List of New York City Ballet dancers

This is a list of New York City Ballet dancers.

Principal dancers

Name Joined Promoted Left/retired
Diana Adams 1950 1963
Heléne Alexopoulos 1978 1989[1] 2002
Jared Angle 1998 2005[2] 2023
Tyler Angle 2004 2009[3]
Alexandra Ansanelli 1996[4] 2003[5] 2005[6]
Karin von Aroldingen 1962 1972 1984
Merrill Ashley 1967 1977 1997
Charles Askegard 1997[7] 1998[8] 2011[7]
Harrison Ball 2012 2022 2023
Mikhail Baryshnikov 1978 1979
Peter Boal 1983 1989[9] 2005
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
Yvonne Borree 1988 1997 2010[10]
Ashley Bouder 2000[11] 2005[11]
Maria Calegari 1974 1983 1994
Zachary Catazaro 2008 2017[12] 2018[13]
Chun Wai Chan 2021[14] 2022 [14]
John Clifford 1966 1980
Bart Cook
Christopher d'Amboise 1983
Jacques d'Amboise 1949 1953 1984
Adrian Danchig-Waring 2003[15] 2013[15]
Joaquín De Luz 2003[16] 2005[16] 2018[17]
Daniel Duell
Albert Evans 1988[18] 1995[19] 2010[18]
Megan Fairchild 2002[20] 2005[20]
Robert Fairchild 2006[21] 2009[21] 2017[22]
Suzanne Farrell 1961[23] 1965[24] 1989[23]
James Fayette
Chase Finlay 2008[25] 2013[25] 2018[26]
Peter Frame 1976 1988 1990
Judith Fugate
Jovani Furlan 2019 2022
Gonzalo Garcia 2007[27] 2022
Emilie Gerrity 2010 2023[28]
Joseph Gordon 2012 2018
Stephen Hanna 1997 2005
Melissa Hayden 1948 1955 1973
Gen Horiuchi 1982 1989[9]
Nikolaj Hübbe 1992[29] 2008[29]
Anthony Huxley 2007[30] 2015[30]
Sterling Hyltin 2003[31] 2007[31] 2022
Russell Janzen 2008[32] 2017[32] 2023[33]
Allegra Kent 1953 1957
Gelsey Kirkland 1968[34] 1972[34] 1974[34]
Darci Kistler 1980 1982 2010[35]
Maria Kowroski 1995[36] 1999[36] 2021[37]
Rebecca Krohn 1999[38] 2012[38] 2017[38]
Ask la Cour 2002 2013 2021[39]
Robert La Fosse 1986 1986
Isabella LaFreniere 2014 2023[28]
Tanaquil Le Clercq 1948
Lourdes Lopez 1974
Lauren Lovette 2010[40] 2015[41] 2021[41]
Nicholas Magallanes 1948 1977[42]
Sébastien Marcovici 1993[43] 2002[43] 2014[43]
Nilas Martins 1986 1993 2010
Peter Martins 1970
Michael Maule 1950 1953
Patricia McBride 1959
Sara Mearns 2004[44] 2008[44]
Roman Mejia 2017 2023[28]
Monique Meunier 1989 1995
Benjamin Millepied 1995 2002 2011
Arthur Mitchell 1955 1956 1966
Francisco Moncion 1948 1985 1985[45]
Yvonne Mounsey 1949 1959
Mira Nadon 2018 2023[28]
Philip Neal 1987 1993 2010[46]
Patricia Neary 1960
Kyra Nichols 1974 1979[47] 2007[48]
Tiler Peck 2005 2009
Unity Phelan 2013 2021
Amar Ramasar 2001 2009 2022[49]
Teresa Reichlen 2001 2009 2022[50]
Jenifer Ringer 1990 2000 2014
Ana Sophia Scheller 2004 2012
Jennie Somogyi 1994 2000 2015
Jock Soto 1981 1985 2005
Abi Stafford 1999 2007 2021[39]
Jonathan Stafford 1999 2007 2014
Taylor Stanley 2010 2016
Ethan Stiefel 1989 1995 1997
Sofiane Sylve 2003[51] 2008
Maria Tallchief 1946 1960
Janie Taylor 1998[43] 2005[43] 2014[43]
Roy Tobias
Margaret Tracey 1986 1991 2002
Daniel Ulbricht 2001 2007
Andrew Veyette 2000 2007
Edward Villella 1957 1958, 1960[52] 1979
Emma Von Enck 2017 2024[53]
Peter Walker 2012 2022
Miranda Weese 1993 1996 2007
Robert Weiss
Wendy Whelan 1986[54] 1991[54] 2014[54]
Patricia Wilde 1950 1965
Damian Woetzel 1985 1989 2008[55]
Indiana Woodward 2012 2021

Soloists

This is a list of New York City Ballet soloists.

Name Joined Promoted Left/retired
Sara Adams 2009 2017
Daniel Applebaum
Ellen Bar 1998 2006 2011
Gilbert Bolden III 2017 2023
Elyse Borne
Stacey Calvert
Antonio Carmena 1999 2006 2017
Kelly Cass 1983 1988 1993
Preston Chamblee 2015 2022
Harrison Coll
Lois Ellyn[56] 1948 1950
Jason Fowler 1996 2006 2009
Jean-Pierre Frohlich
Emilie Gerrity 2010 2017
Susan Gluck
Tom Gold
Gloria Govrin
Craig Hall 2000 2007 2016
Adam Hendrickson 1998 2005 2013
Arch Higgins 1989 1998 2010
Ashley Hod 2013 2022
Ashly Isaacs 2010 2015 2019
Denise Robison 1996 1997 1998
Emily Kikta 2011 2022
Katrina Killian
Lauren King 2004 2013 2021[39]
Carla Körbes 2000 2005 2005
Claire Kretzschmar 2011 2018[57] 2022[58]
Ashley Laracey 2003 2013
Megan LeCrone 2002 2013
Edwaard Liang 1993 1998 2007
Savannah Lowery 2002 2007 2018
Olivia MacKinnon 2013 2023
Alexa Maxwell 2013 2023
Rebecca Metzger
Miriam Miller 2015 2022
Gloria Mohr
Kathryn Morgan 2006 2009 2012[59]
Mira Nadon 2018 2022
Seth Orza 2000 2007 2007
Georgina Pazcoguin 2002 2013 2023
Justin Peck 2007 2013
Erica Pereira 2007 2009
Brittany Pollack 2007 2013
Christine Redpath
Davide Riccardo 2018 2023
Rachel Rutherford 1995 2002
Aarón Sanz 2012 2018
Troy Schumacher 2005 2017
Carol Sumner
Sean Suozzi 2000 2007
KJ Takahashi 2021 2023
Jennifer Tinsley-Williams
Mel Tomlinson 1981 1987[60]
Sebastian Villarini-Velez 2013 2018
Christopher Wheeldon 1993 1998 2000[61]
Diana White

Corps de ballet

The following is a list of the current members of the corps de ballet.

  • Victor Abreu
  • Dominika Afanasenkov
  • Devin Alberda
  • Olivia Bell
  • Olivia Boisson
  • Jacqueline Bologna
  • India Bradley
  • Christina Clark
  • Lauren Collett
  • Nieve Corrigan
  • Naomi Corti
  • Gabriella Domini
  • Savannah Durham
  • Meaghan Dutton-O'Hara
  • Owen Flacke
  • David Gabriel
  • Christopher Grant
  • Laine Habony
  • Sarah Harmon
  • Kennard Henson
  • Spartak Hoxha
  • Baily Jones
  • Charlie Klesa
  • Alec Knight
  • Ruby Lister
  • Malorie Lundgren
  • Jules Mabie
  • Alston Macgill
  • Mary Thomas MacKinnon
  • Zoe Bliss Magnussen
  • Shelby Mann
  • Jenelle Manzi
  • Noah McAuslin
  • Samuel Melnikov
  • Lars Nelson
  • Maxwell Read
  • Ava Sautter
  • Grace Scheffel
  • Kristen Segin
  • Mary Elizabeth Sell
  • Anna Snellgrove
  • Mckenzie Bernardino Soares
  • Quinn Starner
  • Kennedy Targosz
  • Rommie Tomasini
  • Claire Von Enck
  • Cainan Weber
  • Andres Zuniga

Former corps de ballet

  • Dena Abergel
  • Faye Arthurs
  • Aesha Ash
  • Briana Atkins
  • Debra Austin
  • Austin Bachman
  • Callie Bachman
  • Amy Barker
  • Darius Barnes[62]
  • Toni Bentley
  • Katie Bergstrom[62]
  • Saskia Beskow
  • Jenny Blascovich
  • Megan Bonneau
  • Paul Boos
  • Susan Borree
  • Mary Helen Bowers
  • Likolani Brown
  • Willy Burmann[63]
  • Stephanie Chrosniak
  • Emily Coates
  • Maya Collins
  • Cara Copeland
  • Cameron Dieck
  • Alina Drunova
  • Sophie Flack[62]
  • Paul Frame
  • Dorothy Froehlich
  • Kurt Froman
  • Kyle Froman
  • Kaitlyn Gilliland
  • Pauline Golbin
  • Sam Greenberg
  • Amanda Hankes
  • Brittany Hillyer
  • Darla Hoover
  • Dana Jacobson
  • Dara Johnson
  • Viktoria Kay
  • Glenn Keenan
  • Ashlee Knapp[64]
  • Austin Laurent
  • Robert Lyon
  • Lindy Mandradjieff
  • Gwyneth Muller
  • Courtney Muscroft
  • Ellen Ostrom
  • Vincent Paradiso
  • Allen Peiffer
  • Roger Peterson
  • Rachel Piskin
  • David Prottas
  • Matthew Renko
  • Tabitha Rinko-Gay
  • Shoshana Rosenfield
  • Henry Seth
  • Aaron Severini
  • Briana Shepherd[62]
  • Kristin Sloan
  • Mimi Staker
  • Lynne Stetson
  • Joshua Thew
  • Lara Tong
  • Ulrik Trojaborg
  • Max van der Sterre[62]
  • Elizabeth Walker
  • Lydia Wellington
  • Garielle Whittle
  • Katharine Wildish
  • Sarah-Rose Williams
  • Deborah Wingert
  • Stephanie Zungre

Janice Levin Award dancers

The Janice Levin Dancer Award was created in 2000 by an endowment gift from the late Mrs. Levin, and is bestowed annually on a promising member of NYCB's corps de ballet.[65]

See also

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