Keaton Linzau

Joined KCB in 2024

Keaton Linzau is from Washington, D.C. and began his ballet training in 2012 at Maryland Youth Ballet. He joined Houston Ballet Academy in 2021, and was invited to Houston Ballet II in 2023 where he performed corps de ballet roles with Houston Ballet as well as principal roles with the Academy in excerpts from Raymonda, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, Le Corsaire, Stanton Welch’s Paquita, and leading contemporary roles in Stanton Welch’s Clear, Bruiser, Play, and many more. During his time in Houston Ballet II, he established the first Student Council for a ballet academy in North America. Linzau is excited to be entering into his second year at Kansas CIty Ballet after an enjoyable first year.