Taylor Stanley

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Template:Short description Template:DMCA Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Taylor G. Stanley[1] (born May 30, 1991)[2] is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet.

Early life

Stanley was born in Philadelphia[3] to a mixed-race family,[4] and was raised in West Chester, Pennsylvania.[5] At age three, they started learning ballet, tap, jazz and hip hop at The Rock School for Dance Education. Initially they thought they would pursue a career in commercial dance, but their parents and teachers encouraged them to focus on ballet. At age 15, Stanley attended a summer course at the Miami City Ballet School. Two years later, Stanley attended a summer intensive at the School of American Ballet in New York City, then was asked there and to train full time for a year.[6][7] At the workshop performance of SAB, they performed George Balanchine's Stars and Stripes.[2] They also received the Mae L. Wien Awards for Outstanding Promise that year.[8]

Career

Stanley became an apprentice at the New York City Ballet in 2009, and joined the corps de ballet the following year. While they were still in the corps, they danced Romeo in Romeo and Juliet.[6] Stanley received the Janice Levin Dancer Award in 2011–12, which is given to promising corps dancers of NYCB.[6][9] They were promoted to soloist in 2013 and principal dancer in 2016. They had dance lead roles in George Balanchine's and Jerome Robbins' works.[6][10] For their debut in the title role of Apollo, Stanley was coached by Craig Hall, the first African-American dancer in the company to dance that role.[7] They had also originated roles under choreographers such as Justin Peck, Lauren Lovette and Kyle Abraham.[6][11][12] In 2019, Stanley won a Bessie Awards for Abraham's The Runaway.[13]

Outside of New York City Ballet, Stanley danced with their colleague Troy Schumacher's side project, BalletCollective. They also took classes at Nederlands Dans Theater and studied Gaga at Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv.[6][7] Stanley has also worked with an array of choreographers including Jodi Melnick, Andrea Miller, Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa, Liz Gerring, Pam Tanowitz, Kim Brandstrup, Christopher Williams, Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Reiner, Shamel Pitts, and Omar Roman de Jesus.

Personal life

Stanley is openly gay[11] and uses they/them pronouns.[14]

As of 2015, Stanley is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree through St. Mary's College of California's LEAP program.[6]

Selected repertoire

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Awards and honors

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."@taylor.g.stanley on Instagram". Instagram. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Prince Charming: Taylor Stanley". Dance Spirit. September 1, 2010. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Taylor Stanley". New York City Ballet. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Harss, Marina (June 17, 2019). "Why We Can't Take Our Eyes Off of Taylor Stanley". Dance Magazine. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."5W: Taylor Stanley". The Saratogian. July 14, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Schaefer, Brian (August 3, 2015). "Moving Muse: Taylor Stanley Comes Into His Own at New York City Ballet". Pointe Magazine.
  7. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kourlas, Gia (January 17, 2019). "A Ballet Hamlet Becomes a God (Apollo, That Is)". New York Times.
  8. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Mae L. Wien Awards". School of American Ballet. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Levin Award". New York City Ballet. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Loeffler-Gladstone, Nicole (May 18, 2016). "Taylor Stanley Is a Principal!". Dance Spirit.
  11. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kourlas, Gia (October 10, 2017). "When Two Men Fall in Love on the Ballet Stage, and Why It Matters". New York Times.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Barber, Elizabeth (October 1, 2018). "Crunch Time for Kyle Abraham at the New York City Ballet". New Yorker.
  13. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Recipients of 2019 Bessie Awards Announced". Artforum. October 15, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Meet Our Dancers: Taylor Stanley". NYCB. Retrieved January 1, 2023.

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