Andres Zuniga
Andres Zuniga is a member of New York City Ballet’s corps de ballet. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico and began his dance training at the age of 13 at Danza Tellez in Los Cabos, Mexico under the direction of Lourdes Tellez. In 2014, he began training at The Rock School for Dance Education.
Mr. Zuniga attended the 2015 summer session at the School of American Ballet, NYCB’s official school, before entering SAB full-time the following winter term.
In August 2017, Mr. Zuniga became an apprentice with the Company. While still an apprentice, he performed a featured role in Jerome Robbins’ Les Noces and originated a corps role in Gianna Reisen’s Composer’s Holiday. Mr. Zuniga joined NYCB as a member of the corps de ballet in August 2018.
Since joining the Company, Mr. Zuniga has performed a featured role in Peter Martins’ Fearful Symmetries.
GEORGE BALANCHINE
- Agon
- Bourrée Fantasque
- Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
- Divertimento No.15
- The Four Temperaments
- George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® (Candy Cane, Soldier)
- La Sonnambula
SILAS FARLEY
- Architects of Time
PETER MARTINS
- Fearful Symmetries
- The Sleeping Beauty (Jesters)
- Swan Lake (Neapolitan Dance)
JUSTIN PECK
- Copland Dance Episodes
- Partita
- Pulcinella Variations
ALEXEI RATMANSKY
- Pictures at An Exhibition
- Russian Seasons
- Solitude
GIANNA REISEN
- Play Time
- Signs (NYCB Premiere)
JEROME ROBBINS
- Dances at a Gathering
- The Four Seasons (Winter)
- Interplay
- Les Noces
AMY HALL GARNER
- Underneath, There Is Light
Christopher Wheeldon
- From You Within Me
Justin Peck
- Copland Dance Episodes
Gianna Reisen
- Composer’s Holiday
SCREEN TEST
ANDRES ZUNIGA
With both parents in the medical field, Andres Zuniga saw the same path for himself until a performance of Balanchine works and encounter with his most revered muse veered his aspirations towards the NYCB stage. While the city has incited Andres' preference for expediency on the sidewalk, he takes a decidedly relaxed approach to his pre-performance preparations.
HONORS
In 2017, as a student at SAB, Mr. Zuniga received the Mae L. Wien Award and the Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists.
Portrait © Erin Baiano