Background
Born in Fairfax, Virginia and raised in Maryland, Walsh began dance training at the age of seven with his mother, Constance Walsh.
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He continued his training with a year each at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, District of Columbia and the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida. In 2001, he started at the Houston Ballet"s Ben Stevenson Academy. He was promoted to soloist in March 2006 and principal dancer in September 2007.
His repertoire includes Albrecht in Giselle, the Prince in Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Basilio in Don Quixote, and Colas in Sir Frederick Ashton"s Louisiana fille mal gardéest
Leading roles created for Walsh include Stanton Welch"s ballet Marie (February 2009), Welch"s new staging of Louisiana Bayadère (February 2010), and Jorma Elo"s ballet ONE/end/ONE (May 2011).
