New York City Ballet

RUSSELL JANZEN

Featured Roles Since Joining NYCB

George Balanchine

Chaconne
Concerto Barocco
"Diamonds" from Jewels
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™ (Cavalier)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Titania's Cavalier, Theseus)
Orpheus
Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (Gangster)
Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3

Peter Martins

Barber Violin Concerto
Morgen
The Waltz Project

Jerome Robbins

The Four Seasons (Summer)
Glass Pieces

Christopher wheeldon

Les Carillons

Originated corps roles in

JR: Les Bosquets
Peter Martins: Ocean's Kingdom
Benjamin Millepied: Quasi Una Fantasia, Two Hearts
Justin Peck: Everywhere We Go, 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 was a recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise in 2007.

Portrait © Paul Kolnik

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