Ashley Bouder - New York City Ballet

Ashley Bouder
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Photo © Paul Kolnik 
Background
Ashley Bouder was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and began her ballet training at the age of six at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet with Marcia Dale Weary. After attending the 1999 Summer Program at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, she was invited by SAB to continue her training during the Winter Session. As a student, Ms. Bouder performed featured roles in Balanchine's Dances Concertantes and Stars and Stripes for the School of American Ballet's 2000 Annual Spring Workshop. Ms. Bouder was named an apprentice with New York City Ballet in June 2000 and became a member of the corps de ballet that October. She was promoted to the rank of soloist in February 2004, and in January 2005, Ms. Bouder was promoted to principal dancer.
Featured Roles Since Joining NYCB

Since joining New York City Ballet, Ms. Bouder has performed featured roles in:

David Allan's:

  • Reunions

George Balanchine's:

  • Apollo (Polyhymnia)
  • Ballo della Regina
  • Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (First Movement)
  • Divertimento No. 15
  • Donizetti Variations
  • Firebird
  • George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™ (Sugarplum Fairy, Dewdrop, and Marzipan)
  • Harlequinade (lead Alouette)
  • "Emeralds" and "Rubies" from Jewels
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (Butterfly)
  • Raymonda Variations
  • Scotch Symphony
  • Serenade
  • La Sonnambula
  • La Source
  • 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
  • La Valse
  • Valse-Fantaisie
  • Western Symphony
  • Who Cares?

August Bournonville's:

  • Flower Festival in Genzano (Pas de Deux)

Douglas Lee's:

  • Lifecasting

Peter Martins':

  • A Fool for You
  • Barber Violin Concerto
  • Naïve and Sentimental Music
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora and Diamond)
  • Swan Lake (Odette/Odile and Pas de Quatre)

Jerome Robbins':

  • Brandenburg
  • The Concert
  • Dances at a Gathering
  • The Four Seasons (Winter and Fall)
  • The Goldberg Variations
  • Interplay
  • Other Dances

Richard Tanner's:

  • Ancient Airs and Dances

and Christopher Wheeldon's:

  • Mercurial Manoeuvres

Ms. Bouder originated featured roles in:

  • Mauro Bigonzetti's Luce Nascosta
  • Albert Evans' Broken Promise
  • Wyane McGregor's Outlier
  • Peter Martins' Grazioso, Viva Verdi and Octet (NYCB Premiere)
  • Susan Stroman's "The Blue Necklace" (Mabel) from Double Feature
  • Richard Tanner's Soirée
  • Christopher Wheeldon's Shambards

Ms. Bouder originated corps roles in:

  • Melissa Barak's Telemann Overture Suite in E Minor
  • Eliot Feld's Organon
  • Peter Martins' Hallelujah Junction (NYCB Premiere)
  • Christopher Wheeldon's Variations Sérieuses

 
Other Performances
In 2002, Ms. Bouder appeared in the nationally televised Live from Lincoln Center broadcast "New York City Ballet's Diamond Project: Ten Years of New Choreography" on PBS, dancing in Mercurial Manoeuvres.
Honors
Ms. Bouder is a Mae L. Wien Award recipient for 2000 and is the Janice Levin Dancer Honoree for 2002-2003.