first=Robert |title=Dancing With the Stars: American Ballet Theater Shines With Talent at Every Level |newspaper=The New York Observer |location=New York City, United States |date=10 July 2012 |url=http://observer.com/2012/07/dancing-with-the-stars-american-ballet-theater-shines-with-talent-at-every-level/ |access-date=4 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128095324/http://observer.com/2012/07/dancing-with-the-stars-american-ballet-theater-shines-with-talent-at-every-level/ |archive-date=28 November 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> <ref name=Suh>{{cite news |last=Suh |first=Seunghee |title=A Ballerina on Tour, Burning Through Pointe Shoes |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |location=New York City, United States |date=12 May 2015 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-ballerina-on-tour-burning-through-pointe-shoes-1431444909 |access-date=1 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110122248/http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-ballerina-on-tour-burning-through-pointe-shoes-1431444909 |archive-date=10 November 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> <ref name=Kim>{{cite news |last=Kim |first=James S. |title=South Korean Ballerina Hee Seo Dazzles in 'The Sleeping Beauty' |newspaper=KoreAm |location=Gardena, California, United States |date=11 March 2015 |url=http://iamkoream.com/south-korean-ballerina-hee-seo-dazzles-in-the-sleeping-beauty/ |access-date=1 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151112194126/http://iamkoream.com/south-korean-ballerina-hee-seo-dazzles-in-the-sleeping-beauty |archive-date=12 November 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> <ref name=ABT>{{cite web |url=http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/romeo_and_juliet.html |title=Romeo and Juliet |date=2007 |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=30 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070041/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/romeo_and_juliet.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> <ref name=ABT2>{{cite web |url=https://www.abt.org/people/hee-seo/?type=performer |title=Hee Seo |date= |publisher=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref> <ref name=PM>{{cite news |last=Carman |first=Joseph |title=ABT's Homegrown Ballerinas |newspaper=Pointe |date=1 June 2015 |url=http://pointemagazine.com/inside-pt/abts-homegrown-ballerinas/ |access-date=30 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208064107/http://pointemagazine.com/inside-pt/abts-homegrown-ballerinas/ |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> <ref name=Lee>{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Claire |title=A Dancer Makes the Right Moves |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |location=New York City, United States |date=1 August 2013 |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2013/08/01/a-dancer-makes-the-right-moves/ |access-date=30 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208064830/http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2013/08/01/a-dancer-makes-the-right-moves/ |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> <ref name=DM>{{cite magazine |url=http://dancemagazine.com/inside-dm/the_sublime_hee_seo/ |title=The Sublime Hee Seo |last=Poon |first=Kina |date=1 May 2013 |magazine=Dance Magazine |access-date=2015-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208115054/http://dancemagazine.com/inside-dm/the_sublime_hee_seo/ |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.abt.org/people/hee-seo/ Hee Seo] at American Ballet Theatre
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Seo, Hee}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:South Korean ballerinas Category:Prima ballerinas Category:21st-century ballet dancers Category:American Ballet Theatre principal dancers Category:Prix de Lausanne winners Category:Entertainers from Seoul Category:South Korean expatriates in the United States