Ommi Pipit-Suksun

Nutnaree "Ommi" Pipit-Suksun is a Thai ballerina. She was born in Bangkok, Thailand, where she trained at the Varaporn-Kanchana Ballet School.[1][2] At fifteen, she left Bangkok to study at the Royal Ballet School in London, England.[2][3] In 2001, Pipit-Suksun became the youngest person to win a gold medal at the Adeline Genée International Competition.[4] She graduated in 2004 and, at the age of 19, was given a soloist contract with the San Francisco Ballet.[3][5]

She was a principal dancer with Ballet San Jose (later Silicon Valley Ballet) in San Jose, California, from 2013 until the company's closure in 2016.[4][6] She performed the title role in Cinderella in 2015.[7]

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  5. ^ "25 To Watch". Dance Magazine. 2007-07-20.
  6. ^ "Pointe". Pointe. 2014-06-01.
  7. ^ Berman, Janice. "Ballet San Jose's Cinderella is All Sparkle But Few Steps". San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved 2019-10-20.