ELIOT FELD

Eliot Feld established Eliot Feld Ballet in 1974, Feld Ballets/NY in 1990, and Ballet Tech in 1997. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at the School of American Ballet, New Dance Group, the High School of Performing Arts, and with Richard Thomas. At age 12, Mr. Feld performed with New York City Ballet as the Child Prince in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™. He has also performed in the Phoenix Theater's musical Sandhog; with the companies of Mary Anthony, Pearl Lang, Sophie Maslow, and Donald McKayle; and with American Ballet Theatre, American Ballet Company, and Feld Ballets/NY. At 16, Mr. Feld joined the Broadway cast of West Side Story and appeared as Baby-John in the movie version of the show. His other Broadway appearances include I Can Get It For You Wholesale and Fiddler on the Roof. He has also performed on the Voice of Firestone and L'Enfant et les Sortileges with the Little Orchestra Society, and has appeared on television on the Gary Moore and Ed Sullivan shows. As a choreographer, Mr. Feld has created 112 ballets since 1967 for companies around the world, including American Ballet Theatre, American Ballet Company, Royal Danish Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, The Royal Swedish Ballet, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, John Curry Skating Company, New York City Opera, New York City Ballet, and Feld Ballets/NY. He founded Ballet Tech Company and School (formerly Feld Ballets/NY and its associate school, The New Ballet School), Kids Dance, New York Public School for Dance, The Joyce Theater, and The Lawrence A. Wien Center for Dance & Theater (co-founded with American Ballet Theatre).