Andrew Veyette
Andrew Veyette was born in Denver, Colorado, and began his dance training at the age of 9, studying with Betty Downs at Dance Arts in Visalia, California.
Mr. Veyette continued his studies at Westside Ballet in Santa Monica, California. While at Westside Ballet, Mr. Veyette trained with Yvonne Mounsey and was personally coached by Nader Hamed.
Mr. Veyette entered the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, in the fall of 1998.
In the spring of 2000, Mr. Veyette became an apprentice with New York City Ballet, and later that season he joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet.
In March of 2006 he was promoted to soloist. In May 2007 Mr. Veyette was promoted to principal dancer.
GEORGE BALANCHINE
- Agon
- Allegro Brillante
- Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (Second Movement, Third Movement, Fourth Movement)
- Concerto Barocco
- Coppélia (Frantz)
- Danses Concertantes
- Divertimento from "Le Baiser de la Fée"
- Divertimento No. 15
- Donizetti Variations
- Episodes
- Firebird (Prince Ivan)
- The Four Temperaments
- Harlequinade (Harlequin)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (Divertissement, Oberon, Lysander)
- George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® (Cavalier, Hot Chocolate)
- Raymonda Variations
- "Rubies" from Jewels
- Scotch Symphony
- Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
- La Sonnambula
- La Source
- Square Dance
- Stars and Stripes
- Symphony in Three Movements
- Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
- Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
- Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 (Theme and Variations)
- Union Jack (Scottish and Canadian Guards Regiments and Royal Navy)
- La Valse
- Valse Fantaisie
- Vienna Waltzes
- Western Symphony
MAURO BIGONZETTI
- In Vento
- Vespro
AUGUST BOURNONVILLE
- La Sylphide (James)
MERCE CUNNINGHAM
- Summerspace
ELIOT FELD
- Backchat
PONTUS LIDBERG
- The Shimmering Asphalt
LAUREN LOVETTE
- For Clara
PETER MARTINS
- A Fool for You
- Hallelujah Junction
- Jeu de Cartes
- The Magic Flute (Luke)
- Romeo + Juliet (Mercutio)
- The Sleeping Beauty (Prince, Asia, Bluebird)
- Todo Buenos Aires
- Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried, Benno, Spanish)
- Symphonic Dances
- Zakouski
JUSTIN PECK
- The Most Incredible Thing (The Destroyer)
- Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
ALEXEI RATMANSKY
- Concerto DSCH
- Pictures at an Exhibition
- Russian Seasons
JEROME ROBBINS
- Andantino
- Brandenburg
- The Cage
- Fancy Free
- Fanfare (Clarinets)
- The Four Seasons (Fall)
- The Goldberg Variations
- Interplay
- In the Night
- Moves
- Les Noces
- N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz
- West Side Story Suite
JEROME ROBBINS AND TWYLA THARP
- Brahms/Handel
SUSAN STROMAN
- "Makin' Whoopee " from Double Feature
LYNNE TAYLOR-CORBETT
- Chiaroscuro
PETER WALKER
- dance odyssey
CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON
- DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse (NYCB Premiere)
- Les Carillons
- Carousel (A Dance)
- Polyphonia
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
- Two Birds with the Wings of One
Warren Carlyle
- SOMETHING TO DANCE ABOUT Jerome Robbins, Broadway to Ballet
Alexey Miroshnichenko
- The Lady with The Little Dog
Peter Martins
- Bal de Couture
- Grazioso
- Naïve and Sentimental Music
- The Red Violin
Justin Peck
- Capricious Maneuvers
- Everywhere We Go
- New Blood
Liam Scarlett
- Acheron
Troy Schumacher
- Clearing Dawn
Richard Tanner
- Soirée
Christopher Wheeldon
- Estancia
OTHER PERFORMANCES
Mr. Veyette has performed as a guest artist with American Ballet Theatre, appearing in Balanchine's Theme and Variations, and with Pennsylvania Ballet, in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® and Balanchine's Slaughter on Tenth Avenue.
FILM CREDITS
Mr. Veyette appeared in the film NY EXPORT: OPUS JAZZ, a scripted adaptation of the Jerome Robbins ballet of the same name, which aired on PBS and won an Audience Award at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival.
HONORS
Mr. Veyette was a recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise in 2000. While at SAB, he studied under the Janice Levin Scholarship.
Portrait © Paul Kolnik