Eliot Feld
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Born: Brooklyn, New York
Studied: School of American Ballet, New Dance Group, High School of Performing Arts, Richard Thomas.
Performed: At age twelve with New York City Ballet as the Child Prince in George Balanchine's original production of "The Nutcracker" and in the Phoenix Theater's musical, "Sandhog"; with the companies of Mary Anthony, Pearl Lang, Sophie Maslow and Donald McKayle; on the Voice of Firestone and "L'Enfant et les Sortileges" with the Little Orchestra Society. At sixteen joined the Broadway cast of "West Side Story" and appeared as Baby-John in the movie version; on television on the Gary Moore and Ed Sullivan shows; on Broadway in "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" and "Fiddler on the Roof"; with American Ballet Theatre, American Ballet Company and Feld Ballets/NY.
Choreographed: 128 ballets since 1967
Ballets created for or in the repertory of: American Ballet Company, American Ballet Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Boston Ballet, Feld Ballets/NY, The Joffrey Ballet, John Curry Skating Company, London Festival Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, New York City Ballet, The New York City Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, The Royal Swedish Ballet, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, as well as Ballet Tech and Kids Dance.
Founded: Ballet Tech Company and School (formerly Feld Ballets/NY and its associate school, The New Ballet School), Kids Dance, and the New York City Public School for Dance. With Cora Cahan, The Joyce Theater and The Lawrence A. Wien Center for Dance & Theater (co-founded with American Ballet Theatre).
Honors: Eliot Feld is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including: The John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (1969), Dance Magazine Award (1990), and an Honorary Doctorate degree from Juilliard (1991).
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