AUSTIN LAURENT

Featured Roles Since Joining NYCB

George Balanchine
  • George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (Candy Cane, Soldier, and Chinese Tea)
  • Prodigal Son
  • La Sonnambula
  • Union Jack
Peter Martins
  • Fearful Symmetries
  • Les Gentilhommes
  • Romeo + Juliet (Benvolio)
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Jesters)
  • Swan Lake (Jester)
Jerome Robbins
  • The Concert
  • Dances at a Gathering

Originated corps roles in

  • Melissa Barak: Call Me Ben
  • Boris Eifman: Musagète
  • Peter Martins: Friandises, Ocean's Kingdom and Thou Swell
  • Benjamin Millepied: Why am I not where you are and Two Hearts
  • Susan Stroman: Double Feature
  • Christopher Wheeldon: An American in Paris, Carnival of the Animals (Weasels and Rats), and Shambards

Austin Laurent was born in Mazomanie, Wisconsin. He began his dance training at the age of 13 with Haydeé Gutiérrez at the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Laurent entered the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, in the fall of 2000. In October 2002, Mr. Laurent became an apprentice with New York City Ballet, and in June 2003 he joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet.
 

Portrait © Paul Kolnik