The News, 20 page Houston’s Ballet Fall Calander dedicates a full page article to the Estonian Linnar Looris.

According to Jean May, Linnar Looris is a natural storyteller, hillarious as both Petruchio and Baptista in “The Taming of the Shrew”, and as the deliriously happy drunk in Stanton Welch’s “The Core”; heartbreakig as Albrecht in “Giselle” or as Onegin.

He has innate sense of the story to be told on stage and offers a superb classical technique.

No matter what the role, he does not pretend, he is the role.

The article states that Looris was born in Viljandi, Estonia, trained at the Tallinn Ballet School and his achievements of acting provides him with the ability to analyze the “male ballet technique”.

His career includes the Estonian National Ballet and the Birmingham Royal Ballet prior to coming to Houston in 2007.

He is a natural comedian and engaging storyteller also off stage.

Looris plays the ukulele, writes and performs songs and finds music very important in his life.

(Sent to VES by Arved Plaks)