New York City Ballet Promotes Three Dancers

New York City Ballet announced today the promotion of three of the Company's dancers. Soloists Lauren Lovette and Anthony Huxley have been promoted to the rank of principal dancer, and corps de ballet member Ashly Isaacs has been promoted to soloist.

Peter Martins, NYCB's Ballet Master in Chief, made the promotions on Sunday, June 7, after the matinee of George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the final performance of NYCB's 2014-15 Lincoln Center season. The Company will next perform at its summer home at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in upstate New York from July 7 through 18.

Lauren Lovette was born in Thousand Oaks, California and began studying ballet at the age of 11 at the Cary Ballet Conservatory in Cary, North Carolina. She attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, in 2004 and 2005, and enrolled at the School of American Ballet as a full-time student in 2006. In October 2009, Lovette became an apprentice with NYCB; she joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in September 2010 and was promoted to soloist in 2013. Lovette was the 2012 recipient of the Clive Barnes Award, named in honor of the late dance and theater critic, which has been awarded each year since 2010 to emerging talents from New York City's performing arts community. Lovette was also the 2012-13 recipient of NYCB's Janice Levin Dancer Award, which is presented each year to a promising young member of the NYCB corps de ballet.

During NYCB's 2014-15 season Lovette has made debuts in several featured roles including The Sylph in Peter Martins' staging of August Bournonville's La Sylphide; George Balanchine's Symphony in C (Third Movement) and Apollo (Calliope); Jerome Robbins' The Cage (The Novice) and The Goldberg Variations; Peter Martins' Romeo + Juliet (Juliet) and Hallelujah Junction; Justin Peck's Belles-Lettres; Alexei Ratmansky's Pictures at an Exhibition; and Bournonville Divertissements (Pas de Six).

Lovette's extensive repertory with NYCB also includes featured roles in Balanchine's Coppe?lia (Waltz), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Butterfly), George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy, Marzipan and Dolls), Rubies from Jewels, and Walpurgisnacht Ballet; Robbins' 2&3 Part Inventions, Dances at a Gathering, Interplay, and West Side Story Suite; Martins' Bal de Couture, The Sleeping Beauty (White Cat, Princess Florine, Ruby), and Swan Lake (Neopolitan, Pas de Trois); Peck's Year of the Rabbit; Ratmansky's Russian Seasons; and Christopher Wheeldon's Les Carillons, Carousel (A Dance), DGV: Danse a? Grande Vitesse, Mercurial Manoeuvres, Polyphonia, and Soire?e Musicale (in the NYCB Premiere). Lovette has also originated featured roles in Martins' Mes Oiseaux, JR's Les Bosquets, Benjamin Millepied's Neverwhere, and Susan Stroman's Frankie and Johnny...and Rose.

Anthony Huxley was born in Walnut Creek, California. He began studying at the School of American Ballet during the 2002 and 2003 summer courses, enrolling as a full-time student from 2003 to 2006. Huxley has also studied at San Francisco Ballet School and the Contra Costa Ballet School. In October 2006, Huxley was named an apprentice with New York City Ballet and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in July 2007. He was promoted to soloist in July 2011. Huxley was a 2006 recipient of the School of American Ballet's Mae L. Wien Award, which is awarded to students of outstanding promise, and was also the 2010-11 recipient of NYCB's Janice Levin Dancer Award.

During NYCB's 2014-15 season Huxley has made debuts in several featured roles including James in La Sylphide; Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Oberon), Duo Concertant, Harlequinade (Pierrot), Agon and Chaconne; Robbins' The Goldberg Variations; Martins' Romeo + Juliet (Mercutio); Peck's Belles-Lettres; Wheeldon's Mercurial Manoeuvres; and Bournonville Divertissements (Pas de Six).

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Huxley's extensive repertory also includes featured roles in Balanchine's Ivesiana, Emeralds and Rubies from Jewels, Mozartiana, George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (Cavalier, Candy Cane, and Soldier), Raymonda Variations, Square Dance, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Symphony in C (Third Movement), Symphony in Three Movements, and Vienna Waltzes; Robbins' 2&3 Part Inventions and The Four Seasons (Winter); and Martins' Bal de Couture, Fearful Symmetries, The Sleeping Beauty (Bluebird), and Swan Lake (Benno and Neopolitan). He has also originated featured roles in Martins' Mirage and Ocean's Kingdom, and Liam Scarlett's Acheron.

Ashly Isaacs was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and began her dance training at the age of three at Michael's Academy of Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale. She later studied at Fort Lauderdale Ballet Classique before enrolling at the School of American Ballet in September 2006. Isaacs became an apprentice with NYCB in September 2009 and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in September 2010. Isaacs is NYCB's current 2014-15 season Janice Levin Dancer Award honoree, and was also a recipient of the School of American Ballet's Mae L. Wien Award in 2009.

During the 2014-15 season Isaacs has made debuts in several featured roles including Balanchine's Apollo (Polyhymnia), Agon, Serenade, Symphony in C (Third Movement), and Walpurgisnacht Ballet; Martins' Morgen; Peck's Everywhere We Go; and Bournonville Divertissements (Flower Festival in Genzano and Pas de Six).

Since joining New York City Ballet, Isaacs has also danced featured roles in Balanchine's Coppe?lia (Dawn), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hippolyta), George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (Dewdrop), Raymonda Variations, Rubies from Jewels, La Sonnambula, and Who Cares?; Martins' Fearful Symmetries, and Swan Lake (Pas de Trois); and Wheeldon's Les Carillons, Mercurial Manoeuvres, and Soire?e Musicale. Isaacs has also originated featured roles in Martins' Mes Oiseaux and Peck's Capricious Maneuvers.

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