AMAR RAMASAR

Featured Roles Since Joining NYCB

David Allan
  • Reunions
George Balanchine
  • Agon
  • Allegro Brillante
  • Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (Fourth Movement)
  • Danses Concertantes
  • Divertimento No. 15
  • "Emeralds" from Jewels
  • Episodes
  • The Four Temperaments
  • George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™ (Cavalier, Hot Chocolate, Mouse King, and Mother Ginger)
  • Kammermusik No. 2
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (Demetrius)
  • Orpheus
  • La Sonnambula
  • Stravinsky Violin Concerto
  • Symphony in Three Movements
  • Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Union Jack
  • La Valse
  • Who Cares?
Ulysses Dove
  • Red Angels
Peter Martins
  • A Fool for You
  • Concerto for Two Solo Pianos
  • Fearful Symmetries
  • Les Gentilhommes
  • Guide to Strange Places
  • The Infernal Machine
  • Jeu de Cartes
  • Naïve and Sentimental Music
  • River of Light
  • Romeo + Juliet (Tybalt)
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Puss in Boots)
  • Songs of the Auvergne
  • Swan Lake (Spanish and Russain)
Angelin Preljocaj
  • La Stravaganza
Jerome Robbins
  • Concertino
  • Dances at a Gathering
  • Fancy Free
  • Fanfare (Percussion)
  • The Four Seasons (Summer)
  • The Goldberg Variations
  • In the Night
  • Interplay
  • Piano Pieces
  • West Side Story Suite ( Bernardo)
Susan Stroman
  • "Makin' Whoopee" from Double Feature
  • For the Love of Duke!
Christopher Wheeldon
  • After the Rain
  • DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse
  • Polyphonia

Originated a featured role in

  • Mauro Bigonzetti: Luce Nascosta and Oltremare
  • Ashley Bouder: Give Me Fever
  • Jorma Elo: Slice to Sharp
  • Douglas Lee: Lifecasting
  • Peter Martins: Chichester Psalms, Friandises, Ocean’s Kingdom (King Terra) and The Red Violin
  • Wayne McGregor: Outlier
  • Benjamin Millepied: Plainspoken , Quasi Una Fantasia and Why am I not where you are
  • Alexei Ratmansky: Russian Seasons
  • Susan Stroman: Frankie and Johnny...and Rose
  • Christopher Wheeldon: Les Carillons

originated corps roles in

Melissa Barak: Telemann Overture Suite in E Minor
Boris Eifman: Musagète
Peter Martins: Hallelujah Junction (NYCB Premiere)
Jerome Robbins: N.Y Export: Opus Jazz
Susan Stroman: Double Feature
Christopher Wheeldon: An American in Paris, Carnival of the Animals, and Shambards

Amar Ramasar was born in the Bronx, New York. He began his studies at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, in 1993. In addition, he studied at the American Ballet Theatre Summer Program and The Rock School of Pennsylvania Ballet. In July 2000, Mr. Ramasar was invited to become an apprentice with New York City Ballet, and in July 2001 he joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet. In March of 2006 he was promoted to soloist and in October 2009 was promoted to Principal Dancer.



Honors

Mr. Ramasar was a recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise in 2000.
 

Portrait © Paul Kolnik