All Topics  
New York City Ballet

 
New York City Ballet

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

New York City Ballet
 
 
  Topics New York City Ballet Topic Home

New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company
Ballet company

A ballet company is a group of dancers who perform ballets....
 founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine
George Balanchine

George Balanchine , born Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Georgians parents, was one of the 20th century's foremost choreographers, a pioneer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet: his work created modern ballet, based on his deep knowledge of classical for...
  and Lincoln Kirstein
Lincoln Kirstein

Lincoln Edward Kirstein was an United States writer, impresario, art connoisseur, and cultural figure in New York City, famous less for his own artistic achievement than for his social influence....
  with musical director Leon Barzin
Leon Barzin

Leon Eugene Barzin was a Belgian-born American conductor and founder of the National Orchestral Association , the first training orchestra in the US....
 and with founding choreographers Balanchine and Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins

Jerome Robbins was an United States film director and choreographer whose work has included everything from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater....
. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the School of American Ballet
School of American Ballet

The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City....
, 1934; the American Ballet
American Ballet

American Ballet was the first professional ballet company George Balanchine created in the United States. The company was founded with the help of Lincoln Kirstein, and was populated by students of Kirstein and Balanchine's School of American Ballet....
, 1935, and Ballet Caravan, 1936, which merged into American Ballet Caravan, 1941; and directly from the Ballet Society, 1946.

company was named New York City Ballet when it became resident at City Center of Music and Drama
New York City Center

New York City Center, historically known as City Center of Music and Drama, and also known as New York City Center 55th Street Theater, is a 2,750-seat Moorish Revival concert hall located at 131 West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues in Manhattan, New York City....
 in 1948.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'New York City Ballet'
Start a new discussion about 'New York City Ballet'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company
Ballet company

A ballet company is a group of dancers who perform ballets....
 founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine
George Balanchine

George Balanchine , born Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Georgians parents, was one of the 20th century's foremost choreographers, a pioneer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet: his work created modern ballet, based on his deep knowledge of classical for...
  and Lincoln Kirstein
Lincoln Kirstein

Lincoln Edward Kirstein was an United States writer, impresario, art connoisseur, and cultural figure in New York City, famous less for his own artistic achievement than for his social influence....
  with musical director Leon Barzin
Leon Barzin

Leon Eugene Barzin was a Belgian-born American conductor and founder of the National Orchestral Association , the first training orchestra in the US....
 and with founding choreographers Balanchine and Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins

Jerome Robbins was an United States film director and choreographer whose work has included everything from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater....
. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the School of American Ballet
School of American Ballet

The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City....
, 1934; the American Ballet
American Ballet

American Ballet was the first professional ballet company George Balanchine created in the United States. The company was founded with the help of Lincoln Kirstein, and was populated by students of Kirstein and Balanchine's School of American Ballet....
, 1935, and Ballet Caravan, 1936, which merged into American Ballet Caravan, 1941; and directly from the Ballet Society, 1946.

History

The company was named New York City Ballet when it became resident at City Center of Music and Drama
New York City Center

New York City Center, historically known as City Center of Music and Drama, and also known as New York City Center 55th Street Theater, is a 2,750-seat Moorish Revival concert hall located at 131 West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues in Manhattan, New York City....
 in 1948. Its success was marked by its move to the New York State Theater, now David H. Koch Theater, designed by Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson

Philip Cortelyou Johnson was an influential American architect. With his thick, round-framed glasses, Johnson was the most recognizable figure in American architecture for decades....
 to Balanchine's specifications. City Ballet went on to become the first ballet company in the United States to have two permanent venue engagements: one at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater on 63rd Street in Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
, and another at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Performing Arts Center

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center is an amphitheater in Saratoga Springs, New York, which presents summer festivals of all kinds of music , dance, and opera, as well as a Wine & Food Festival....
, in Saratoga Springs, New York
Saratoga Springs, New York

Saratoga Springs is a city in Saratoga County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 26,186 at the United States Census 2000. The name reflects the presence of spring in the area....
. The School of American Ballet
School of American Ballet

The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City....
 (S.A.B.), which Balanchine founded, is the training school of City Ballet.

After the company's move to the State Theater, Balanchine's creativity as a choreographer flourished. He created works that were the basis of the company's repertory until his death in 1983. His vision influenced dance both across the United States and in Europe. He worked closely with choreographer Jerome Robbins, who resumed his connection with the company in 1969 after having produced works for Broadway.

NYCB still has the largest repertoire by far of any American ballet company, and it often stages 60 ballets or more in its winter and spring seasons at Lincoln Center each year and 20 or more in its summer season in Saratoga Springs. City Ballet has performed The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker Op. 71, is a fairy tale-ballet in two acts, three scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1891?92. Alexandre Dumas, p?re's adaptation of the story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E....
, Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet (ballet)

Romeo and Juliet may refer to:* Romeo and Juliet , composed by Sergei Prokofiev in 1935-36*Ballets to the above:**Romeo and Juliet made by John Cranko, premiered 1962 in Stuttgart...
, A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream (ballet)

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a two-act ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream....
 and many more. City Ballet has trained and developed many great dancers since its formation, including:

  • Gelsey Kirkland
    Gelsey Kirkland

    Gelsey Kirkland is an American ballet dancer, and one of the best classicists of her generation. Kirkland was reportedly inspired to dance by watching a performance of Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev....
  • Jacques d'Amboise
    Jacques d'Amboise

    Jacques d'Amboise is a well-known United States ballet dancer and choreographer....
  • Jillana
  • Edward Villella
    Edward Villella

    Edward Villella is an American ballet dancer and choreographer, frequently cited as America's most celebrated male dancer.Villella enrolled in the School of American Ballet at age ten, but then interrupted his studies to complete his college education....
  • Arthur Mitchell
    Arthur Mitchell

    Arthur Mitchell may refer to:*Arthur W. Mitchell, first African-American elected to the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party...
  • Merrill Ashley
  • Patricia McBride
    Patricia McBride

    Patricia McBride is a ballerina who spent nearly 30 years dancing with the New York City Ballet. McBride was honored with a special performance of the City Ballet on June 4, 1989 at the New York State Theater at New York City's Lincoln Center on her retirement....
  • Allegra Kent
    Allegra Kent

    Allegra Kent is an American ballet dancer and actress.Born in Santa Monica, Kent studied with Bronislava Nijinska and Carmelita Maracci before joining School of American Ballet....
  • Kyra Nichols
  • Maria Tallchief
    Maria Tallchief

    Maria Tallchief was the first American Prima Ballerina. From 1942 to 1947 she danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, but she is best known for her time with the New York City Ballet from 1947 to 1965....
  • Melissa Hayden
    Melissa Hayden (dancer)

    Melissa Hayden was a well-known Canadian ballerina who spent most of her career with the New York City Ballet.Hayden grew up in Toronto. In the early 1940s, she moved to New York City to join the Corps de ballet at Radio City Music Hall....
  • Mikhail Baryshnikov
    Mikhail Baryshnikov

    Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov is a Soviet Union-born Russian American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century....
  • Suzanne Farrell
    Suzanne Farrell

    Suzanne Farrell one of the most noted ballerinas of the 20th century, and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C....
  • Tanaquil LeClerq
    Tanaquil LeClerq

    Tanaquil Le Clercq was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, but her dancing career was ended when she was stricken with polio and paralyzed from the waist down....
  • Peter Martins
    Peter Martins

    Peter Martins is a Denmark ballet dancer and choreographer. He was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet and with New York City Ballet, where he joined George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and John Taras as balletmaster in 1981, retired from dancing in 1983 at which time he became co-balletmaster in chief with Robbins, and since 1990...
    , balletmaster in chief


Salute to Italy


In 1960 Balanchine mounted City Ballet's Salute to Italy with premieres of Monumentum pro Gesualdo
Monumentum pro Gesualdo

Monumentum pro Gesualdo is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to eponymous music by Igor Stravinsky composed in honor of the 400th birthday of Don Carlo Gesualdo and consisting of Stravinsky's orchestrations of Don Carlo's madrigals....
 and Variations from Don Sebastian, called the Donizetti Variations since 1961, as well as performances of his La Sonnambula
La Sonnambula (ballet)

'La Sonnambula' is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster, George Balanchine, made to Vittorio Rieti's music using themes from the operas of Vincenzo Bellini including La Sonnambula, Norma , I Puritani, and I Capuleti e i Montecchi and costumes by Barbara Karinska....
 and Lew Christensen
Lew Christensen

Lew Christensen was a ballet dancer, choreographer and director for many companies. He was largely associated with George Balanchine in addition to The San Francisco Ballet, which he directed from 1952 ? 1984....
's Con Amore.

Stravinsky Festival


In 1972 Balanchine offered an eight-day tribute to the composer, his great collaborator, who had died the year before. His programs included twenty-two new works of his own dances, plus works by choreographers Todd Bolender
Todd Bolender

Todd Bolender was a renowned ballet ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director. He was an instrumental figure in the creation and dissemination of classical dance and ballet as an American art form....
, John Clifford
John Clifford (choreographer)

John Clifford is a choreographer and former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, a repetiteur for the George Balanchine Trust, and founder of the the Los Angeles Ballet....
, Lorca Massine, Jerome Robbins, Richard Tanner and John Taras
John Taras

John Taras was a prominent American balletmaster and choreographer. Born on the Lower East Side of New York City to Ukrainian parents, he was sent at age 16 to study ballet with Michel Fokine, Anatole Vilzak and Ludmila Shollar, and later to the School of American Ballet....
, as well as repertory ballets by Balanchine and Robbins. Balanchine created Symphony in Three Movements
Symphony in Three Movements

Symphony in Three Movements is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine for opening night of its New York City Ballet Stravinsky Festival to the Igor Stravinsky eponymous symphony from 1942?45, and lighting by Mark Stanley ....
, Duo Concertant and Violin Concerto for the occasion. He and Robbins co-choreographed and performed in Pulcinella
Pulcinella (ballet)

Pulcinella is a ballet by Igor Stravinsky based on an 18th-century play ? Pulcinella is a character originating from Commedia dell'arte. The ballet premiered in Paris on 15 May, 1920 under the baton of Ernest Ansermet....
. Balanchine produced an earlier Stravinsky festival as balletmaster of the American Ballet
American Ballet

American Ballet was the first professional ballet company George Balanchine created in the United States. The company was founded with the help of Lincoln Kirstein, and was populated by students of Kirstein and Balanchine's School of American Ballet....
 while engaged by the Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880, is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. Peter Gelb is the company's general manager and James Levine is music director....
 in 1937. The composer conducted the April 27th premiere of Card Party.

Ravel Festival


In 1975 Balanchine paid his respects to the French composer Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel

Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer and pianist of Impressionist music known especially for the subtlety, richness, and poignancy of his melodies, orchestral and instrumental Texture and effects....
 with a two-week Hommage a Ravel. Balanchine, Robbins, Jacques d'Amboise
Jacques d'Amboise

Jacques d'Amboise is a well-known United States ballet dancer and choreographer....
, and Taras made sixteen new ballets for the occasion. Repertory ballets were performed as well. High points included Balanchine's Le Tombeau de Couperin
Le Tombeau de Couperin

Le Tombeau de Couperin is a suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, composed between 1914 and 1917, in six movements. Each movement is dedicated to the memory of friends of the composer who had died fighting in World War I....
 and Robbins' Mother Goose
Mother Goose (ballet)

Mother Goose is a ballet made for New York City Ballet's New York City Ballet#Ravel Festival by balletmaster Jerome Robbins to Maurice Ravel music and scenario, the Ma M?re l'Oye from 1908, orchestrated by the composer in 1912....
.

Tschaikovsky Festival


In 1981 Balanchine planned a two-week NYCB festival honoring the Russian composer Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky. Balanchine, Joseph Duell, d'Amboise, Peter Martins
Peter Martins

Peter Martins is a Denmark ballet dancer and choreographer. He was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet and with New York City Ballet, where he joined George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and John Taras as balletmaster in 1981, retired from dancing in 1983 at which time he became co-balletmaster in chief with Robbins, and since 1990...
, Robbins and Taras created twelve new dances. In addition to presenting these and repertory ballets, Balanchine re-choreographed his Mozartziana from 1933. Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson

Philip Cortelyou Johnson was an influential American architect. With his thick, round-framed glasses, Johnson was the most recognizable figure in American architecture for decades....
 and John Burgee
John Burgee

John Burgee is an American architect important in Postmodern architecture. 1956 graduate of University of Notre Dame, USA, School of Architecture....
's stage setting of translucent tubing was designed by to be hung and lit in different architectural configurations throughout the entire festival.

Stravinsky Centennial Celebration


In 1982 Balanchine organized a centennial celebration in honor of his long-time collaborator Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer, considered by many to be the most influential composer of 20th century music. He was a quintessentially Cosmopolitanism Russian who was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people of the century....
 during which twenty-five ballets set to the composer’s music were performed by City Ballet. Balanchine made three new ballets, Tango
Tango (Balanchine)

Tango is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Igor Stravinsky's Tango for Piano Forte arranged 1953 by the composer....
, Élégie
Élégie

?l?gie is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Igor Stravinsky's ?l?gie for solo viola ....
 and Persephone, and a new version of Variations
Variations (ballet)

Variations is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Igor Stravinsky Variations in Memory of Aldous Huxley ....
.

American Music Festival


After Balanchine's death in 1983, Peter Martins was selected as balletmaster of the company. For its 40th anniversary, Martins held an American Music Festival, having commissioned dances from choreographers Laura Dean
Laura Dean

Laura Dean is a postmodern dancer, choreographer and composer who is known for her minimalist style of dance. She often incorporates repetitive phrases, geometric patterns, spinning, unison movements, and canon phrases into her choreography ....
, Eliot Feld
Eliot Feld

Eliot Feld is an American modern ballet choreographer, performer and director....
, William Forsythe
William Forsythe

William Forsythe may refer to:* William Forsythe * William Forsythe See also*William Forsyth ...
, Lar Lubovitch
Lar Lubovitch

Lar Lubovitch is a choreographer and founded his own dance company, the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in 1968. Based in New York City, he and the company have toured worldwide....
 and Paul Taylor
Paul Taylor

Paul Taylor is one of the foremost United States choreographers of the 20th century.He was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, and attended Syracuse University , where he first took up dance....
. He also presented ballets by George Balanchine
George Balanchine

George Balanchine , born Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Georgians parents, was one of the 20th century's foremost choreographers, a pioneer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet: his work created modern ballet, based on his deep knowledge of classical for...
 and Robbins. The programs included world premieres of more than twenty dances. Martins contributed Barber Violin Concerto, Black and White
Black and White (ballet)

Black and White is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster, subsequently balletmaster in chief, Peter Martins to Michael Torke's eponymous music which was commissioned for City Ballet's New York City Ballet#American Music Festival; the premiere took place May 7, 1988, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center for the Perfor...
, The Chairman Dances
The Chairman Dances (ballet)

The Chairman Dances is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to John Adams eponymous music from 1985. The music was originally written for Adams' opera, Nixon in China , but not used in production: the scene is that in which Chairman Mao dances with his future bride, movie star Jiang Qing....
, A Fool for You, Fred and George, Sophisticated Lady, Tanzspiel, Tea-Rose and The Waltz Project.

Dancers' Choice


Friday, June 27, 2008 the Dancers’ Choice benefit was held for the Dancers' Emergency Fund. The program was initiated by Peter Martins
Peter Martins

Peter Martins is a Denmark ballet dancer and choreographer. He was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet and with New York City Ballet, where he joined George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and John Taras as balletmaster in 1981, retired from dancing in 1983 at which time he became co-balletmaster in chief with Robbins, and since 1990...
, conceived and supervised by principal dancer Jonathan Stafford, assisted by Kyle Froman, Craig Hall
Craig Hall

Craig Hall is a rugby league player currently playing for Hull FC in the Super League . He remains romantically linked to a player from a rival league team....
, Amanda Hankes, Adam Hendrickson, Ask la Cour, Henry Seth and Daniel Ulbricht, and consisted of:



  • Flit of Fury/The Monarch (premiere)
    Flit of Fury/The Monarch

    Flit of Fury/The Monarch is a ballet made by New York City Ballet soloist Adam Hendrickson to music by City Ballet corps dancer Aaron Severini for the New York City Ballet#Dancers' Choice benefit, Friday, June 27, 2008, with women's costume by Magda Berliner, men's costumes by the choreographer and lighting by Mark Stanley ....




  • Beethoven Romance
    Beethoven Romance

    Beethoven Romance is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to Ludwig van Beethoven Romance in F for violin and orchestra, op....




  • and excerpts from:


  • Jewels
    Jewels (ballet)

    Jewels is a ballet in three parts, choreographed by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine in 1967. It premi?red on the 13th of April of the same year at the New York State Theater....
    • Emeralds
    • Rubies
  • Ecstatic Orange
    Ecstatic Orange

    Ecstatic Orange is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Peter Martins to Michael Torke's Verdant Music , Purple and Ecstatic Orange for City Ballet's New York City Ballet#American Music Festival; the second movement, Purple, was to a score commissioned for the occasion....


  • Square Dance
    Square Dance (ballet)

    Square Dance is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmasterGeorge Balanchine to Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso in B minor and the first movement of his Concerto Grosso in E major, Op....
  • Interplay
    Interplay (ballet)

    Interplay is a ballet made by Jerome Robbins, subsequently balletmaster of New York City Ballet, for Billy Rose's Concert Varieties to Morton Gould's 1945 American Concertette....
  • Dances at a Gathering
    Dances at a Gathering

    Dances at a Gathering is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to the music of Fr?d?ric Chopin: *Mazurka, op....
  • Glass Pieces
    Glass Pieces

    Glass Pieces is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to Philip Glass' Rubric and Fa?ades from Glassworks and excerpts from his opera Akhnaten ....


  • Union Jack
    Union Jack (ballet)

    Union Jack is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to traditional British tunes, hornpipe melodies and music-hall songs, ca....
  • Stars snd Stripes
    Stars and Stripes (ballet)

    Stars and Stripes is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine in 1958, using original music from "Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa and performed in 5 acts ....
  • Mercurial Manoeuvres
    Mercurial Manoeuvres

    'Mercurial Manoeuvres' is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's first Artist in Residence Christopher Wheeldon to Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Concerto No....
  • Symphony in C
    Symphony in C (ballet)

    Symphony in C, originally titled Le Palais de Cristal, is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Georges Bizet's Symphony in C , which he wrote at the age of 17 while studying with Charles Gounod at the Paris Conservatory....


Sunday June 14, 2009 the second Dancers’ Choice benefit will be held at a special evening performance, the program to be announced.

Present


Balletmaster in chief


Peter Martins
Peter Martins

Peter Martins is a Denmark ballet dancer and choreographer. He was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet and with New York City Ballet, where he joined George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and John Taras as balletmaster in 1981, retired from dancing in 1983 at which time he became co-balletmaster in chief with Robbins, and since 1990...
, who first danced with City Ballet in 1967 joined the company as a principal dancer in 1970. In 1981 he was named balletmaster, a title shared with Balanchine, Robbins and John Taras
John Taras

John Taras was a prominent American balletmaster and choreographer. Born on the Lower East Side of New York City to Ukrainian parents, he was sent at age 16 to study ballet with Michel Fokine, Anatole Vilzak and Ludmila Shollar, and later to the School of American Ballet....
. Martins served as co-balletmaster in chief with Robbins from 1983 to 1989 and assumed sole directorship of the company in 1990.

Balletmistress

  • Rosemary Dunleavy


Balletmasters




  • Karin von Aroldingen
    New York City Ballet

    New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein with musical director Leon Barzin and with founding choreographers Balanchine and Jerome Robbins....
  • Jean-Pierre Frohlich
    New York City Ballet

    New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein with musical director Leon Barzin and with founding choreographers Balanchine and Jerome Robbins....


  • Susan Hendl
    New York City Ballet

    New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein with musical director Leon Barzin and with founding choreographers Balanchine and Jerome Robbins....
  • Lisa Jackson


  • Russell Kaiser
  • Sara Leland


  • Christine Redpath
    New York City Ballet

    New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein with musical director Leon Barzin and with founding choreographers Balanchine and Jerome Robbins....
  • Richard Tanner
  • Kathleen Tracey

Assistant to the balletmaster in chief


  • Sean Lavery
    Sean Lavery (dancer)

    Sean Lavery, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is New York City Ballet#Assistant to the balletmaster in chief at New York City Ballet, of which he was principal dancer; a r?p?titeur with the George Balanchine Trust; and a faculty member at the School of American Ballet....


Teaching associate


  • Merrill Ashley
    New York City Ballet

    New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein with musical director Leon Barzin and with founding choreographers Balanchine and Jerome Robbins....


Children's balletmaster


  • Garielle Whittle


Dancers


principal dancer
Principal dancer

A principal dancer is a dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company. A principal may be male or female....
s



  • Jared Angle
  • Charles Askegard
  • Yvonne Borree
  • Ashley Bouder
  • Joaquín De Luz
    Joaquin de Luz

    Joaqu?n De Luz formerly with the American Ballet Theater, is currently a Principal Dancer with the New York City Ballet. He has recently performed in Ballet Hawaii's 2005 Nutcracker at the Blaisdell Center as the cavalier....
  • Albert Evans
    Albert Evans (dancer)

    Albert Evans began his ballet training at Terpsichore Expressions in his native Atlanta and was awarded a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet in 1986....


  • Megan Fairchild
    Megan Fairchild

    Megan Fairchild is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, she began dancing at the age of four. Prior to becoming a principal dancer, she was in the Company corps de ballet and then a soloist....
  • Gonzalo Garcia
  • Sterling Hyltin
  • Darci Kistler
    Darci Kistler

    Darci Kistler was one of the more noted American ballerinas of the 20th century, and was the last lead dancer for the legendary choreographer George Balanchine....
  • Maria Kowroski
    Maria Kowroski

    Maria Kowroski began studying ballet at the School of the Grand Rapids Ballet and subsequently the School of American Ballet in 1992; became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in 1994 and joined the the corps de ballet in 1995....
  • Sébastien Marcovici


  • Nilas Martins
  • Sara Mearns
  • Benjamin Millepied
    Benjamin Millepied

    Benjamin Millepied began his ballet training with his mother, a former ballet dancer, in Bordeaux, France, and studied with Michel Rahn at the Conservatoire National in Lyon from the age 13 to 16....
  • Philip Neal
  • Jenifer Ringer
  • Jennie Somogyi


  • Abi Stafford
  • Jonathan Stafford
  • Janie Taylor
  • Daniel Ulbricht
  • Andrew Veyette
  • Wendy Whelan
    Wendy Whelan

    Wendy Whelan is a ballerina and principal dancer with the New York City Ballet.A native of Louisville, Kentucky , she began her dance training with local teacher Virginia Wooton at the age of three....

soloists
Soloist

A soloist is a person that achieves a goal by themselves.A soloist may be:*Solo , a person playing music or singing alone*Solo , a dancer who dances alone...
 



  • Tyler Angle
  • Ellen Bar
  • Antonio Carmena
  • Robert Fairchild


  • Jason Fowler
    Jason Fowler (dancer)

    Jason Fowler studied ballet at the Dallas Ballet Academy and entered the School of American Ballet in 1993. While there he danced selections from Balanchine's Agon, Cort?ge Hongrois, The Nutcracker and A Midsummer Night's Dream....
  • Craig Hall
  • Adam Hendrickson
  • Arch Higgins


  • Rebecca Krohn
  • Ask la Cour
  • Savannah Lowery
  • Tiler Peck
  • Amar Ramasar


  • Teresa Reichlen
  • Rachel Rutherford
  • Ana Sophia Scheller
  • Sean Suozzi

corps de ballet
Corps de ballet

In ballet, the corps de ballet is the group of dancers who are not soloists. They are a permanent part of the ballet company and often work as a backdrop for the principal dancers....
 



  • Dena Abergel
  • Devin Alberda
  • Marika Anderson
  • Daniel Applebaum
  • Faye Arthurs
  • Darius Barnes
  • Katie Bergstrom
  • Saskia Beskow
  • Likolani Brown
  • Zachary Catazaro
  • Maya Collins
  • Adrian Danchig-Waring
  • Cameron Dieck
  • Alina Dronova


  • Sophie Flack
    Sophie Flack

    Sophie Flack is a performance art and visual artist, and member of the New York City Ballet....
  • Kyle Froman
  • Kaitlyn Gilliland
  • Pauline Golbin
  • Amanda Hankes
  • Anthony Huxley
  • Ralph Ippolito
  • Russell Janzen
  • Dara Johnson
  • Megan Johnson
  • Glenn Keenan
  • Lauren King
  • Ashley Laracey
  • Austin Laurent
  • Megan LeCrone


  • Meagan Mann
  • Jenelle Manzi
  • Kathryn Morgan
  • Gwyneth Muller
  • Courtney Muscroft
  • Ellen Ostrom
  • Vincent Paradiso
  • Georgina Pazcoguin
  • Justin Peck
  • Allen Peiffer
  • Erica Pereira
  • Rachel Piskin
  • Brittany Pollack
  • David Prottas
  • Matthew Renko


  • Tabitha Rinko-Gay
  • Troy Schumacher
  • Andrew Scordato
  • Mary Elizabeth Sell
  • Henry Seth
  • Aaron Severini
  • Briana Shepherd
  • Gretchen Smith
  • Max van der Sterre
  • Joshua Thew
  • Christian Tworzyanski
  • Giovanni Villalobos
  • Elizabeth Walker
  • Lydia Wellington
  • Sarah-Rose Williams
  • Stephanie Zungre

Former dancers


Former principal dancers




  • Alexandra Ansanelli
    Alexandra Ansanelli

    Alexandra Ansanelli is a principal dancer at The Royal Ballet, London, and former principal dancer with New York City Ballet, where she originated roles in Mauro Bigonzetti's Vespro, Christopher Wheeldon's Carousel and in Makin' Whoopee!, the second act of Susan Stroman's Double Feature ....
  • Allegra Kent
    Allegra Kent

    Allegra Kent is an American ballet dancer and actress.Born in Santa Monica, Kent studied with Bronislava Nijinska and Carmelita Maracci before joining School of American Ballet....
  • Arthur Mitchell
    Arthur Mitchell (dancer)

    Arthur Mitchell is an African-American dancer and choreographer who created a training school and the first African-American classical ballet company, Dance Theatre of Harlem....
  • Damian Woetzel
    Damian Woetzel

    Damian Woetzel was a principal dancer for New York City Ballet. In 2007, he earned a Master of Public Administration degree at Harvard's John F....
  • Edward Villella
    Edward Villella

    Edward Villella is an American ballet dancer and choreographer, frequently cited as America's most celebrated male dancer.Villella enrolled in the School of American Ballet at age ten, but then interrupted his studies to complete his college education....
  • Gelsey Kirkland
    Gelsey Kirkland

    Gelsey Kirkland is an American ballet dancer, and one of the best classicists of her generation. Kirkland was reportedly inspired to dance by watching a performance of Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev....
  • Gen Horiuchi
    Gen Horiuchi

    Gen Horiuchi is a Japanese ballet dancer and choreographer. He has been a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet and artistic director of the Saint Louis Ballet Company....
  • Jacques d'Amboise
    Jacques d'Amboise

    Jacques d'Amboise is a well-known United States ballet dancer and choreographer....


  • James Fayette
  • Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
    Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux

    Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux is a French people ballet dancer and instructor. He is currently the artistic director at the North Carolina Dance Theatre and the Chautauqua Institution....
  • Jillana
  • Jocelyn Vollmar
  • John Clifford
    John Clifford (choreographer)

    John Clifford is a choreographer and former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, a repetiteur for the George Balanchine Trust, and founder of the the Los Angeles Ballet....
  • Judith Fugate
  • Karin von Aroldingen
  • Kyra Nichols


  • Lourdes Lopez
  • Maria Tallchief
    Maria Tallchief

    Maria Tallchief was the first American Prima Ballerina. From 1942 to 1947 she danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, but she is best known for her time with the New York City Ballet from 1947 to 1965....
  • Melissa Hayden
    Melissa Hayden (dancer)

    Melissa Hayden was a well-known Canadian ballerina who spent most of her career with the New York City Ballet.Hayden grew up in Toronto. In the early 1940s, she moved to New York City to join the Corps de ballet at Radio City Music Hall....
  • Merrill Ashley
  • Mikhail Baryshnikov
    Mikhail Baryshnikov

    Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov is a Soviet Union-born Russian American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century....
  • Miranda Weese
    Pacific Northwest Ballet

    Pacific Northwest Ballet is a ballet company based in Seattle, Washington in the United States. Founded in 1972 as part of the Seattle Opera and named the Pacific Northwest Dance Association, it broke away from the Opera in 1977 and took its current name in 1978....
  • Monique Meunier
  • Nikolaj Hübbe
    Nikolaj Hübbe

    Nikolaj H?bbe is a ballet dancer. He was born on 30 October 1967, and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. He began his dance training at age 10 at the Royal Danish Ballet School and became an apprentice to the Royal Danish Ballet in 1984....


  • Patricia McBride
    Patricia McBride

    Patricia McBride is a ballerina who spent nearly 30 years dancing with the New York City Ballet. McBride was honored with a special performance of the City Ballet on June 4, 1989 at the New York State Theater at New York City's Lincoln Center on her retirement....
  • Peter Martins
    Peter Martins

    Peter Martins is a Denmark ballet dancer and choreographer. He was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet and with New York City Ballet, where he joined George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and John Taras as balletmaster in 1981, retired from dancing in 1983 at which time he became co-balletmaster in chief with Robbins, and since 1990...
  • Robert La Fosse
  • Sofiane Sylve
  • Stephen Hanna
  • Suzanne Farrell
    Suzanne Farrell

    Suzanne Farrell one of the most noted ballerinas of the 20th century, and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C....
  • Tanaquil LeClerq
    Tanaquil LeClerq

    Tanaquil Le Clercq was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, but her dancing career was ended when she was stricken with polio and paralyzed from the waist down....

Former soloists




  • Elyse Borne
  • Jean-Pierre Frohlich


  • Tom Gold
  • Susan Hendl


  • Katrina Killian
    School of American Ballet

    The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City....
  • Carla Körbes
    Pacific Northwest Ballet

    Pacific Northwest Ballet is a ballet company based in Seattle, Washington in the United States. Founded in 1972 as part of the Seattle Opera and named the Pacific Northwest Dance Association, it broke away from the Opera in 1977 and took its current name in 1978....
  • Edwaard Liang
    Edwaard Liang

    Edwaard Liang was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He was raised in Marin County, California, and began his ballet training at the age of five at Marin Ballet....


  • Christine Redpath
  • Carol Sumner
  • Jennifer Tinsley-Williams

See also




  • List of NYCB repertory
    List of New York City Ballet repertory

    New York City Ballet dances Spring and Winter seasons each year at the New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and tours....


  • NYCB 2008 Winter repertory
    List of New York City Ballet 2008 Winter repertory

    New York City Ballet dances Winter and Spring seasons each year at the New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, a Summer season at Saratoga Performing Arts Center and tours; this is the list of ballets with casts for the 2008 Winter season, beginning Wednesday, January 3rd, and ending Sunday, February 24...


  • NYCB 2008 Winter tour repertory
    List of New York City Ballet 2008 Winter tour repertory

    New York City Ballet dances Winter and Spring seasons each year at the New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, a Summer season at Saratoga Performing Arts Center and tours; this is the list of ballets with casts for the 2008 Winter tour, beginning with the John F....


  • NYCB 2008 Spring repertory
    List of New York City Ballet 2008 Spring repertory

    New York City Ballet dances Winter and Spring seasons each year at the New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, a Summer season at Saratoga Performing Arts Center and tours; this is the list of ballets with casts for the 2008 Spring season, beginning with the gala, Tuesday, April 29th, and ending Sunday, June...


  • NYCB 2008 Summer Saratoga Springs repertory
    List of New York City Ballet 2008 Summer Saratoga Springs repertory

    New York City Ballet dances Winter and Spring seasons each year at the New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, a Summer season at Saratoga Performing Arts Center and tours; this is the list of ballets with casts for the 2008 Summer season at Saratoga Performing Arts Center July 8th to 26th....


  • NYCB 2008 Summer tour repertory
    List of New York City Ballet 2008 Summer tour repertory

    New York City Ballet dances Winter and Spring seasons each year at the New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, a Summer season at Saratoga Performing Arts Center and tours; this is the list of ballets with casts for the 2008 Summer tour, beginning with the European tour to Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens, September 1s...


  • NYCB 2009 Winter repertory
    List of New York City Ballet 2009 Winter repertory

    New York City Ballet dances Winter and Spring seasons each year at the New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, a Summer season at Saratoga Performing Arts Center and tours; this is the list of ballets with casts for the 2009 Winter season, beginning with the List of New York City Ballet 2009 Winter repertory#Winter gal...


  • NYCB 2009 Winter tour repertory
    List of New York City Ballet 2009 Winter tour repertory

    New York City Ballet dances Winter and Spring seasons each year at the New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, a Summer season at Saratoga Performing Arts Center and tours; this is the list of ballets with casts for the 2009 Winter tour to John F....


  • NYCB 2009 Spring repertory
    List of New York City Ballet 2009 Spring repertory

    New York City Ballet dances Winter and Spring seasons each year at the New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, a Summer season at Saratoga Performing Arts Center and tours; this is the list of ballets with casts for the 2009 Spring season, beginning Tuesday, April 28th, and ending Sunday, June 21st

External links








de:New York City Ballet es:Ballet de la Ciudad de Nueva York fr:New York City Ballet it:New York City Ballet ka:???-???? ???? ?????? ja:??????·???·???? pl:New York City Ballet sv:New York City Ballet