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Jennifer Tinsley-Williams
Photo © Paul Kolnik
Background |
Born in Dallas, Texas, Jennifer Tinsley-Williams began ballet training at the age of six. She studied at Brookhaven Community College, The Nancy Schoeffenburg Ballet School, Dallas Ballet and Dallas Metropolitan Ballet. Ms. Tinsley-Williams attended summer classes at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, from 1983-1988 and studied there full-time from 1988-1990. She became an apprentice with the New York City Ballet in the spring of 1990 and was invited to join the Company's corps de ballet in 1991. Ms. Tinsley-Williams was promoted to the rank of soloist in 1999. |
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Featured Roles Since Joining NYCB |
Since joining New York City Ballet, Ms. Tinsley-Williams has danced featured roles in: George Balanchine's: - Ballo della Regina
- Chaconne
- Coppélia (Dawn)
- Divertimento No. 15
- Episodes
- George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™ (Hostess, Dewdrop and Marzipan)
- Harlequinade (Lead Alouette)
- Ivesiana
- "Emeralds" from Jewels
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hermia)
- La Sonnambula
- Stars and Stripes (First Movement)
- Swan Lake
- Symphony in C (Fourth Movement)
- Symphony in Three Movements
- Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
- Union Jack
- Western Symphony (First Movement)
Peter Martins': - Ash
- Fearful Symmetries
- The Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy, Princess Florine, and Diamond)
- Swan Lake (Pas de Quatre)
and Jerome Robbins': - Fanfare (Clarinets)
- Interplay
Ms. Tinsley-Williams originated featured roles in: - Mr. Martins' Slonimsky's Earbox
- Christopher Wheeldon's Polyphonia
She originated corps roles in: - David Allan's Pastoral Dances
- Eliot Feld's Organon
- Mr. Martins' Jazz (Six Syncopated Movements), Jeu de Cartes, and Symphonic Dances
- Richard Tanner's Episodes and Sarcasms and Operetta Affezionata
- Christopher Wheeldon's Slavonic Dances
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Other Performances |
Outside of the Company, Ms. Tinsley-Williams has performed in Dallas (Bravo! Ballet), Vermont, Portugal, Argentina, and England, and she has been a guest teacher in New York and Texas. She has been seen on national television in PBS's "Dance in America" broadcast of "The Balanchine Celebration" and in the Pas de Trois from Peter Martins' Swan Lake on PBS' Live from Lincoln Center. |
Film Credits |
Ms. Tinsley-Williams danced in the film version of New York City Ballet's production of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™, co-produced by Elektra Entertainment/New Regency Films, distributed by Warner Brothers and released in the winter of 1993, and Accent on the Offbeat, a documentary of Peter Martins' Jazz (Six Syncopated Movements) produced by Sony Classical. Ms. Tinsley-Williams is featured in the CD-ROM "Ballet is Fun" by Bill Atkinson. |
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