New York City Ballet (NYCB) - Part 1

This is going to be a series of posts about New York City Ballet! I will include lots of pictures and many interesting facts about the company. There will be 5 parts to this series, and they won't be done on any certain day of the week.

In part 1 of my series I will write 3 facts about the company, and I will post pictures and a couple facts about 5 of the principal dancers, and 2 of the soloists.


Fact #1- They have 24 principal dancers, 9 soloists, and 52 dancers in the corps de ballet.
Fact #2- They are one of the most well known ballet companies in the world.
Fact #3- Their repertory has over 400 ballets.

Principal Dancer
Name: Jared Angle
Born in: Altoona, Pennsylvania
When he started ballet: 6 yrs.
Principal dancer since: November 11, 2005

(photo by Henry Leutwyler)

Principal Dancer
Name: Janie Taylor
Born in: Houston, Texas
When she started ballet: 4 yrs.
Principal dancer since: January 2005

(photo by Henry Leutwyler)

Principal Dancer
Name: Gonzalo Garcia
Born in: Zaragoza, Spain
When he started ballet: 8 yrs.
Principal dancer since: 2002

(photo by Henry Leutwyler)


Pricipal Dancer
Name: Jennie Somogyi
Born in: Easton, Pennsylvania
When she started ballet: 7 yrs.
Principal dancer since: December 2000

(photo by Henry Leutwyler)


Principal Dancer
Name: Rebecca Krohn
Born in: Vestal, New York
When she started ballet: ?
Principal dancer since: May 2012

(photo by Henry Leutwtler)


Soloist
Name: Adrian Danchig-Waring
Born in: San Francisco, California
When he started ballet: 11 yrs.
Soloist since: February 2009



Soloist
Name: Savannah Lowery
Born in: Largo, Florida
When she started ballet: 3 yrs.
Soloist since: December 2007



New York City Ballet in Glass Pieces

(photo by Paul Kolnik)