Information: - The Houston Ballet, operated by the Houston Ballet Foundation, is the fourth-largest professional ballet company in the United States, based in Houston, Texas. The foundation also maintains a ballet academy, the Ben Stevenson Academy, which trains more than half of the company's dancers. As of 2011, the Houston Ballet's endowment at more than $55million is considered among the largest endowments held for a dance company in the US. The company produces over 75 performances each year and consists of 51 dancers. - Ben Stevenson OBE (born 4 April 1936), is a former ballet dancer with Britain's Royal Ballet and English National Ballet, co-director of National Ballet of Washington, D.C. (19711974), artistic director of Chicago Ballet (1974-1975), artistic director of Houston Ballet (19762003), and current artistic director of Texas Ballet Theater (2003present). - Barbara Bears is an American ballet dancer and a former principal dancer with the Houston Ballet in Houston , Texas . Born in Fort Lauderdale , Florida , Bears joined the Houston Ballet in 1988 . At the age of 17 , during her first year as a member of the corps de ballet , she was unexpectedly chosen by choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan for his ballet Gloria . She was awarded the silver medal at the International Ballet Competition in 1991 and promoted to principal dancer four years later . In 2001 , Bears took a two - year hiatus from performing with the Houston Ballet to teach dance and to choreograph her own ballet , Speaking In Strings , for her company . She returned to dancing after the birth of her son in 2002 . Bears retired from the Houston Ballet in 2009 . After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'barbara bears' exhibits the relationship of 'date of birth'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - 1936 - 1971 - 1974 - 4 april 1936 - 75 - april 1936
The answer to this question is:
1971