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List of New York City Ballet dancers

This is a list of New York City Ballet dancers.

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This is a list of New York City Ballet dancers.

Principal dancers

Name Joined Promoted Left/retired
Diana Adams 1950 1963
Heléne Alexopoulos 1978 19891 2002
Jared Angle 1998 20052 2023
Tyler Angle 2004 20093
Alexandra Ansanelli 19964 20035 20056
Karin von Aroldingen 1962 1972 1984
Merrill Ashley 1967 1977 1997
Charles Askegard 19977 19988 20117
Mikhail Baryshnikov 1978 1979
Peter Boal 1983 19899 2005
Gilbert Bolden III 2018 2025
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
Yvonne Borree 1988 1997 201010
Ashley Bouder 200011 200511 2025
Maria Calegari 1974 1983 1994
Zachary Catazaro 2008 201712 201813
Chun Wai Chan 202114 2022 14
John Clifford 1966 1980
Christopher d'Amboise 1983
Jacques d'Amboise 1949 1953 1984
Adrian Danchig-Waring 200315 201315
Joaquín De Luz 200316 200516 201817
Albert Evans 198818 199519 201018
Megan Fairchild 200220 200520
Robert Fairchild 200621 200921 201722
Suzanne Farrell 196123 196524 198923
Chase Finlay 200825 201325 201826
Peter Frame 1976 1988 1990
Jovani Furlan 2019 2022
Gonzalo Garcia 200727 2022
Emilie Gerrity 2010 202328
Joseph Gordon 2012 2018
Melissa Hayden 1948 1955 1973
Gen Horiuchi 1982 19899
Nikolaj Hübbe 199229 200829
Anthony Huxley 200730 201530
Sterling Hyltin 200331 200731 2022
Russell Janzen 200832 201732 202333
Allegra Kent 1953 1957
Gelsey Kirkland 196834 197234 197434
Darci Kistler 1980 1982 201035
Maria Kowroski 199536 199936 202137
Rebecca Krohn 199938 201238 201738
Ask la Cour 2002 2013 202139
Isabella LaFreniere 2014 202328
Tanaquil Le Clercq 1948
Lourdes Lopez 1974
Lauren Lovette 201040 201541 202141
Nicholas Magallanes 1948 197742
Sébastien Marcovici 199343 200243 201443
Peter Martins 1970
Michael Maule 1950 1953
Patricia McBride 1959
Sara Mearns 200444 200844
Roman Mejia 2017 202328
Benjamin Millepied 1995 2002 2011
Miriam Miller 2016 2025
Arthur Mitchell 1955 1956 1966
Francisco Moncion 1948 1985 198545
Yvonne Mounsey 1949 1959
Mira Nadon 2018 202328
Philip Neal 1987 1993 201046
Patricia Neary 1960
Kyra Nichols 1974 197947 200748
Tiler Peck 2005 2009
Unity Phelan 2013 2021
Amar Ramasar 2001 2009 202249
Teresa Reichlen 2001 2009 202250
Jenifer Ringer 1990 2000 2014
Jennie Somogyi 1994 2000 2015
Jock Soto 1981 1985 2005
Abi Stafford 1999 2007 202139
Jonathan Stafford 1999 2007 2014
Taylor Stanley 2010 2016
Ethan Stiefel 1989 1995 1997
Sofiane Sylve 200351 2008
Maria Tallchief 1946 1960
Janie Taylor 199843 200543 201443
Ryan Tomash 2025 2026
Margaret Tracey 1986 1991 2002
Edward Villella 1957 1958, 196052 1979
Emma Von Enck 2017 202453
Peter Walker 2012 2022
Miranda Weese 1993 1996 2007
Robert Weiss
Wendy Whelan 198654 199154 201454
Patricia Wilde 1950 1965
Damian Woetzel 1985 1989 200855
Indiana Woodward 2012 2021

Soloists

This is a list of New York City Ballet soloists.

Name Joined Promoted Left/retired
Victor Abreu 2019 2025
Sara Adams 2009 2017
Dominika Afanasenkov 2022 2025
Daniel Applebaum
Ellen Bar 1998 2006 2011
Elyse Borne
India Bradley 2018 2025
Stacey Calvert
Antonio Carmena 1999 2006 2017
Kelly Cass 1983 1988 1993
Preston Chamblee 2015 2022
Harrison Coll
Naomi Corti 2019 2025
Lois Ellyn56 1948 1950
Jason Fowler 1996 2006 2009
Jean-Pierre Frohlich
David Gabriel 2022 2024
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 202139
Alec Knight 2016 2024
Carla Körbes 2000 2005 2005
Claire Kretzschmar 2011 201857 202258
Ashley Laracey 2003 2013
Megan LeCrone 2002 2013 2025
Edwaard Liang 1993 1998 2007
Savannah Lowery 2002 2007 2018
Jules Mabie 2019 2024
Mary Thomas MacKinnon 2018 2025
Olivia MacKinnon 2013 2023
Alexa Maxwell 2013 2023
Rebecca Metzger
Gloria Mohr
Kathryn Morgan 2006 2009 201259
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 198760
Sebastian Villarini-Velez 2013 2018
Christopher Wheeldon 1993 1998 200061
Diana White 1977 1997
Andres Zuniga 2018 2025

Corps de ballet

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

  • Devin Alberda
  • Olivia Bell
  • Olivia Boisson
  • Christina Clark
  • Lauren Collett
  • Nieve Corrigan
  • Gabriella Domini
  • Savannah Durham
  • Meaghan Dutton-O'Hara
  • Oscar Estep
  • Owen Flacke
  • Peyton Gin
  • Christopher Grant
  • Sierra Griffith
  • Eli Raphael Gruska
  • Laine Habony
  • Sarah Harmon
  • Kennard Henson
  • Spartak Hoxha
  • Allegra Inch
  • Baily Jones
  • Becket Jones
  • Claire Kim
  • Charlie Klesa
  • Ruby Lister
  • Malorie Lundgren
  • Alston Macgill
  • Shelby Mann
  • Jenelle Manzi
  • Noah McAuslin
  • Samuel Melnikov
  • Hugo Mestres
  • Maya Milić
  • Vanessa Mlyniec
  • Lars Nelson
  • Alexander Perone
  • Ava Sautter
  • Grace Scheffel
  • Kristen Segin
  • Mary Elizabeth Sell
  • Anna Snellgrove
  • Mckenzie Bernardino Soares
  • Quinn Starner
  • Kennedy Targosz
  • Rommie Tomasini
  • Claire Von Enck
  • Kloe Walker
  • Cainan Weber
  • Kylie Takeno Williams
  • Mia Williams
  • Shane Williams

Former corps de ballet

  • Dena Abergel
  • Faye Arthurs
  • Aesha Ash
  • Briana Atkins
  • Debra Austin
  • Austin Bachman
  • Callie Bachman
  • Amy Barker
  • Darius Barnes62
  • Toni Bentley
  • Katie Bergstrom62
  • Saskia Beskow
  • Jenny Blascovich
  • Jacqueline Bologna
  • Megan Bonneau
  • Paul Boos
  • Susan Borree
  • Mary Helen Bowers
  • Likolani Brown
  • Wilhelm Burmann63
  • Stephanie Chrosniak
  • Emily Coates
  • Maya Collins
  • Cara Copeland
  • Cameron Dieck
  • Alina Drunova
  • Sophie Flack62
  • 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 Knapp64
  • Austin Laurent
  • Robert Lyon
  • Zoe Bliss Magnussen
  • Lindy Mandradjieff
  • Gwyneth Muller
  • Courtney Muscroft
  • Ellen Ostrom
  • Vincent Paradiso
  • Allen Peiffer
  • Roger Peterson
  • Rachel Piskin
  • David Prottas
  • Maxwell Read
  • Matthew Renko
  • Tabitha Rinko-Gay
  • Shoshana Rosenfield
  • Henry Seth
  • Aaron Severini
  • Briana Shepherd62
  • Kristin Sloan
  • Mimi Staker
  • Lynne Stetson
  • Joshua Thew
  • Lara Tong
  • Ulrik Trojaborg
  • Max van der Sterre62
  • 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

See also

References

References

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