[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 40 (Monday, March 7, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1315]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING THE LIFE OF INGEBORG HEUSER

  (Ms. ESCOBAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. ESCOBAR. Madam Speaker, it is with a heavy heart that I rise 
today to honor the life of Ingeborg Heuser, who passed away after a 
lifetime in the arts.
  Ingeborg immigrated to the United States from Germany after World War 
II, arriving to El Paso in 1953 as the wife of a servicemember.
  As a classical ballet dancer, she opened her first studio that year 
and became ballet director of the Texas Western Civic Ballet. Over the 
next 47 years, she would establish and direct Ballet El Paso, Ballet of 
the Americas, and the University of Texas El Paso ballet. Thousands of 
students passed through her studio doors, and countless audience 
members were exposed to a wide range of classical ballet through her 
service.
  Her cross-border collaborations with companies in Europe, Mexico, and 
Latin America contributed to the exchange of international artistic 
endeavors, including the first U.S.-Mexico repertory exchange in 1977.
  Madam Speaker, we have lost one of El Paso's shining stars, a 
trailblazer of the arts for our region. I ask you to join me in paying 
tribute to the life of Ingeborg Heuser. May her legacy and commitment 
to the arts continue to be an inspiration to us all.

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