Emma Von Enck
Emma Von Enck was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and began her dance training at the age of 5 at the Royal School of Ballet with Joanne Morscher. She later studied at the Cleveland School of Dance with Gladisa Guadalupe and the Cleveland Ballet Conservatory with Kerry Skuderin, and attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet in 2011 and 2012. She enrolled as a full-time student at SAB for the 2012 winter term.
In August of 2016, Ms. Von Enck became an apprentice with NYCB. As an apprentice, she originated a corps role in Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Unframed and danced featured roles in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® (Doll) and Nicolas Blanc’s Mothership. She joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in August 2017.
Ms. Von Enck was promoted to the rank of soloist in January 2022, and to principal in May 2024.
Portrait © Erin Baiano
GEORGE BALANCHINE
- Ballo della Regina
- Bourrée Fantasque
- Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
- Chaconne
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Butterfly)
- George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® (Dewdrop, Doll, Marzipan, Sugarplum Fairy)
- Raymonda Variations
- "Rubies" from Jewels
- Scotch Symphony
- La Source
- Swan Lake
- Symphony in C
- Symphony in Three Movements
- Tarantella
- Walpurgisnacht Ballet
NICOLAS BLANC
- Mothership
PETER MARTINS
- Barber Violin Concerto
- The Sleeping Beauty (Emerald, White Cat, Princess Florine)
- Swan Lake (Neopolitan)
JUSTIN PECK
- Copland Dance Episodes
- Pulcinella Variations
- Year of the Rabbit
ALYSA PIRES
- Standard Deviation
ALEXEI RATMANSKY
- Concerto DSCH
- Namouna, A Grand Divertissement
- Odesa
- Solitude
- Pictures at an Exhibition
JEROME ROBBINS
- Andantino
- Brandenburg
- The Four Seasons (Winter)
CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON
- DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse
- Polyphonia
Silas Farley
- Architects of Time
Amy Hall Garner
- Underneath, There Is Light
Tiler Peck
- Concerto for Two Pianos
Gianna Reisen
- Composer’s Holiday
- Play Time
Jamar Roberts
- Emanon – In Two Movements
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
- Unframed
Lauren Lovette
- The Shaded Line
Gianna Reisen
- Judah
ANATOMY OF A DANCE
EMMA VON ENCK ON GEORGE BALANCHINE’S THE NUTCRACKER
As Emma Von Enck will tell you, the Marzipan Shepherdesses' choreography is no joke, but she and her fellow shepherdesses manage to have plenty of fun with the divertissement. Laugh along with Emma as she breaks down the movement, backstage traditions, and her internal monologue onstage.
