Company

Name:  Clay Murray

Company Position:  Company Artist

Joined Ballet RI:  Joined Ballet Ri in 2022 as Company Member

Hometown: Hattiesburg, MS

Training/Education: South Mississippi Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet Academy, Pacific Northwest Ballet

Favorite Quote:  “I won’t break, I’ll just bend, and I’ll sway.” -Kacey Musgraves

Favorite Role or Ballet & Why:

There are so many amazing roles I’ve gotten to do in my career. A few favorites have been Bluebird in “Sleeping Beauty”, Sugarplum Cavalier in “The Nutcracker”, Iago in “Moore’s Pavane”, First Pas De Deux in Yury Yanowsky’s “Death and the Maiden”,Jester in Yury Yanowsky’s “Cinderella”, and Azure Barton’s “Les Chambres Des Jacques.”

Accomplishment you are most proud of:  Overcoming a major knee surgery and coming back to ballet.

Fun Fact about yourself:  I love going to concerts and the gym.

Follow Clay on Instagram @claymurray