Emilie Gerrity
Emilie Gerrity was born in Danbury, Connecticut, and began her dance training at the age of five at Betty Jean's Dance Studio in Wappingers Falls, New York before studying at the New Paltz School of Ballet.
Ms. Gerrity attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, during the summers of 2004, 2005, and 2006, before enrolling as a full-time student in winter 2006.
While at SAB, she performed George Balanchine's Concerto Barocco as part of Protégés II at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in June 2008. Ms. Gerrity was named as an apprentice in 2009 and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in September 2010.
Ms. Gerrity was promoted to the rank of soloist dancer in February 2017, and to principal dancer February 2023.
GEORGE BALANCHINE
- Agon
- Apollo
- Ballo della Regina
- Bourrée Fantasque
- Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
- Concerto Barocco
- Coppélia (Prayer)
- Cortège Hongrois
- Divertimento No. 15
- Emeralds
- Episodes
- Firebird
- The Four Temperaments (Sanguinic)
- Harlequinade (La Bonne Fée)
- Kammermusik No. 2
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hermia, Titania)
- George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® (Dewdrop, Sugarplum Fairy, Flowers, Coffee)
- Raymonda Variations
- Serenade
- Stravinsky Violin Concerto
- Symphony in C
- Symphony in Three Movements
- La Valse
- Walpurgisnacht Ballet
AUGUST BOURNONVILLE
- Bournonville Divertissements (Pas de Six from Napoli and Abdallah)
WARREN CARLYLE
- SOMETHING TO DANCE ABOUT Jerome Robbins, Broadway to Ballet
MERCE CUNNINGHAM
- Summerspace
EDWAARD LIANG
- Lineage
PETER MARTINS
- Fearful Symmetries
- The Red Violin
- The Sleeping Beauty (Emerald, Tenderness, Lilac Fairy)
- Swan Lake (Pas de Quatre, Russian)
JUSTIN PECK
- Copland Dance Episodes
- Pulcinella Variations
- The Times Are Racing
ALEXEI RATMANSKY
- Namouna, A Grand Divertissement
- Russian Seasons
JEROME ROBBINS
- Antique Epigraphs
- The Concert
- Concertino
- Dances at a Gathering
- The Four Seasons (Summer)
- Glass Pieces
- The Goldberg Variations
- I'm Old Fashioned
- In the Night
- Moves
- N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz
- Piano Pieces
- Something to Dance About
CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON
- Carousel (A Dance)
- DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse
- Polyphonia
- Soirée Musicale
Keerati Jinakunwiphat
- Fortuitous Ash
Lauren Lovette
- For Clara
Benjamin Millepied
- Neverwhere
Andrea Miller
- sky to hold
Matthew Neenan
- The Exchange
Justin Peck
- Bright
- Copland Dance Episodes
- In Creases
Myles Thatcher
- Polaris
Kim Brandstrup
- Jeux
Warren Carlyle
- SOMETHING TO DANCE ABOUT Jerome Robbins, Broadway to Ballet
Pontus Lidberg
- The Shimmering Asphalt
Peter Martins
- Ocean's Kingdom
Justin Peck
- The Most Incredible Thing
- Paz de la Jolla
- Year of the Rabbit
Alexei Ratmansky
- Odesa
ANATOMY OF A DANCE
EMILIE GERRITY ON GEORGE BALANCHINE’S KAMMERMUSIK NO 2.
High-octane, high-contrast dancing in canon and close proximity makes this opening duet from Balanchine's second Hindemith-scored ballet both a challenge and a thrill. "Since you're only one count apart," Principal Dancer Emilie Gerrity jokes, "no one can be off, or there WILL be a collision."
Inside the Repertory
Divertimento No 15
Reflecting on her personal journey with the sparkling Divertimento No. 15, Balanchine's only work set to a score by Mozart, Emilie Gerrity shares her dreams of dancing in the ballet as a student and the experience she gained appearing in its corps de ballet for many years before taking on one of the highly technical principal roles after recovering from an injury.
HONORS
Ms. Gerrity was a recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise in 2009.
Portrait © Erin Baiano