Ashley Bouder
Ashley Bouder | |
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Born | |
Education | School of American Ballet |
Occupation | Ballet dancer |
Years active | 2000–present |
Spouse | Peter de Florio |
Children | Violet Storm de Florio |
Career | |
Current group | New York City Ballet |
Ashley Bouder (/ˈbaʊdər/; born December 10, 1983) is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet.
Early life
Ashley Bouder was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She began ballet training when she was six at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet with Marcia Dale Weary. In 1999, after attending the summer program at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, Ashley Bouder was invited by SAB to continue her training during the Winter Session.[1]
Career
Ms. Bouder was named an apprentice with New York City Ballet in June 2000. She became a member of the corps de ballet in October 2000. She was promoted to the rank of Soloist in February 2004 and became a principal dancer in January 2005. Ms. Bouder dances as a guest artist with ballet companies and festivals around the world. She also has a degree in Political Science.
The Ashley Bouder Project
Ms. Bouder helms her own small company, The Ashley Bouder Project, that has mounted several innovative ballet productions in New York over the years, primarily centered on commissioning new works by women choreographers and composers, including her own. Notable recent appearances have been at the Joyce Theater in 2015.[2] And at The Symphony Space in 2017, in collaboration with The New York Jazzharmonic.[3][4] This was the first time that an entire evening of ballet in varied styles was set solely to the accompaniment of a jazz orchestra.
Style
Ashley Bouder is a fearsome technician, who is known for her athleticism. Due to her enthusiastic dance and her happiness, Bouder is one of NYCB's most popular dancers.
Awards
She was a recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise in 2000 and of The Janice Levin Dancer Award in 2003.[5]
Personal life
She is married to financier Peter de Florio, and gave birth to their daughter, Violet Storm de Florio, on May 4, 2016.[6]
Featured roles
- AS DANCER
- George Balanchine
- Apollo (Polyhymnia)
- Ballo della Regina
- Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (First Movement)
- Divertimento No. 15
- Donizetti Variations
- Jewels
- Firebird
- The Four Temperaments
- George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™ (Sugarplum Fairy, Dewdrop, Marzipan)
- Harlequinade (Lead Alouette)
- Liebeslieder Walzer
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (Butterfly)
- Raymonda Variations
- Scotch Symphony
- Serenade
- La Sonnambula
- La Source
- Square Dance
- Stars and Stripes
- Symphony in C (Third Movement)
- Symphony in Three Movements
- Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
- Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
- Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
- Union Jack (Scottish and Canadian Guards Regiments and Royal Navy)
- La Valse
- Valse-Fantaisie
- VIenna Waltzes
- Western Symphony (Rondo)
- Who Cares?
- Mauro Bigonzetti
- Vespro
- August Bournonville
- Flower Festival in Genzano (Pas de Deux)
- Jorma Elo
- Slice to Sharp
- Douglas Lee
- Lifecasting
- Peter Martins
- Barber Violin Concerto
- Fearful Symmetries
- A Fool for You (Rockhouse)
- Naïve and Sentimental Music
- The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Diamond)
- Swan Lake (Odette/Odile, Pas de Quatre)
- Alexei Ratmansky
- Namouna, A Grand Divertissement
- Jerome Robbins
- Andantino
- Brandenburg
- The Concert
- Dances at a Gathering
- The Four Seasons (Winter, Fall)
- Four Bagatelles
- The Goldberg Variations
- I'm Old Fashioned
- Interplay
- Other Dances
- Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharpe
- Brahms/Handel
- Richard Tanner
- Ancient Airs and Dances
- Christopher Wheeldon
- DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse (NYCB Premiere)
- Mercurial Manoeuvres
- Susan Stroman
- Double Feature, (original cast)
- Blossom Got Kissed, for Ashley Bouder Project
- Liz Gerring
- Duet. (commissioned by the Ashley Bouder Project 2017)
- AS CHOREOGRAPHER
- In Pursuit Of (commissioned by Ashley Bouder Project 2017, w/music by Miho Hazama)
External links
The Ashley Bouder Project WEBSITE
References
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-blackmore-Dobbyn/ashley-bouder-is-a-dancer_b_3907193.html
- ^ "Ashley Bouder leads the way". bachtrack.com. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
- ^ Pandolfi, Christina. "BWW Review: THE ASHLEY BOUDER PROJECT Shines with Versatility". Retrieved 2017-12-23.
- ^ "The Ashley Bouder Project: Leading Women - CriticalDance". criticaldance.org. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
- ^ http://www.nycballet.com/Dancers/Levin-Award.aspx
- ^ Dance Spirit