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Harper Watters is an American ballet dancer. He is a first soloist with the Houston Ballet and is the first black queer soloist in the company's history.

Early life and family

Watters was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He was adopted as an infant by Jan Alberghene, an English professor, and the Democrat politician David H. Watters, who has served in both the New Hampshire Senate and the New Hampshire House of Representatives. His grandfather, Franklin Benjamin Watters, was a cardiologist at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Newington, Connecticut and a professor at the University of Connecticut Medical Dental School. Watters is a cousin of conservative political commentator Jesse Watters.

Watters grew up in Dover, New Hampshire and studied at Walnut Hill School, a boarding school in Natick, Massachusetts.

Career

Watters joined the Houston Ballet as an apprentice in 2011. He joined the corps de ballet in 2012 and was promoted to demi soloist in 2016. Watters was promoted as a soloist in 2017 and, in 2021, was promoted to first soloist. He is the first black, queer soloist at Houston Ballet. He has performed in various ballets with the company, including Stanton Welch’s The Nutcracker and La Bayadère, Ben Stevenson's The Nutcracker, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, and Don Quixote, George Balanchine's Theme and Variations, Jewels, and Ballet Imperial.

Watters is a social media content creator, with large followings on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.

Personal life

Watters is gay.

References

1. ^ https://houstoniamlife.com/story/harper-watters/
2. "It's open season in New Hampshire for Democrats not named Joe Biden". Retrieved 2024-01-30.
3. ^ https://dancespirit.com/harper-watters-houston-ballet-2/
4. ^ https://www.houstonballet.org/explore/dancers/first-soloist/harper-watters/#:~:text=Watters%20joined%20Houston%20Ballet%20as,the%20world's%20leading%20dance%20choreographers.
5. https://www.dancemagazine.com/houston-ballet-soloist-harper-watters-shares-his-style-inspiration/#gsc.tab=0
6. https://www.wondermind.com/article/harper-watters/
7. https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/can-harper-watters-make-ballet-matter-again/
8. https://www.danqdao.com/writing/texas-monthly-harper-watters

• Living people
• 21st-century American ballet dancers
• African-American LGBTQ people
• African-American male ballet dancers
• African American adoptees
• American LGBTQ dancers
• American TikTokers
• Dancers from Georgia (U.S. state)
• Dancers from New Hampshire
• Gay dancers
• Houston Ballet soloists
• LGBTQ people from Georgia (U.S. state)
• LGBTQ people from New Hampshire
• LGBTQ TikTokers
• People from Atlanta
• People from Dover, New Hampshire
• Walnut Hill School alumni
• Watters family
• YouTubers from New Hampshire