GRETCHEN SMITH

Featured Roles Since Joining NYCB

christopher d'amboise
  • Tribute
George Balanchine
  • Agon
  • George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™ (Flowers)
Peter Martins
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Tenderness)
  • Swan Lake (Spanish and Pas de Trois)
Angelin Preljocaj
  • La Stravaganza
Jerome Robbins
  • N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz

Originated a featured role in

  • Adam Hendrickson: Flit of Fury-The Monarch
  • Justin Peck: In Creases

originated corps roles in

  • Melissa Barak: Call Me Ben
  • Peter Martins: Ocean's Kingdom
  • Benjamin Millepied: Quasi Una Fantasia and Why am I not where you are
  • Justin Peck: Year of the Rabbit
  • Alexei Ratmansky: Namouna, A Grand Divertissement
  • Christopher Wheeldon: Estancia and Les Carillons

Gretchen Smith was born in Evansville, Indiana, and began her dance training at the age of seven with Evansville Dance Theatre.  Ms. Smith began studying at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, during the 2003 summer course and enrolled as a full time student that fall.

Ms. Smith became an apprentice with NYCB in October 2005, and in February 2006 she joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet.


Portrait © Paul Kolnik