RUSSELL JANZEN

Featured Roles Since Joining NYCB

George Balanchine
  • Chaconne
  • Concerto Barocco
  • Cortège Hongrois
  • "Diamonds" from Jewels
  • Duo Concertant
  • Episodes
  • Liebeslieder Walzer
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lysander, Titania's Cavalier, Theseus)
  • George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® (Cavalier)
  • Orpheus
  • Robert Schumann's "Davidsbündlertänze"
  • Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (Gangster)
  • Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
  • Vienna Waltzes
August Bournonville
  • Bournonville Divertissements (Pas de Six from Napoli and Abdallah)
Peter Martins
  • Barber Violin Concerto
  • Morgen
  • Romeo + Juliet (Paris)
  • Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried)
  • The Waltz Project
Jerome Robbins
  • The Four Seasons (Summer)
  • Glass Pieces
Christopher wheeldon
  • Les Carillons
  • Mercurial Manoeuvres

Originated a featured role in

  • Troy Schumacher: Common Ground
  • Justin Peck: The Most Incredible Thing (The King)

Originated corps roles in

  • Kim Brandstrup: Jeux
  • JR: Les Bosquets
  • Peter Martins: Ocean's Kingdom
  • Benjamin Millepied: Quasi Una Fantasia, Two Hearts
  • Justin Peck: Everywhere We Go, Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes, Year of the Rabbit

Mr. Janzen was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and began his dance training at the age of six at The Rock School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr. Janzen attended summer sessions in 2004 and 2005 at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, and enrolled as a full-time student in the winter of 2005. In October 2007, Mr. Janzen became an apprentice with NYCB, and in June 2008, he joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet. He was promoted to soloist in October 2014.

Honors

Mr. Janzen is a recipient of the 2015 Clive Barnes Foundation Award and the 2007 Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise.
 

Portrait © Paul Kolnik