Bridgett Zehr was born and raised in Sarasota, Florida. She began her training with the Sarasota Ballet’s innovative Dance: The Next Generation programme. She continued her studies at The Harid Conservatory in Florida under a scholarship from the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation, and finished her training at Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy. In 2002, Zehr was a finalist in the International Ballet Competition in Shanghai.

In 2003 Zehr joined Houston Ballet. In 2006 Zehr was invited by Karen Kain to join The National Ballet of Canada as second soloist in September 2006 and was promoted to first soloist in June 2007. Zehr was appointed as principal dancer in 2009.

Zehr has danced the title role in Peter Wright’s Giselle, The Sugar Plum Fairy in James Kudelka’s The Nutcracker, the Diamond Variation in Rudolf Nureyev‘s Sleeping Beauty, the female lead role in Glen Tetley’s Voluntaries, McMillan’s Song of the Earth and a featured role in Symphony in C. Zehr was promoted to principal dancer in 2009.
In 2007, Zehr danced in the world premiere of Sabrina Matthews’ Clearing.  She danced a featured role in the company premiere of Eliot Feld’s A Footstep of Air, Christopher Wheeldon’s Polyphonia and Balanchine’s Don Quixote. Zehr has appeared in many gala performances, such as Gala des Etoiles in Montreal,Gala of International Ballet Stars, Cincinnati, Stars of 21st Century Gala in Toronto, International Ballet Star Gala in Taipei and in 2007, she was invited by Christopher Wheeldon to create Prokofiev Pas De Deux for the world premiere of his company Morphoses.

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National Ballet of Canada

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