Tyler Angle - New York City Ballet

Tyler Angle
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Photo © Paul Kolnik
Background
Tyler Angle was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and began his dance training at the age of nine with Deborah Anthony at the Allegheny Ballet Company. He entered the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, full time in the fall of 2001. In the fall of 2003, Mr. Angle became an apprentice with New York City Ballet. As an apprentice, he danced a featured role in Michel Fokine's Chopiniana, performed by SAB as part of New York City Ballet's winter 2004 season. Mr. Angle joined New York City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in June 2004.  He was promoted to the rank of soloist in December 2007 and in October 2009 was promoted to Principal Dancer.
Featured Roles Since Joining NYCB

Mr. Angle has danced featured roles in:

George Balanchine's:

  • Agon
  • Chaconne
  • Coppélia (Discord & War)
  • Divertimento No. 15
  • The Four Temperaments
  • Liebeslieder Walzer
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (Divertissement)
  • Mozartiana
  • Symphony in C (Fourth Movement)
  • La Valse
  • Vienna Waltzes

Melissa Barak’s:

  • A Simple Symphony

Ulysses Dove's:

  • Red Angels

Eliot Feld’s:

  • Intermezzo No. 1
  • The Unanswered Question

Sean Lavery's:

  • Romeo and Juliet

Peter Martins’:

  • A Fool for You
  • Les Gentilhommes
  • Naïve and Sentimental Music
  • Papillons
  • Romeo + Juliet (Tybalt)
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Desire)
  • Stabat Mater
  • Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried, Spanish, Hungarian)
  • Thou Swell

Benjamin Millepied's:

  • Plainspoken
Angelin Preljocaj’s:
  • La Stravaganza
Alexei Ratmansky’s:
  • Namouna, A Grand Divertissement

Jerome Robbins’:

  • Fancy Free
  • The Four Seasons (Spring)
  • The Goldberg Variations
  • I'm Old Fashioned
  • In the Night

and Christopher Wheeldon’s:

  • Mercurial Manoeuvres
  • Polyphonia

Mr. Angle originated a featured role in:

  • Melissa Barak;s: Call Me Ben
  • Mauro Bigonzetti's: Luce Nascosta
  • Christopher Wheeldon's Estancia, The Nightingale and the Rose

Mr. Angle originated a corps role in:

  • Christopher Wheeldon's An American in Paris and Klavier
Honors
Mr. Angle is a 2002 recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award, a 2003 recipient of the Martin Segal Award, and a Jerome Robbins Scholarship recipient.