Ashley Bouder

Ashley Bouder 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. In January 2005, Ashley Bouder was promoted to Principal dancer.

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.

Award

She was a recipient of theMae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise in 2000 and of The Janice Levin Dancer Award in 2003.^[2]

Featured roles

• David Allan
  • Reunions
• 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 THARP
  • Brahms/Handel
• Richard Tanner
  • Ancient Airs and Dances
• Christopher Wheeldon
  • DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse (NYCB Premiere)
  • Mercurial Manoeuvres
  • She flies through the air like a shooting star, but she crashes to earth like one, too.

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