TROY SCHUMACHER

Featured Roles Since Joining NYCB

George Balanchine
  • George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™  (Solider, Tea, and Candy Cane)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (Puck)
  • Prodigal Son
  • Stars and Stripes
  • La Sonnambula
  • Union Jack
Peter Martins
  • Fearful Symmetries
  • Ocean’s Kingdom
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Court Jester)
  • Swan Lake (Jester)
Jerome Robbins
  • The Concert
  • Interplay
Richard Tanner
  • Episodes & Sarcasms

Originated corps roles in

  • Peter Martins: Mirage
  • Benjamin Millepied: Two Hearts
  • Alexey Miroshnichenko: The Lady with The Little Dog
  • Christopher Wheeldon: Estancia

Troy Schumacher was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and began studying ballet with Atlanta Ballet in 2000. In 2001, he began studying summer sessions at Chautauqua, where he worked with Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Patricia McBride, and Violette Verdy. He became a full time student at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, in the Fall of 2002. In January 2005 he became an apprentice with NYCB and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in December 2005.

honors

Mr. Schumacher is the recipient of the 2002 Jackson International Ballet Competition Award of Encouragement.
 

Portrait © Paul Kolnik