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Both of his parents were ballet dancers. His father Paul Mejia, who is Peruvian, was a dancer at the New York City Ballet (NYCB) during the 1960s. [2] Mejia began dancing at age three at the Metropolitan Classical Ballet, where his father was a co-artistic director.
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
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.
New York City Ballet principal dancers (104 P) New York City Ballet soloists (34 P) J. Janice Levin Award dancers (12 P) Pages in category "New York City Ballet dancers"
Justin Peck (born September 8, 1987) is an American choreographer, director, and dancer associated with New York City Ballet, of which he was appointed Resident Choreographer in July 2014, being the second person in the history of the institution to hold this title. [1]
Now in the final stretches of their spring season, New York City Ballet dancers reflect on the high points and challenges of a full performance year back after the pandemic brought their careers ...
The School of American Ballet (SAB) is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the age of six, with professional vocational ballet training for students aged 11–18.
At 17, Kretzschmar moved to New York City to attend the School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center, where she studied under Suki Schorer, Suzi Pillare, Kay Mazzo, Peter Martins, Sean Lavery, and Andrei Kramarevsky. [3] [2] In 2010, she joined the New York City Ballet as an apprentice. In 2011, Kretzschmar was promoted into the corps de ballet.