Emily Kikta
Emily Kikta was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and began her dance training at the Thomas Studio of Performing Arts in Pittsburgh before studying at the Ballet Academy of Pittsburgh.
Ms. Kikta began studying at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, during the summer 2006 course and enrolled as a full-time student in 2008.
Ms. Kikta became an apprentice with NYCB in October 2010 and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in August 2011.
Ms. Kikita was promoted to the rank of soloist in January 2022.
Portrait © Erin Baiano
GEORGE BALANCHINE
- Apollo
- Bourree Fantasque
- Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (First Movement)
- Chaconne
- Coppélia (War and Discord)
- Divertimento No. 15
- Episodes
- The Four Temperaments
- Kammermusik No. 2
- George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® (Coffee, Dewdrop, Flowers, Sugarplum Fairy)
- Orpheus
- Raymonda Variations
- "Rubies" from Jewels
- The Sleeping Beauty (Diamond)
- Swan Lake
- Symphony in C
- Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No.2
- La Valse
- Western Symphony
WILLIAM FORSYTHE
- Herman Schmerman
PETER MARTINS
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hippolyta)
- The Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy)
- Swan Lake (Hungarian, Queen)
JUSTIN PECK
- Everywhere We Go
- Partita
ALEXEI RATMANSKY
- Voices
JEROME ROBBINS
- The Cage
PAM TANOWITZ
- Bartók Ballet
Kyle Abraham
- Love Letter (on shuffle)
Sidra Bell
- pixelation in a wave (Within Wires)
- SUSPENDED ANIMATION
Silas Farley
- Architects of Time
Peter Martins
- Ocean's Kingdom (Amazon Women)
Justin Peck
- Copland Dance Episodes
Jamar Roberts
- Emanon – In Two Movements
Pam Tanowitz
- Bartók Ballet
Peter Walker
- ten in seven
Justin Peck
- Principia
Troy Schumacher
- The Wind Still Brings
ANATOMY OF A DANCE
EMILY KIKTA ON BALANCHINE’S SWAN LAKE
Relatively up-tempo and plentiful in steps, the “Valse Bluette” feels like "performing ballet class" to Emily Kikta. Despite the challenges of moving fully within the variation's classical parameters, Kikta relishes the opportunity to rejoin her flock of black swans as a soloist.
Anatomy of a Dance