Claire Kretzschmar
Claire Kretzschmar was born in Glendale, Arizona and began her dance training at the Academy of Dance Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She later studied at the Wake Forest Community Ballet and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Ms. Kretzschmar began studying at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, during the summers of 2006 through 2009, and enrolled as a full time student in 2009.
In November 2010 she became an apprentice with NYCB and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in August 2011.
Ms. Kretzschmar was promoted to soloist in October 2018.
HONORS
Ms. Kretzschmar is the 2016-17 Janice Levin Dancer Honoree and was a recipient of the 2015 Martin E. Segal Award.
Portrait © Paul Kolnik
GEORGE BALANCHINE
- Chaconne
- Cortège Hongrois
- Episodes
- La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker)
- George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® (Coffee, Dewdrop, Flowers, Hot Chocolate, Sugarplum Fairy)
- Orpheus (Bacchantes)
- "Rubies" from Jewels
- Stravinsky Violin Concerto
PETER MARTINS
- Bal de Couture
- Fearful Symmetries
- The Sleeping Beauty (Generosity, Diamond)
- Swan Lake (Hungarian, Princess)
JUSTIN PECK
- Pulcinella Variations
ALEXEI RATMANSKY
- Pictures at an Exhibition
Peter Martins
- Mes Oiseaux
Matthew Neenan
- The Exchange
Justin Peck
- Easy
- The Decalogue
- New Blood
- Principia
- Rotunda
Troy Schumacher
- Clearing Dawn
JR
- Les Bosquets
Justin Peck
- Paz de la Jolla
- Scherzo Fantastique
- The Times Are Racing
Troy Schumacher
- The Wind Still Brings
Alexei Ratmansky
- Odessa