Master Classes
Master Class with Sebastian Vinet
April 11, 2025 (Friday) 5:00PM – 8:00PM
April 12, 2025 (Saturday) 10:00AM – 1:00PM
April 13, 2025 (Sunday) 10:00AM – 1:00PM
👥 Ages 11 – 18
RMSB Students:
3 Days: $375
2 Days: $325
1 Day: $275
Non-RMSB Students:
3 Days: $425
2 Days: $375
1 Day: $350
Born in Santiago de Chile, Sebastian Vinet began his ballet training at Escuela de Ballet del Teatro Municipal de Santiago. After two years under a full scholarship, he moved to Houston, Texas, to complete his training at Ben Stevenson’s Houston Ballet Academy. In 2009, he joined the Houston Ballet, and in 2010, the San Francisco Ballet.
Vinet has danced principal roles choreographed by renowned artists such as Marcia Haydée, Kenneth MacMillan, William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon, Helgi Tomasson, Stanton Welch, Mark Morris, Ben Stevenson, Demis Volpi, Val Caniparoli, and John Cranko, among others. He has been invited to perform at international ballet galas in England, Denmark, China, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Indonesia, Russia, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Ethiopia, Colombia, Japan, Australia, the United States, Hungary, Canada, Peru, Paraguay, and Switzerland, where he was a 2009 Prix de Lausanne winner and apprenticeship recipient.
Vinet was also honored with the Premio Jóvenes Líderes del Diario El Mercurio (2009)—an award recognizing outstanding Chilean artists—presented by the Chilean ambassador to the United States. Additionally, he appeared as a special guest dancer at the 2009 Grammy Awards and has built a parallel career as a fashion model, featuring in campaigns for Armani, Burberry, Newman, and Dolce & Gabbana, as well as being published in Vogue.
In 2017, Vinet served as the artistic director and creator of the first international ballet gala presented at Teatro Oriente in Chile. In 2018, he was recognized in Dance Australia for delivering one of the standout performances during the premiere of FORTE in Melbourne, Australia. In 2020, he directed and founded the digital production interMission—a groundbreaking international ballet performance filmed across three continents to raise funds for Save The Children.
Most recently, Vinet was honored to be a 2020 Prix de Lausanne competition jurist in Switzerland and, in 2022, served as a judge for Youth America Grand Prix, Danza Activa in Panama, and Icon Dance Awards—becoming the youngest person in history to be invited as a panelist for these prestigious competitions.
Currently, Vinet is an international principal guest dancer, performing at ballet galas and dance events worldwide while teaching masterclasses at top ballet schools and companies, including ABT, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Ballet Nacional Sodre, Ballet de Santiago, San Francisco Ballet, and Compañía Nacional de Danza, among others. His teaching experiences have inspired him to establish the Bailarines del Mañana scholarship program, which has awarded over $100,000 to support aspiring dancers.
Dance Training
Houston Ballet – Ben Stevenson Academy & Houston Ballet II
Houston, Texas | August 2006 – August 2009 (Full Scholarship)
Trained under: Claudio Muñoz, Principal Ballet Master, Houston Ballet IIEscuela de Ballet del Teatro Municipal
Santiago, Chile | August 2003 – November 2005 (Full Scholarship)
Trained under: Patricio Gutierrez, School Director, Escuela de Ballet del Teatro Municipal
Awards and Honors
Finalist & Winner (Apprenticeship Award) – 2009 Prix de Lausanne International Competition
Jóvenes Líderes Award – Recognized as one of the most influential people in Chile, awarded by the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio (2009)
Special Recognition Award – First Chilean to win an award at the Prix de Lausanne, presented by the Ambassador of Chile in the United States (2009)
Contemporary Master Class
Krista King-Doherty
October 13 (Sun) & October 14 (Mon), 2024
10am-11:30am
Ages 11-18
2 Days in studio (RMSB Students): $150
1 Day in studio (RMSB Students): $120
2 Days in studio (NON-RMSB Students): $175
1 Day in studio (NON-RMSB Students): $135
Krista King-Doherty is an internationally recognized and award-winning teacher and choreographer.
Prior to returning to her dance roots, Krista enjoyed a successful career as a fashion model in Europe, USA, Asia and Australia. She worked for top designers and was featured in print campaigns, magazines, on television and runways for a decade.
Since 2005, Krista's students have repeatedly won the Youth Grand Prix Award, Grand Prix Award, and the Hope Award, in addition to overall awards in all divisions at Youth America Grand Prix. Krista’s daughter and lifelong student, Juliet Doherty, won the Gold Medal in both Junior Women’s and Senior Women’s Division at the YAGP Finals 2012/2014.
Krista’s work is frequently featured in galas and has been recognized in the “Stars of Tomorrow” at Lincoln Center, World Ballet Competition, ADC/IBC, Vail International Dance Festival, the Beijing International Ballet and Choreography Competition, Varna International Ballet Competition, USA/IBC, Australian Dance Festival, YGP Mexico, “Gala de Danza” in Cabo San Lucas, Nervi Festival, and Cancun International Ballet Festival.
Krista is honored to have received the “Outstanding Choreographer” award from YAGP 4-times, most recently in 2024 at the YAGP Finals in New York City, and the “Avant Garde” award for choreography from ADC/IBC. Krista’s choreography was featured on NBC’s World of Dance Season 4. She teaches and adjudicates for national conventions and competitions. Krista is a sought-after choreographer and guest master teacher at conservatories and intensives in the USA and internationally.
Master Class
Dalirys Valladares
September 5 (Sun) & September 6 (Mon), 2021
Ballet Technique 10am-12pm
Variation 12pm-1pm
From Matanzas, Cuba, Dalirys graduated in 1991 from the National Ballet School in Havana. She joined Ballet de Camagüey under the artistic guidance of Mr. Fernando Alonso, where she quickly reached a Soloist category. In 1994 she was invited to join the Ballet de Monterrey, where she became a Principal Dancer not much later. She has shared the stage with famous ballet dancers such as José Manuel Carreño, Jesús Corrales, Jaime Vargas, Carlos Quenedit, Fernando Bujones among others. With the latter, she danced the principal role of “Paquita” in 1997.
She has participated in several International Dance Festivals, to mention a few: Vail Dance Festival, Kirguistan Dance Festival, Festival Cervantino, Gala Career Transition For Dancer in NY, and many others.
Her repertoire includes the leading roles of the romantic-classical tradition, among them: “Paquita”, “Raymonda”, “Le Corsaire”, “Don Quixote”, “La Bayadere”, “Swan Lake”, “Giselle”, “The Nutcracker”, “Romeo, and Juliet”, among others; as well as works by several foreign creators’ contemporary choreographies.
She had the opportunity to work with several international teachers and choreographers such as: Fernando Alonso, Fernando Bujones, Ramona de Saá, Rosa Elena Alvarez, Lila Martínez, Lázaro Carreño, Kouloubek Ishenaliev, Georgina Parkinson, Robert Hill, Ann Marie De Angelo, Jorge Amarante among others. She has been recognized for her versatility and histrionic capacity on stage and for developing a successful dance career.
She started teaching in 1994 in Monterrey-Mexico. In 1998 she received an invitation to teach in the Taller Coreográfico of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México.
She retired from the stage in October 2009 after 17 long years of a professional career and decided to
dedicate herself to being a ballet teacher. Since then, she has been a teacher at the “Escuela Superior de Música y Danza de Monterrey” ESMDM and in her own Ballet Studio, which she kept running for over 15 years. Some of her students, past and present, join the cast of several International Ballet companies.
In March 2011, Conaculta and Canal 22 invited her to participate in “Opera Prima en Movimiento”, a reality show in support of Mexican talent in ballet. She was an active member of the committee of experts of the show, where she helped select applicants and as an instructor during the development of the competition.
During 2011 she directed "Compañía de Danza Clásica y Neoclásica de Jalisco" where she got to stage and choreograph productions such as: Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and Carmen.
In 2020 she created and founded “Dance Open America” International Dance Competition. She was the competition’s Artistic Director until 2021.
Today she lives in Miami and works in several studios as a guest teacher all around the US.
