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.
In February 2017, Ms. Gerrity was promoted to soloist.
HONORS
Ms. Gerrity was a recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise in 2009.
Portrait © Paul Kolnik
GEORGE BALANCHINE
- Agon
- Ballo della Regina
- Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
- Coppélia (Prayer)
- Cortège Hongrois
- Emeralds
- Firebird
- The Four Temperaments (Sanguinic)
- Harlequinade (La Bonne Fée)
- Kammermusik No. 2
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hermia)
- George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® (Dewdrop, Sugarplum Fairy, Flowers, Coffee)
- Raymonda Variations
- Serenade
- Stravinsky Violin Concerto
- Symphony in Three Movements
- La Valse
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)
- Swan Lake (Pas de Quatre, Russian)
JUSTIN PECK
- 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
- Something to Dance About
- The Goldberg Variations
- I'm Old Fashioned
- In the Night
- Moves
- N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz
CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON
- Carousel (A Dance)
- Polyphonia
- Soirée Musicale
Lauren Lovette
- For Clara
Benjamin Millepied
- Neverwhere
Matthew Neenan
- The Exchange
Justin Peck
- Bright
- 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
- Odessa
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.
