ADRIAN DANCHIG-WARING

Featured Roles Since Joining NYCB

George Balanchine
  • Agon
  • Divertimento No. 15
  • The Four Temperaments
  • George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (Cavalier, Hot Chocolate, Mother Ginger, and Dr. Stahlbaum)
  • Harlequinade (Léandre)
  • Kammermusik No. 2
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom)
  • Orpheus
  • Serenade
  • Symphony in C (Fourth Movement)
  • Symphony in Three Movements
  • La Valse
Boris Eifman
  • Musagète
Peter Martins
  • Fearful Symmetries
  • Les Gentilhommes
  • Naïve and Sentimental Music
  • Romeo + Juliet (Benvolio, Paris)
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Puss in Boots)
  • Swan Lake (Benno and  Hungarian)
Angelin Preljocaj
  • La Stravaganza
Alexei Ratmansky
  • Russian Seasons
Jerome Robbins
  • Dances at a Gathering
  • Fanfare (Violas)
  • The Four Seasons (Summer)
  • Glass Pieces
  • In G Major
  • Les Noces
Christopher Wheeldon
  • After the Rain
  • Les Carillons
  • Mercurial Manoeuvres

Originated featured roles in

  • Christopher d'Amboise: Tribute
  • Eliot Feld: Backchat (NYCB Premiere) and  A Stairdance
  • Wayne McGregor: Outlier
  • Christopher Wheeldon: Rococo Variations

Originated corps roles in

  • Mauro Bigonzetti: Luce Nascosta
  • Douglas Lee: Lifecasting
  • Peter Martins: Chichester Psalms and Friandises
  • Benjamin Millepied: Quasi Una Fantasia
  • Jerome Robbins: N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz (NYCB Premiere)
  • Susan Stroman: Double Feature
  • Christopher Wheeldon: An American in Paris, Carnival of the Animals, Evenfall, Estancia, and Shambards

Adrian Danchig-Waring was born in San Francisco, California. He began his dance training at the age of 11 at Dance Theatre Seven with David Roxander. Mr. Danchig-Waring entered the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, in the fall of 2001. In October 2002 he became an apprentice with New York City Ballet, and in June 2003 he joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet. In February of 2009 Mr. Danchig-Waring was promoted to soloist and became a principal in February 2013.






Portrait © Paul Kolnik