New York City Ballet MOVES

Gilbert Bolden III

Gilbert Bolden III is a member of New York City Ballet’s corps de ballet. Born in San Diego, California, he began dancing at the age of nine in Las Vegas, Nevada, going on to study ballet at Idyllwild Arts Academy and The Rock School for Dance Education. In 2014, Bolden enrolled at the School of American Ballet. He became an apprentice with the Company in 2017 and joined NYCB in 2018. His repertory includes leading roles in works by George Balanchine, Peter Martins, Justin Peck, and Gianna Reisen. 

India Bradley

India Bradley is a member of New York City Ballet’s corps de ballet. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she began her dance training locally at the age of four. She received additional training from Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Professional Training Program before entering the School of American Ballet in 2014. She was named an apprentice in 2017, and joined the Company in 2018. Her repertory includes leading roles in works by George Balanchine, Kyle Abraham, Andrea Miller, Justin Peck, and Pam Tanowitz. 

Elaine Chelton // Musician

Elaine Chelton has been a piano soloist with New York City Ballet since 1995. Chelton attended the preparatory and college divisions of the Manhattan School of Music, and she received her Bachelor of Music and her Master of Arts degrees from Queens College. She has also played for the Eglevsky Ballet and the American Dance Machine. Her recordings include two CDs of ballet music for Roper Records and Songs and Arias from Broadway to Opera with soprano Elena Malfitano. A composer and lyricist of musicals, her revues Stages and A New Voice were performed at Don’t Tell Mama in New York City, and her musical Voice of the City, with book and lyrics by Kenneth Jones, received a staged reading at the York Theatre. Chelton is a member of ASCAP and The Dramatists Guild.

Harrison Coll

Harrison Coll is a New York City Ballet Soloist. Born in Manhattan, New York, he began his dance training locally at the age of 4 and in 2003, he entered the School of American Ballet. In November 2012, Mr. Coll became an apprentice with NYCB and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in August 2013. He was promoted to soloist in October 2018. Since joining the Company, Coll has performed featured roles in ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Peter Martins, Mauro Bigonzetti, Andrea Miller, Justin Peck, Troy Schumacher, and Myles Thatcher.  

Ashley Hod

Ashley Hod is a New York City Ballet Soloist. Born in Great Neck, NY, she began her dance training at age 4 at the Great Neck School of Dance and came to the School of American Ballet in 2003. Named an NYCB apprentice in 2012, she joined the NYCB corps de ballet the following year and was promoted to Soloist in 2022. Her repertory includes leading roles in works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Peter Martins, Justin Peck, Troy Schumacher, and Christopher Wheeldon.  

Hannah Holman // Musician

Hannah Holman, cellist, joined the New York City Ballet Orchestra at the beginning of the 2012-13 season. Her career encompasses orchestral and chamber music, solo performances, and teaching. Holman is also the principal cellist of the Quad City Symphony, a position she has held since 2008, and currently teaches at the University of Northern Iowa and Biola University. Holman studied at the Eastman School of Music and Michigan State University, where she completed her Bachelor of Music degree, and she obtained her Master of Music degree with Fritz Magg at the New England Conservatory.

Claire Kretzschmar

Claire Kretzschmar was born in Glendale, Arizona. She began her dance training at age 4 at the Academy of Dance Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, later studying at the Wake Forest Community Ballet and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She entered the School of American Ballet in 2009 and was named an NYCB apprentice in 2010. Kretzschmar joined the corps de ballet in 2011 and was promoted to Soloist in 2018. Her repertory includes leading roles in works by George Balanchine, Peter Martins, Andrea Miller, Matthew Neenan, Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky, and Troy Schumacher. 

Roman Mejia // Artist-In-Residence

Roman Mejia was born in Fort Worth, Texas and began studying ballet at age 3 with his mother and father. At age 13, he entered the Mejia Ballet Academy. Mr. Mejia attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet, New York City Ballet’s official school, in 2014 and 2015 before entering SAB full-time for the 2015 winter term. In August 2017, Mr. Mejia became an apprentice with NYCB, and he joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in November 2017. Mr. Mejia was promoted to the rank of soloist in October 2021.  In 2019, Dance Magazine featured Mr. Mejia as one of their “25 To Watch” picks and he became a recipient of the prestigious Princess Grace Foundation – USA Dance Fellowship. In 2020, Mr. Mejia was named a Clives Barnes finalist. His repertory includes leading roles in works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, William Forsythe, Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon among many others. Most recently, he starred in Twyla Tharp’s TWYLA NOWand Tiler Peck’s Artists at the Center at New York City Center. Mr. Mejia will be Vail Dance Festival’s 2022 Artists in Residence. 

Tiler Peck

Tiler Peck has been a Principal Dancer with New York City Ballet since 2009. She made her Broadway debut at age 11 as Gracie Shinn inThe Music Man and was seen on Broadway as Ivy Smith in the Tony Nominated On The Town.She originated the title role in Susan Stroman’s newest musical Little Dancer at the Kennedy Center and is attached to star in the Broadway production. Tiler made her choreographic debut at the Vail Dance Festival in 2018 and has gone on to choreograph and appear in episodes of Tiny Pretty Things and Ray Donovan, and she recently choreographed the box office smash hit film John Wick 3. She has also appeared on Dancing with the Stars, the Kennedy Center Honors and Live From Lincoln Center’s The Nutcracker and Carousel. As a guest star, she was the first ballerina ever to appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. In film she has starred in “Ballet Now”, a Hulu documentary that followed her as she became the first woman to curate and star in The Los Angeles Music Center’s presentation of BalletNOW, “Ballet 422”, “A Time for Dancing”, and “Donnie Darko”. She is a recipient of the Princess Grace Statue Award, The Dance Magazine Award and was named one of Forbes 30 under 30.

To keep the dance world connected during the pandemic, Tiler developed a free ballet class #TurnItOutWithTiler that airs on her Instagram. She is the designer of Tiler Peck Designs for Body Wrappers, a studio-to-streetwear clothing line and is also the designer of the capsule collection Tiler Peck X STATESIDE in collaboration with the popular Los Angeles-based clothing company. She has released two children’s books with Simon & Schuster, Katarina Ballerina and Katarina Ballerina & The Victory Dance.

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Unity Phelan

Unity Phelan is a Principal Dancer with New York City Ballet. Born in Princeton, NJ, she began her dance training at age 5 at the Princeton Ballet School and came to the School of American Ballet in 2009. Named an NYCB apprentice in 2012, she joined the NYCB corps de ballet in 2013, was promoted to Soloist in 2017, and to Principal Dancer in 2021. Her repertory includes leading roles in works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Robert Binet, William Forsythe, Lauren Lovette, Peter Martins, Andrea Miller, Matthew Neenan, Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky, Jamar Roberts, and Christopher Wheeldon. 

Mary Rowell // Musician

Mary Rowell is an innovative violinist known for her work with the Grammy Award-winning Tango Project, the indie band The Silos, and pop icon Joe Jackson. She has carved an indelible place in the contemporary classical music world as co-founder of the post-classical quartet ETHEL. Rowell has performed, recorded, and premiered countless scores as a soloist and chamber musician, and she has appeared as violin and electric violin soloist with, among others, the National Symphony, Houston Symphony, New York Chamber Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, and New York City Ballet, in Richard Einhorn’s Maxwell’s Demon for Ulysses Dove’s ballet Red Angels. Mary is an ensemble member of the Tribeca New Music Festival specializing in the “Avante-Pop” and Vermont’s stellar new music ensemble TurnMusic. A graduate of the Juilliard School, she is currently performing Off Broadway in Shaina Taub’s new musical SUFFS and is the long-time concertmaster of the Radio City Christmas Show Orchestra.

Aaron Sanz

Aaron Sanz is a Soloist with New York City Ballet. Born in Madrid, Spain, he began his dance training at age 8 at the C.P.D. Carmen Amaya in Madrid, and came to the School of American Ballet in 2010. Named an NYCB apprentice in 2011, he joined the corps de ballet in 2012 and was promoted to Soloist in 2018. His repertory includes featured roles in works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, August Bournonville, William Forsythe, Peter Martins, Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky, Troy Schumacher, and Christopher Wheeldon. 

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KJ Takahashi

KJ Takahashi is a member of New York City Ballet’s corps de ballet. He was born in Dallas, Texas, and began his ballet training at age 8 at Ballet Academy of Texas and continued his training at Mejia Ballet International and Ballet Tech. He entered the School of American Ballet in 2016, was named an apprentice in 2019 joined the Company in 2021. His repertory includes leading roles in works by George Balanchine, Kyle Abraham, Sidra Bell, and Lauren Lovette. 

Peter Walker

Peter Walker is a Principal Dancer with New York City Ballet. Born in Fort Myers, FL, he began his dance training at age 8 with Judy Murray and at the Gulfshore Ballet, and came to the School of American Ballet in 2007. Named an NYCB apprentice in 2011, he joined the NYCB corps de ballet in 2012, was promoted to Soloist in 2018, and to Principal Dancer in 2022. His repertory includes leading roles in works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Kyle Abraham, Sidra Bell, Peter Martins, Justin Peck, Jamar Roberts, Christopher Wheeldon, and in his own work, among others. He has choreographed two works for NYCB: ten in seven (2016) and dance odyssey (2018).