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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 ] 2023 - 2024 – Naomi Corti
In 2011, Fairchild married fellow New York City Ballet principal Andrew Veyette, [6] but they quietly divorced in 2017. [7] She is the mother of three daughters, including a pair of twins with her second husband.
The New York City Ballet may be making history by casting its first Black ballerina in the lead for its annual production of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, but the 11-year-old dancer chosen ...
Barbara Fallis (1923/1924 – September 5, 1980) was an American ballet dancer and educator. [1] She danced for many prominent companies, including the American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet, and later started her own school, the New York School of Ballet, with husband Richard Thomas.
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The New York City Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” has cast a black dancer to play Marie for the first time.
Villella became a member of the New York City Ballet in 1957, rising to soloist in 1958 and principal dancer in 1960, last dancing there in 1979. [4]: 179 Among his most noteworthy [5] performances were Oberon in George Balanchine's ballet A Midsummer Night's Dream (with music by Felix Mendelssohn), Tarantella, Rubies in the Balanchine ballet Jewels, and Prodigal Son.
He joined New York City Ballet in 1981 and made his debut as Luke in The Magic Flute the following January. [2] He was promoted to soloist in 1984 and to principal dancer in 1985. Soto danced the role of a parent in the 1993 film version of The Nutcracker , a version based on the New York City Ballet production choreographed by George Balanchine .