CARL COOMER
Principal Dancer
Choreographer
Film Maker
STAGE BALLETS
HENRY VIII
A story of love, lust, life, and death. King Henry’s life long desire for a male heir. This one act ballet illustrates the life of Henry VIII with lavish sets, costumes, and projections.
VALDA
The warrior woman is fully awakened and is taking a stand, taking the problems by the horns with her own hands and will conquer all that is there and all who comes as they dare.
CAVERN CLUB
Liverpool’s famous Cavern Club was the birthplace of the music of a generation. This work explores the characters that inhabited the club and the circumstances that came together to form a new sound and a whole new way of life.
CLANN
Loosely based on the poem “Punishment” by Irish writer Seamus Heaney and set to traditional Celtic Viol, Clann illustrates in ten vignettes the different dynamics of a community.
EVOLVING
We wish the best for our children and hope they can evolve into greater human beings than their predecessors. Evolving examines how these relationships develop, grow, and prevail.
Testimonials
Cheryl Callon
BFA and MFA in Dance from Sam Houston State University
“It was a smart move for Texas Ballet Theater to place Seven Sonatas in the first act of their recent offering at Bass Performance Hall over the weekend. The buildup to Carl Coomer’s Henry VIII created a palpable buzz in Fort Worth, as patrons anxiously waited for his biggest endeavor yet. As the saying goes, save the best for last.”
Katie Dravenstott
dance writer TheaterJones.com and The Dance Council of North Texas.
“Carl Coomer is a truly multi-talented artist. If you don’t believe me then you should have seen him this past weekend in the new Portraits Ballet Festival, presented by Texas Ballet Theater. He shined in George Balanchine’s Apollo. (And I am not just referring the sweat covering his naked chest.) He was everything Balanchine could want in his Apollo: strong, commanding and physically beautiful. Every movement from a hand gesture to a grand leap was bigger than life. Even sitting on a stool watching his three muses dance he demanded your attention.”
Dallas Arts District
“Clann is Coomer’s second opportunity to debut a piece with Texas Ballet Theater. In April of 2012 his piece Evolving was unveiled at the Portraits Ballet Festival at the Wyly Theatre in Dallas. The Dallas Morning News stated that the production included “near flawless dancing” while Coomer described the piece as a mix of contemporary and classical with a touch of quirkiness thrown in. Don’t miss your chance to see another moving piece from the imaginative mind of Carl Coomer.”
Manuel Mendoza
critic at the Dallas Morning News, Modern Luxury Dallas, Art + Seek and THE magazine.
“The longtime principal dancer answered the challenge with the premiere of Clann, a spry and charming collection of short scenes that relied on Scottish-Irish clichés without turning into Riverdance. It rose above those clichés with a well-delineated structure and organic, lighthearted choreography that the company made look effortless.
Dance for Film
The Story of You
I Just Found Out Today
Can You Let Me In
You’ve Got The Trees
Optimist
