New York City Ballet announced today that five dancers, Tyler Angle, Robert Fairchild, Tiler Peck, Amar Ramasar, and Teresa Reichlen have been promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer, and that corps de ballet member Kathryn Morgan has been promoted to Soloist.
Peter Martins, NYCB’s Ballet Master in Chief, made the promotions as the Company prepares for its annual Opening Night Benefit, which takes place on Tuesday, November 24, at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. All of the newly appointed Principal Dancers are scheduled to make their debut performance as Principals in Martins’ new ballet, set to John Adams’ Naïve and Sentimental Music, which will receive its World Premiere at the November 24 gala performance.
Following the Opening Night Benefit, NYCB will perform its annual holiday engagement of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™, November 27 through January 3, followed by its 2010 Winter Repertory Season, January 5 through February 28.
New Principal Dancers
Tyler Angle was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and began his dance training at the age of nine 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.
Angle became an apprentice with NYCB in the fall of 2003. As an apprentice, he danced a featured role in Michel Fokine’s Chopiniana, performed by SAB as part of the NYCB 2004 Winter season. Angle joined New York City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in June 2004 and was promoted to Soloist in December 2007.
Since joining NYCB, Angle has performed featured roles in George Balanchine’s Agon, The Four Temperaments, Coppélia, Divertimento No. 15, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker (Cavalier and Hot Chocolate), Liebeslieder Walzer, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Divertissement), Symphony in C (Fourth Movement), La Valse, and Vienna Waltzes; Jerome Robbins’ 2 & 3 Part Inventions, Dances at a Gathering, Fancy Free, The Four Seasons, The Goldberg Variations, I’m Old Fashioned, In G Major, and In the Night; Peter Martins’ A Fool For You, Les Gentilhommes, Papillons, Romeo + Juliet (Tybalt), The Sleeping Beauty, Stabat Mater, Swan Lake (Spanish and Hungarian), and Thou Swell; Sean Lavery’s Romeo and Juliet; Christopher Wheeldon’s Evenfall and Mercurial Manoeuvres; Alexei Ratmansky’s Concerto DSCH; Angelin Preljocaj’s La Stravaganza; and Eliot Feld’s The Unanswered Question.
He has originated roles in Peter Martins’ The Red Violin and Friandises; Christopher Wheeldon’s An American in Paris, Klavier, and The Nightingale and the Rose (The Student); Melissa Barak’s A Simple Symphony; Mauro Bigonzetti’s Oltremare; Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux’s Two Birds with the Wings of One; and Benjamin Millepied’s Quasi Una Fantasia. He also originated featured roles in the NYCB Premieres of Eliot Feld’s Intermezzo No. 1 and Christopher d’Amboise’s Tribute. Angle received the Mae L. Wein Award in 2002, the Martin Segal Award in 2003, and a Jerome Robbins Scholarship to study at SAB.
Robert Fairchild was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and began studying dance at age ten at the Ballet West Conservatory. Fairchild attended the 2002 and 2003 summer courses at SAB and enrolled as a full time student in the fall of 2003. In June 2005, Fairchild became an apprentice with NYCB. As an apprentice he originated roles in Mauro Bigonzetti’s In Vento and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux’s Two Birds with the Wings of One. He also performed a featured role in the NYCB premiere of Eliot Feld’s Intermezzo No. 1. In June 2006, Fairchild joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet and was promoted to Soloist in May 2007.
Since joining NYCB, Fairchild has danced featured roles in George Balanchine’s Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, Divertimento No. 15, Duo Concertant, Emeralds from Jewels, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander),George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™ (Cavalier, Hot Chocolate, Mother Ginger), Scotch Symphony, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, La Sonnambula, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3, and Union Jack; Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free, Interplay, Opus 19/The Dreamer, and West Side Story Suite (Tony); Peter Martins’ Les Gentilhommes, Jeu de Cartes, River of Light, and The Sleeping Beauty; Jorma Elo’s Slice to Sharp; Angelin Preljocaj’s La Stravaganza; and Susan Stroman’s Double Feature and Blossom Got Kissed (from Duke!).
Fairchild originated the role of Romeo in Mr. Martins’ Romeo + Juliet and has originated featured roles in Jiří Bubeníček’s Toccata, Adam Hendrickson’s Flit of Fury – The Monarch, Douglas Lee’s Lifecasting, and the NYCB premiere of Christopher d’Amboise’s Tribute. Fairchild was a recipient of the 2005 Mae L. Wien Award.
Tiler Peck was born in Bakersfield, California. She began her dance training at the age of seven, and at the age of 11, she began studying with former NYCB dancers Colleen and Patricia Neary. During this time she also studied with former NYCB Principal Dancer Yvonne Mounsey at Westside School of Ballet. At the age of 12, Peck entered SAB for most of the 2000-2001 Winter Term. She returned during the summers of 2002 and 2003, and that fall began as a full-time student. In September 2004, Peck became an apprentice with NYCB. In February 2005, she joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet and was promoted to Soloist in December 2006.
Since joining NYCB, Peck has performed featured roles in George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, Coppélia (Swanilda), Divertimento No. 15, Donizetti Variations, Emeralds from Jewels, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Butterfly), George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker (Dewdrop, Marzipan, Dolls, and Sugarplum Fairy), Raymonda Variations, Symphony in C (Fourth Movement), Symphony in Three Movements, Tarantella, Theme and Variations, Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3, and Valse-Fantaisie; Jerome Robbins’ 2 & 3 Part Inventions, Fancy Free, Four Bagatelles, The Four Seasons, Interplay, Les Noces, and Other Dances; Peter Martins’ A Fool For You, Romeo + Juliet (Juliet), The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Florine and Emerald), and Swan Lake (“Pas de Quartre”); Susan Stroman’s Double Feature (Anne Windsor); and Christopher Wheeldon’s An American in Paris, Carousel (A Dance), and Mercurial Manoeuvres.
Peck has originated featured roles in Peter Martins’ Friandises and The Red Violin; Melissa Barak’s A Simple Symphony; Mauro Bigonzetti’s In Vento and Oltremare; and Benjamin Millepied’s Quasi Una Fantasia.
In addition, Peck has performed featured roles in the NYCB premieres of Christopher d’Amboise’s Tribute and Jerome Robbins’ N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz. Peck was a 2004 recipient of the Princess Grace Foundation - USA Dance Fellowship, a 2004 Mae L. Wien Award recipient, and the Janice Levin Dancer Honoree for 2006-2007. In addition, Peck performed in Meredith Willson’s The Music Man on Broadway and as Clara in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. At the opening ceremony for the 1998 Goodwill Games, Peck danced a featured role in choreography by Marguerite Derricks. Peck’s film credits include appearances in A Time for Dancing (2000), Geppetto (2000) and Donnie Darko (2001).
Amar Ramasar was born in the Bronx, New York, and began his studies at SAB in 1993. In addition, he studied at the American Ballet Theatre Summer Program and The Rock School of Pennsylvania Ballet. In July 2000, Ramasar was invited to become an apprentice with New York City Ballet, and in July 2001 he joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet. He was promoted to the rank of Soloist in March of 2006.
Since joining NYCB, Ramasar has danced featured roles in George Balanchine’s Agon, Allegro Brillante, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (Fourth Movement), Divertimento No. 15, Episodes, The Four Temperaments, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker (Cavalier, Hot Chocolate, Mouse King, Mother Ginger), Orpheus, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Symphony in Three Movements, La Sonnambula, Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, and La Valse; Jerome Robbins’ 2 & 3 Part Inventions, Concertino, Dances at a Gathering, Fancy Free, Fanfare, The Four Seasons, The Goldberg Variations, In the Night, Interplay, Piano Pieces, and West Side Story Suite (Bernardo); Peter Martins’ A Fool For You, Concerto for Two Solo Pianos, Fearful Symmetries, Les Gentilhommes, Guide to Strange Places, The Infernal Machine, Jeu de Cartes, River of Light, Romeo + Juliet (Tybalt), The Sleeping Beauty, Songs of the Auvergne, and Swan Lake; Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain and Polyphonia; David Allan’s Reunions; Angelin Preljocaj’s La Stravaganza; and Susan Stroman’s Double Feature.
He has also originated featured roles in Mr. Martins’ Chichester Psalms, The Red Violin and Friandises; Mauro Bigonzetti’s Oltremare; Jorma Elo’s Slice to Sharp; Douglas Lee’s Lifecasting; Benjamin Millepied’s Quasi Una Fantasia; and Alexei Ratmansky’s Russian Seasons. Ramasar has originated corps roles in Melissa Barak’s Telemann Overture Suite in E Minor; Boris Eifman’s Musagète; the NYCB premieres of Mr. Martins’ Hallelujah Junction and Robbins’ N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz; Susan Stroman’s Double Feature; and Christopher Wheeldon’s An American in Paris, Carnival of the Animals, and Shambards. In addition, Ramasar was a 2000 Mae L. Wien Award recipient.
Teresa Reichlen was born in Clifton, Virginia and began her dance training at the age of 10 at the Russell School of Ballet with Thomas and Illona Russell, Mary Rogers, and Margaret McGarry. In 1999, Reichlen studied at the SAB summer program and entered full time in the fall of that same year. In October 2000, Reichlen became an apprentice with New York City Ballet, and the following year she joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet. In January 2005,Reichlen was promoted to the rank of Soloist.
Since joining NYCB, Reichlen has performed featured roles in George Balanchine’s Agon, Apollo, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, Concert Barocco, Coppélia, Episodes, Firebird, The Four Temperaments, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker (Sugarplum Fairy, Dewdrop, Coffee, and Flowers), Harlequinade, Jewels (Rubies and Emeralds), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania and Hippolyta), Monumentun Pro Gesualdo, Orpheus, Prodigal Son, Raymonda Variations, Serenade, Stars and Stripes, Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, Union Jack, Western Symphony, and Who Cares?; Jerome Robbins’ Antique Epigraphs, The Cage, Fanfare (Harp), Moves, and The Goldberg Variations; Peter Martins’ The Chairman Dances, River of Light, The Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake; Christopher Wheeldon’s After The Rain; Mauro Bigonzetti’s In Vento; and Jorma Elo’s Slice to Sharp.
Reichlen has originated roles in Mauro Bigonzetti’s In Vento, Boris Eifman’s Musagète, Robert La Fosse’s Land of Nod, Mr. Martins’ Chichester Psalms, Susan Stroman’s Double Feature, and Christopher Wheeldon’s Carnival of the Animals. Reichlen was the Janice Levin Dancer Honoree for 2004-2005.
New Soloist
Kathryn Morgan is from Mobile, Alabama, and began studying ballet at the Mobile Ballet School. She attended summer sessions at SAB in 2002 and 2004, before enrolling as a full-time student in fall 2004. Morgan performed several principal roles in the SAB annual Workshop Performances in both 2005 (Western Symphony and 28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini) and 2006 (Scènes de Ballet and Bourrée Fantasque), and performed the principal female role in Scènes de Ballet during NYCB’s 2006 Winter and Spring seasons. Morgan became an apprentice with NYCB in July 2006 during the Company’s annual season at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. During that season, she danced the role of Juliet in Sean Lavery’s Romeo and Juliet. At the Company’s Opening Night performance in November 2006, Morgan danced the lead role in Christopher Wheeldon’s Carousel (A Dance). In February 2007, Morgan became a member of the corps de ballet.
Since joining NYCB, Morgan has performed feature roles in George Balanchine’s Ballo della Regina, Coppélia, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™ (Dewdrop, Sugarplum Fairy, and Marzipan), Scotch Symphony, Stars and Stripes, La Valse, and Western Symphony; Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering, The Four Seasons, and Les Noces; Peter Martins’ Romeo + Juliet (Juliet), The Sleeping Beauty (pas de deux), and Stabat Mater; Christopher Wheeldon’s Mercurial Manoeuvres; and August Bournonville’s Flower Festival in Genzano Pas de Deux.
She also originated a corps role in Benjamin Millepied’s Quasi Una Fantasia. Morgan received SAB’s Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise and was named a Movado Future Legend in 2006, the first year of this initiative.
