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Tiit Helimets
Tiit Helimets is a Principal Dancer with the San Francisco Ballet. He was born in Viljandi, Estonia and received his ballet training at the Tallinna Balletikool in Tallinn, Estonia. At the age of 19 he joined the Estonian National Ballet as a Soloist and was promoted to Principal Dancer six months later. He made history by being the youngest male dancer to ever perform the role of Prince Siegfreid in Swan Lake. His repertoire with the company included Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Romeo & Juliet, and Daphnis and Chloe.

He joined Birmingham Royal Ballet as a Soloist in 1999, and was promoted to Senior Soloist in 2001, and Principal Dancer in 2002. While with the company he created roles in ballets by David Bintley and Oliver Hindle, and danced principal roles in most of the company's repretoire.

He joined San Francisco Ballet as a Principal Dancer in 2005 and has since been the recipient of much critical acclaim. Tiit has performed as a guest artist all over the world, including appearances in Galas of International Stars and appearances with National Ballet of Canada.

External Links link title www.tiithelimets.com

http://www.sfballet.org/about/company/dancers/view.asp?id=12340010