Simeon Daniel Neeld

Simeon Daniel Neeld is a member of New York City Ballet’s corps de ballet. He was born in Midland, Texas and began his dance training at the age of 8 at The Studio+ in Roswell, New Mexico under the direction of Jennifer Wolfe. In 2018, he began training at Ruidoso Academy of Ballet & Dance in Ruidoso, New Mexico with Yespari Miller and continued his training at Next Generation Ballet in Tampa, Florida under the direction of Philip Neal and Ivonne Lemus beginning in 2021. Neeld attended the summer course at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, in 2023 before enrolling full-time for the winter term that year. Neeld became an apprentice with NYCB in August 2025 and joined the corps de ballet in August 2026. As an apprentice, he performed featured roles in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker (Tea, Soldier), Peter Martins’ The Sleeping Beauty (Court Jesters), and Alexei Ratmansky’s The Naked King.

As a student, Neeld was a recipient of the Jeffrey Daniel Jobe Memorial Scholarship from The Studio+ and the Giordano Dance Chicago Light Award Scholarship.

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