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Ashley Laracey was born in Sarasota, Florida. She began her dance training at the age of five with Cheryl Carty and Christine White at the Carty Academy of Theater Dance in Bradenton, Florida.

At age 12, she began training with Pavel Fomin, Diane Partington, and Isabel and Javier Dubrocq at Sarasota Ballet of Florida. She continued her studies at age 15 with Victoria Schneider, Olivier Pardina, and Svetlana Osiyeva at the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida.

Ms. Laracey entered the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, in the fall of 2001.

In October 2002, Ms. Laracey became an apprentice with New York City Ballet, and in February 2003 she joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet and was promoted to soloist in February 2013.

 

GEORGE BALANCHINE

  • Agon
  • Apollo
  • Ballo della Regina
  • Coppélia (Spinner)
  • Cortège Hongrois
  • Concerto Barocco
  • Divertimento No. 15
  • "Emeralds" from Jewels
  • Firebird
  • The Four Temperaments
  • Ivesiana (Central Park in the Dark)
  • La Sonnambula (The Coquette)
  • Liebeslieder Walzer
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hermia)
  • George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® (Sugarplum Fairy, Dewdrop, Marzipan, Coffee, Flowers)
  • Orpheus
  • Raymonda Variations
  • Robert Schumann's "Davidsbündlertänze"
  • Scotch Symphony
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy)
  • Sonatine
  • Stravinsky Violin Concerto
  • Swan Lake
  • Symphony in C (Fourth Movement)
  • Symphony in Three Movements
  • Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 (Valse Mélancolique)
  • The Unanswered Question
  • Union Jack
  • La Valse
  • Vienna Waltzes
  • Western Symphony

MERCE CUNNINGHAM

  • Summerspace

PETER MARTINS

  • Ash
  • Bal de Couture
  • The Infernal Machine
  • Mirage
  • Sinfonia
  • Songs of the Auvergne
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy, Tenderness, Generosity, Ruby)
  • Swan Lake (Pas de Trois, Pas de Quatre, Princess)

JUSTIN PECK

  • Copland Dance Episodes

ALEXEI RATMANSKY

  • Namouna, A Grand Divertissement
  • Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Russian Seasons

JEROME ROBBINS

  • 2 & 3 Part Inventions
  • Antique Epigraphs
  • The Concert
  • Fanfare (Harp)
  • The Four Seasons (Summer)
  • Glass Pieces
  • The Goldberg Variations
  • Interplay
  • Moves
  • N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz

LYNNE TAYLOR-CORBETT

  • Chiaroscuro

CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON

  • Klavier

Peter Martins

  • Eros Piano

Justin Peck

  • Belles-Lettres

Troy Schumacher

  • Common Ground

Peter Walker

  • dance odyssey

Boris Eifman

  • Musagète

Peter Martins

  • Friandises
  • Mirage
  • Ocean's Kingdom

Benjamin Millepied

  • Two Hearts

Alexei Ratmansky

  • Namouna, A Grand Divertissement

Jerome Robbins

  • N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz (NYCB Premiere)

Susan Stroman

  • Double Feature

Lynne Taylor-Corbett

  • The Seven Deadly Sins

Christopher Wheeldon

  • An American in Paris
  • Carnival of the Animals
  • Estancia, Evenfall
  • Shambards

INSIDE THE REPERTORY

Ashley Laracey on George Balanchine's CONCERTO BAROCCO

Soloist Ashley Laracey talks about what makes the corps of NYC Ballet so unique - and shares their special pre-show ritual - in this behind-the-scenes look at one of Balanchine's most iconic ballets.

FILM CREDITS

Ms. Laracey 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.
 
Portrait © Paul Kolnik