Preston Chamblee
Preston Chamblee was born in Wendell, North Carolina and began his dance training at the age of 14 at the Raleigh School of Ballet under Mary Legere and Pablo Perez. He continued his training at the International Ballet Academy in Apex, North Carolina from 2010 to 2013.
Mr. Chamblee studied at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, during the 2012 and 2013 summer courses, and enrolled as a full-time student in 2013.
Mr. Chamblee was named an apprentice with NYCB in August 2014 and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in February 2015.
Mr. Chamblee was promoted to the rank of soloist in January 2022.
GEORGE BALANCHINE
- Episodes
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom, Theseus)
- George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® (Mouse King, Mother Ginger, Cavalier)
- Prodigal Son
- Serenade
- Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
- La Sonnambula
- Swan Lake
WARREN CARLYLE
- SOMETHING TO DANCE ABOUT Jerome Robbins, Broadway to Ballet
ULYSSES DOVE
- Red Angels
PETER MARTINS
- Fearful Symmetries
- The Infernal Machine
- Morgen
- Swan Lake (Von Rotbart, Hungarian)
BENJAMIN MILLEPIED
- Neverwhere
JUSTIN PECK
- Bright
- In Creases
- Pulcinella Variations
- Year of the Rabbit
ALEXEI RATMANSKY
- Voices
JEROME ROBBINS
- The Four Seasons
- Glass Pieces
- The Goldberg Variations
- Moves
CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON
- After the Rain Pas de Deux
Robert Binet
- The Blue of Distance
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
- Unframed
Lauren Lovette
- Not Our Fate
Andrea Miller
- sky to hold
Justin Peck
- Easy
Gianna Reisen
- Judah
Pam Tanowitz
- Law of Mosaics
Kim Brandstrup
- Jeux
Warren Carlyle
- SOMETHING TO DANCE ABOUT Jerome Robbins, Broadway to Ballet
Edwaard Liang
- Lineage
Lauren Lovette
- The Shaded Line
Christopher Wheeldon
- American Rhapsody
OTHER PERFORMANCES
As a student at the International Ballet Academy, Mr. Chamblee performed with Carolina Ballet in ballets including Balanchine’s Who Cares?, Prodigal Son, Bournonville’s La Sylphide, and Robert Weiss’ The Nutcracker.
Portrait © Paul Kolnik