New York City Ballet announced today that Caroline Cavallo, a Principal Dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet, will dance the role of “Odette/Odile” in Peter Martins’ Swan Lake on Thursday, January 29 at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, February 1 at 3 p.m. Ms. Cavallo will perform for the previously announced Jennie Somogyi, who is unable to dance due to injury. Nilas Martins will dance the role of “Prince Siegfried” at both performances.

In addition, Ms. Cavallo will dance the leading ballerina role in George Balanchine’s Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 on Saturday, January 31 at 8 p.m. in place of the previously announced Miranda Weese, who is unable to perform due to illness. These performances will mark the first time that Ms. Cavallo has danced with New York City Ballet.

Ms. Cavallo, who grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, joined the Royal Danish Ballet in 1989 after studying at the Atlanta School of Ballet and at the School of American Ballet. In 1992 Ms. Cavallo was appointed a Soloist with the Royal Danish Ballet and in 1997 she was made a Principal Dancer.

Ms. Cavallo’s repertory with the Royal Danish Ballet includes the title roles in Romeo And Juliet, La Sylphide, Giselle, and The Merry Widow, as well as “Aurora” in The Sleeping Beauty, “Kitri” in Don Quixote, “Teresina” in Napoli, and “Tatiana” in Onegin. For the Royal Danish Ballet, she has also danced the leading ballerina role in Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 (Balanchine) and “Odette/Odile” in Peter Martins’ Swan Lake, which was created for the Danish company in 1996.

New York City Ballet’s 2004 winter repertory season continues through Sunday, February 29, and is an exploration of George Balanchine’s classical heritage as part of New York City Ballet’s year-long celebration of the centennial of George Balanchine’s birth.

Tickets for all winter season performances are on sale now at the New York State Theater box office, through Ticketmaster at 212-307-4100, or online at nycballet.com. The New York State Theater is located on the Lincoln Center Plaza at Columbus Avenue at 63rd Street. For information on any NYCB performance call 212-870-5570.