principal dancer

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A video clip featured in the “Addictive Ballet” episode shows New York City Ballet principal dancer Ashley Bouder launching herself into a jeté so high she seems to leave Earth’s gravity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Beginning dance at age 13 — unusually late for professional standards — she defied systemic barriers to become ABT’s first Black female principal dancer in 2015.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025

This season happily occasioned the arrival of a new soloist, Ryan Tomash, currently on a leave of absence from the Royal Danish Ballet, where he is a principal dancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

She rose to fame after graduating from high school and made history as the youngest principal dancer at the Dance Theatre of Harlem.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

An autographed pointe shoe from Noelani Pantastico, my favorite principal dancer.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day