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]

• 2023 - 2024 – Naomi Corti
• 2022 - 2023 - KJ Takahashi^[66]
• 2021 - 2022 – India Bradley^[67]
• 2021 - 2022 – Davide Riccardo^[67]
• 2019 - 2020 – Baily Jones^[68]
• 2018 - 2019 – Kristen Segin
• 2017 – 2018 – Harrison Coll
• 2016 – 2017 – Claire Kretzschmar
• 2015 – 2016 – Joseph Gordon
• 2014 – 2015 – Ashly Isaacs
• 2013 – 2014 – Harrison Ball
• 2012 – 2013 – Lauren Lovette
• 2011 – 2012 – Taylor Stanley
• 2010 – 2011 – Anthony Huxley
• 2009 – 2010 – Kaitlyn Gilliland
• 2008 – 2009 – Kathryn Morgan
• 2007 – 2008 – Tyler Angle
• 2006 – 2007 – Tiler Peck
• 2005 – 2006 – Sterling Hyltin
• 2004 – 2005 – Teresa Reichlen
• 2003 – 2004 – Daniel Ulbricht
• 2002 – 2003 – Ashley Bouder
• 2001 – 2002 – Carla Körbes
• 2000 – 2001 – Abi Stafford

See also

• Category:New York City Ballet dancers
• In the Wings: Behind the Scenes at the New York City Ballet, 2007 book
• List of female dancers
• Alexandra Waterbury

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