Along with the Paris Opera Ballet in France and the Royal Ballet in the United Kingdom, the United States’ American Ballet Theater is lauded as one of the three greatest ballet companies in the world. Measuring up to that reputation, all 100 of its dancers are remarkably talented, but only a handful of them can stand on the stage as soloists and principal dancers. Among the most honored ranks of main dancers stands Seo Hee, the first Korean-born ballerina to become an ABT principal dancers.


Ever since she started studying ballet, her dream was to become the world’s best ballerina. Now that she became one of the top ballet dancers in the world, she added another goal to her wish list. She now wants to become a dancer who touches people’s hearts and inspires others.