New York City Ballet
The New York City Ballet was the brainchild of Lincoln Kirstein. He wanted an American Ballet company that trained its own dancers and performed a modern repertory. When he met George Balanchine in 1933, he knew that he would be the right person to help him carry out his dream. After many failed attempts, the New York City Ballet was formed in 1948. Jerome Robbins was hired as Assistant Artistic director, and NYCB was on its way. After Balanchine's death in 1983, Jerome Robbins and Peter Martins took over the company and school. Now, Peter Martins assumes full responsibilty for both. The company has over 90 dancers and 150 ballets, and the school, School of American Ballet, has over 350 aspiring students. The New York City Ballet's permanent residence is Lincoln Center (incidently not named for Kirstein, but for President Lincoln) and makes its summer home in Saratoga Springs, New York, at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC).
New York City Ballet Principal Dancers
- Helene Alexopoulos *Many more dancer bios to come!*
- Charles Askegard
- Peter Boal
- Yvonne Borree
- Albert Evans
- Nikolaj Hubbe
- Darci Kistler
- Maria Kowroski
- Robert LaFosse
- Nilas Martins
- Monique Meunier
- Philip Neal
- Kyra Nichols
- Jennifer Ringer
- Jock Soto
- Margaret Tracey
- Miranda Weese
- Wendy Whelan
- Damian Woetzel
New York City Ballet Soloists
- Alexandra Ansanelli
- James Fayette
- Tom Gold
- Arch Higgins
- Jeroen Hofmans
- Kipling Houston
- Pascale van Kipnis
- Edward Liang
- Robert Lyon
- Sebastian Marcovici
- Benjamin Millepied
- Alexander Ritter
- Jennie Somogyi
- Jennifer Tinsley
- Kathleen Tracey
New York City Ballet Corps de Ballet Dancers
- Dena Abergel
- Jared Angle
- Faye Arthurs
- Aesha Ash
- Ellen Bar
- Melissa Barek
- Saskia Beskow
- Jenny Blascovich
- Christopher Boehmer
- Mary Helen Bowers
- Stuart Capps
- Martine Ciccone
- Darius Crenshaw
- Elena Diner
- Amanda Edge
- Jason Fowler
- Kurt Froman
- Kyle Froman
- Pauline Goblin
- Craig Hall
- Amanda Hankes
- Stephan Hanna
- Dena Hanson
- Andrea Hecker
- Adam Hendricks
- Jenny Hendricks
- Alexandre Iziliaev
- Ryan Kelly
- Amamda Knox
- Carla Korbes
- Rebecca Krohn
- Genevieve Labean
- Deanna McBreaty
- Gwyneth Muller
- Eva Natanya
- Seth Orza
- Laura Paulus
- Megan Pepin
- Sarah Ricard
- Carrie Lee Riggins
- Rachel Rutherford
- Chrissy Schultz
- Henry Seth
- Aaron Severini
- Kristin Sloan
- Abi Stafford
- Jonathon Stafford
- Janie Taylor
- Lauren Toole
- Andrew Veyette
- Elizabeth Walker
- Melissa Walter
- Jamie Wolf
Photo "In the Night" copyright Paul Kolnik