Mckenzie Bernardino Soares
Mckenzie Bernardino Soares is member of New York City Ballet’s corps de ballet. He was born in Danbury, Connecticut, and began his dance training locally at the age of four at the Academy of Dance Arts. He enrolled at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, at age six. As a student at SAB, he performed in ballets including George Balanchine’s Harlequinade, George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker, and Peter Martins’ Romeo + Juliet. Soares became an apprentice with NYCB in August 2021 and joined the corps de ballet in May 2022.
Portrait © Erin BaianoGEORGE BALANCHINE
- George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® (Hot Chocolate, Mouse King, Mother Ginger)
- Scotch Symphony
- Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
Peter Martins
- Swan Lake (Spanish Dance)
JEROME ROBBINS
- The Four Seasons (Winter)
- Glass Pieces
Kyle Abraham
- Love Letter (on shuffle)
AMY HALL GARNER
- Underneath, There Is Light
Justin Peck
- Copland Dance Episodes
Tiler Peck
- Concerto for Two Pianos
Alysa Pires
- Standard Deviation
CAILI QUAN
- Beneath the Tides