New York City Ballet announces 2026-27 Season with 5 world premieres

21 Weeks of Performances Will Feature 48 Ballets Including 24 Works by NYCB Co-Founder GEORGE BALANCHINE and 5 Works by Co-Founding Choreographer JEROME ROBBINS

Five World Premieres by JENNIFER ARCHIBALD, JUSTIN PECK, TILER PECK, ALYSA PIRES, and PAM TANOWITZ

Two New York City Ballet Premieres by ALEXEI RATMANSKY, including a New Staging of his Full-length Production of Romeo & Juliet and Fandango

Additional Works by KYLE ABRAHAM, MAURO BIGONZETTI, LAR LUBOVITCH, JAMAR ROBERTS, and CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON

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New York City Ballet’s 2026-27 Season will open on 22 September 2026 and continue for 21 weeks of performances until 30 May 2027 at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.

The season will begin and end with performances of two full-length masterpieces by NYCB co-founder George Balanchine: Jewels, which will open the season with a week of performances from 22-27 September; and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which will close the season with a week of performances from 25-30 May.

During the course of the season, the Company of nearly 100 dancers and the 62-piece New York City Ballet Orchestra under the leadership of Music Director Andrew Litton, will present 48 ballets, including 5 World Premieres and 2 New York City Ballet Premieres.

New works for the 2026 Fall Season will include World Premiere ballets by Jennifer Archibald and Alysa Pires, both of which will take place at the Company’s annual Fall Fashion Gala on 1 October; and a pièce d’occasion created by Pam Tanowitz for NYCB Principal Dancer Adrian Danchig-Waring, who will retire from NYCB with a special one-time-only performance on 18 October.

The 2027 Winter Season will open with the New York City Ballet premiere of Alexei Ratmansky‘s Romeo & Juliet, with scenery and costumes by Richard Hudson and lighting by Mark Stanley. The ballet will be presented for 14 performances, from 19 to 31 January.

New works for the 2027 Spring Season will include a World Premiere by NYCB Resident Choreographer Justin Peck at the annual Spring Gala on 6 May; and two premieres on 8 May 8: a World Premiere by NYCB Principal Dancer Tiler Peck and the NYCB Premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s Fandango originally created at the Vail Dance Festival in 2010.

In addition to the new works, the 2026-27 Season will include 24 ballets by NYCB Co-Founder George Balanchine, including the rarely performed Pithoprakta, which will return to the repertory during the 2026 Fall Season, staged by Suzanne Farrell; 5 ballets by NYCB Co-Founding Choreographer Jerome Robbins; and additional repertory by choreographers Kyle Abraham, Mauro Bigonzetti, Lar Lubovitch, Justin Peck, Tiler Peck, Alexei Ratmansky, Jamar Roberts, and Christopher Wheeldon.

The 2026-27 Season will also include Farewell Performances for retiring Principal Dancers Adrian Danchig-Waring on 18 October and Taylor Stanley on 28 February.

New York City Ballet’s 2026-27 Season will include the annual holiday engagement of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker from 27 November 2026 until 3 January 2027.

All performances will take place at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.

FALL SEASON – 22 September – 18 October 2026

Season to Open with One Week of George Balanchine’s Full-Length Jewels

World Premieres by Jennifer Archibald and Alysa Pires at the Fall Fashion Gala on 1 October

Revival of George Balanchine’s Rarely Performed Pithoprakta, staged by Suzanne Farrell, to Debut on 8 October

Farewell Performance for Principal Dancer Adrian Danchig-Waring on 18 October featuring a World Premiere Pièce d’Occasion by Pam Tanowitz

NYCB’s 2026-27 Season will begin with a four-week Fall Season that will open on 22 September with seven performances of Jewels, the full-length masterpiece choreographed by NYCB co- founder George Balanchine in 1967.

The second week of the Fall Season will begin with a programme of works created by NYCB’s co- founding choreographers, consisting of Balanchine’s La Source from 1968 to music by Léo Delibes and The Four Temperaments from 1946 to music by Paul Hindemith, and Robbins’ The Concert from 1956 to music by Frédéric Chopin. The week will be highlighted by the Company’s annual Fall Fashion Gala on 1 October. The gala evening will feature World Premiere ballets by choreographers Jennifer Archibald, who will make her first work for NYCB, and Alysa Pires, who will be making her second work for the Company. The music and design credits for the premieres will be announced at a later date.

Following the 1 October Fall Fashion Gala performance, this programme will return for four additional performances that will also include Kyle Abraham’s Love Letter (on shuffle), created to music by James Blake for the 2022 Fall Fashion Gala and featuring costumes by Giles Deacon and lighting by Dan Scully; and Justin Peck’s Pulcinella Variations, created to music by Igor Stravinsky for the 2017 Fall Fashion Gala and featuring costumes by Tsumori Chisato and lighting by Mark Stanley.

NYCB’s Fall Fashion Gala was conceived by NYCB Board Vice Chair Sarah Jessica Parker and launched in 2012 with a gala celebration of the designer Valentino. The event has since featured costumes designed by more than 30 fashion designers, including Thom Browne, Sarah Burton, Prabal Gurung, Carolina Herrera, Mary Katranzou, Humberto Leon, Zac Posen, Christopher John Rogers, Narciso Rodriguez, Anna Sui, Iris van Herpen, and Dries Van Noten, created in collaboration with Marc Happel, NYCB’s Director of Costumes.

The third and fourth weeks of the Fall Season will be highlighted by two programmes, the first consisting of Christopher Wheeldon’s Continuum from 2002 to music by György Ligeti, Alexei Ratmansky’s Solitude from 2024 to music by Gustav Mahler, and Balanchine’s Bourrée Fantasque from 1949 to music by Emmanuel Chabrier, which will debut on 7 October.

The second programme will feature a revival of Balanchine’s rarely performed Pithoprakta, the second section of the work titled Metastaseis & Pithoprakta, which was created in 1968 to music by Iannis Xenakis, the Romanian-born, Greek-French avant-garde composer. Created for Suzanne Farrell, Arthur Mitchell, and a corps of 12 dancers, Pithoprakta was last performed at NYCB in 1969.

In 2007, Farrell reconstructed Pithoprakta for The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, and she will return to NYCB to stage this major revival of the work. The first performance of Pithoprakta will take place on 8 October as part of an all-Balanchine programme that will also include La Sonnambula from 1946 to music by Vittorio Rieti, The Unanswered Question (from Ivesiana) from 1954 to music by Charles Ives, and Theme and Variations from 1947 to music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky.

The Fall Season will conclude on 18 October, with a Farewell Performance honouring Principal Dancer Adrian Danchig-Waring, who retires from NYCB after more than 23 years. For this one-time-only occasion, choreographer Pam Tanowitz will create a world premiere pièce d’occasion. The programme will also feature works closely associated with Danchig-Waring: Lar Lubovitch’s Each In Their Own Time, in which Danchig-Waring originated his role, and Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and Agon.

Adrian Danchig-Waring

Born in San Francisco, California, Adrian Danchig-Waring began his dance training at age 11 at Dance Theatre Seven under David Roxander. He entered the School of American Ballet in 2001, became an apprentice with NYCB in 2002, and joined the corps de ballet in 2003. He was promoted to Soloist in 2009 and rose to Principal Dancer in 2013. Over the course of his career, Danchig-Waring has performed an extensive repertory of works by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, and has collaborated with many of today’s leading choreographers, including Wayne McGregor, Emily Molnar, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Justin Peck, Angelin Preljocaj, Alexei Ratmansky, Pam Tanowitz, and Christopher Wheeldon.

In 2018, Danchig-Waring was named Artistic Director of the New York Choreographic Institute (NYCI), an affiliate of NYCB, and a hub of creativity dedicated to cultivating the next generation of artists working to evolve and expand what ballet is, and who it is for. Following his retirement from the NYCB stage, Danchig-Waring will continue to develop NYCI’s dynamic programmes and partnerships in support of choreographic experimentation, risk-taking, and innovation across the field.

Since joining NYCB, Danchig-Waring has performed featured roles in numerous ballets by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, as well as works by August Bournonville, Kim Brandstrup, Merce Cunningham, Ulysses Dove, Boris Eifman, Eliot Feld, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Peter Martins, Wayne McGregor, Matthew Neenan, Justin Peck, Angelin Preljocaj, Alexei Ratmansky, Pam Tanowitz, and Christopher Wheeldon.

GEORGE BALANCHINE’S THE NUTCRACKER – 27 November 2026 to 3 January 2027

Including a Sensory Friendly Performance on Sunday, January 3 at 1 pm

The year of performances will continue with NYCB’s annual engagement of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, which will take place from 27 November 2026 until 3 January 2027. NYCB’s landmark production of the holiday classic, which The New York Times has called “the gold standard” Nutcracker, premiered on 2 February 1954 and helped to establish The Nutcracker and its score as perennial favourites in the United States. A signature event of the holiday season in New York City, the ballet is set to the Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky score, with scenery by Rouben Ter-Arutunian, costumes by Karinska, and lighting by Mark Stanley, after lighting designed by Ronald Bates.

The final performance of this year’s season of The Nutcracker at 1 pm on 3 January will be a special sensory-friendly performance designed to provide a relaxed and inclusive environment where individuals with autism, sensory and communication disorders, or learning disabilities can enjoy a ballet performance. While intended for these audiences, this performance is open to all. Slight modifications to the social and sensory environment include a relaxed entry and exit policy, adjustments to lighting and sound levels, designated break areas throughout the theatre, and additional event staffing to assist with audience needs, and pre-visit resources.

WINTER SEASON – 19 January to 28 February 2027

NYCB Premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s Full-Length Romeo & Juliet with Sets and Costumes by Richard Hudson and Lighting by Mark Stanley Will Open the Winter Season with Two Weeks of Performances from 19-31 January

60th Anniversary of George Balanchine’s Jewels from 12-14 February

Farewell Performance for NYCB Principal Dancer Taylor Stanley on 28 February

The 2027 Winter Season will open on 19 January 2027 with the New York City Ballet premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s full-length production of Romeo & Juliet, which will run for two weeks of performances until 31 January. Ratmansky originally created Romeo & Juliet for the National Ballet of Canada in 2011, in a production that featured sets and costumes by Richard Hudson, the acclaimed stage designer best known for his Tony Award-winning designs for The Lion King.

For NYCB’s 2027 Winter Season, Ratmansky, the Company’s Artist in Residence since 2023, will re-stage the work for NYCB’s dancers, in a new production that will feature Hudson’s original set and costume designs, adapted for NYCB and the David H. Koch Theater, with new lighting created by NYCB Resident Lighting Designer Mark Stanley.

The third week of the 2027 Winter Season will begin with an all-Balanchine programme consisting of three acclaimed masterpieces: Mozartiana, the choreographer’s last major work, choreographed in 1981 to music by Tchaikovsky; Agon, the landmark collaboration between Balanchine and composer Igor Stravinsky that premiered in 1957; and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, which premiered in 1941 as Ballet Imperial and featured sets and costumes that evoked St Petersburg and the Russian Imperial Ballet. In 1973, Balanchine streamlined the work, eliminating the original sets and costumes to showcase the work’s ebullient outpouring of classical ballet technique and renamed it for the ballet’s score, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2.

The third week of the 2027 Winter Season will also feature a programme that will debut on 6 February consisting of Justin Peck’s Pulcinella Variations from 2017 to music by Igor Stravinsky, Christopher Wheeldon’s Liturgy from 2003 to music by Arvo Pärt, Jennifer Archibald’s new work from the 2026 Fall Season, and the return of Jamar Roberts’ Foreseeable Future, which premiered at the 2025 Fall Fashion Gala set to music by Arca and featuring costumes by Iris van Herpen and lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker.

The 2027 Winter Season will also feature George Balanchine’s Jewels to mark the 60th anniversary of the ballet’s premiere. Considered the first full-length plotless ballet, the three-part Jewels premiered on 13 April 1967, and consists of Emeralds, to the music of Gabriel Fauré, Rubies to the music of Igor Stravinsky, and Diamonds to the music of Tchaikovsky, with costumes by Karinska, sets by Peter Harvey, and lighting by Mark Stanley. Jewels will be presented for five performances from 12-14 February.

The fifth and sixth weeks of the 2027 Winter Season will feature two additional repertory programmes.

The first, an all-Balanchine programme, will include The Four Temperaments from 1946 with music by Paul Hindemith, Valse-Fantaisie from 1969 with music by Mikhail Glinka, Errante (originally titled Tzigane) from 1975 with music by Maurice Ravel, and Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, originally choreographed for the Broadway musical On Your Toes in 1936 to music by Richard Rodgers.

The second programme will feature Tiler Peck’s Concerto for Two Pianos from 2024 to music by Francis Poulenc, Alexei Ratmansky’s The Naked King from 2026 to music by Jean Françaix, and Justin Peck’s The Times Are Racing from 2017 to music by Dan Deacon.

The final programme of the 2027 Winter Season will be a one-time-only Farewell Performance for Principal Dancer Taylor Stanley to mark their retirement from NYCB after 17 years with the Company. The programme will include Balanchine’s Emeralds (from Jewels) and other repertory to be announced.

Stanley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, began their dance training at The Rock School at age 3, and entered the School of American Ballet in 2008. Named an NYCB apprentice in 2009, Stanley joined the NYCB corps de ballet in 2010, was promoted to Soloist in 2013, and became a Principal Dancer in 2016.

Stanley’s repertory at NYCB includes leading roles in numerous ballets by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, as well as works by Kyle Abraham, August Bournonville, Warren Carlyle, Ulysses Dove, Jorma Elo, Pontus Lidberg, Lauren Lovette, Lar Lubovitch, Peter Martins, Andrea Miller, Justin Peck, Angelin Preljocaj, Alexei Ratmansky, Jamar Roberts, and Christopher Wheeldon.

SPRING SEASON – 20 April to 30 May 2027

World Premiere by Resident Choreographer Justin Peck at the annual Spring Gala Performance on 6 May

World Premiere by Principal Dancer Tiler Peck on 8 May

NYCB Premiere of Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky’s Fandango on 8 May

Six Performances of Justin Peck’s Copland Dance Episodes Beginning 15 May

The Season Will Close with One Week of Balanchine’s Full-Length A Midsummer Night’s Dream from 25 to 30 May

The 2027 Spring Season will begin with two all-Balanchine programmes showcasing six masterpieces created over more than four decades. The first programme, debuting on 20 April, the opening night of the Spring Season, will consist of Allegro Brillante from 1956 to music by Tchaikovsky, Le Tombeau de Couperin from 1975 to music by Maurice Ravel, and Brahms- Schoenberg Quartet from 1966 to Arnold Schoenberg’s orchestration of Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25. The second programme, debuting on 21 April, will consist of Serenade from 1934 to music by Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky Violin Concerto from 1972, and La Valse from 1951 to music by Maurice Ravel.

The second week of the season will feature a new programme consisting of landmark works by both Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, NYCB’s co-founding choreographers, including Balanchine’s Prodigal Son from 1929 to music by Sergei Prokofiev and Symphony in C from 1947 to music by Georges Bizet, and Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun from 1953 to music by Claude Debussy and Other Dances from 1976 to music by Frédéric Chopin.

The third week of the season will be highlighted by the annual Spring Gala performance on 6 May, which will feature a World Premiere by NYCB Resident Choreographer Justin Peck as well as a second work to be announced. The score and other collaborators for Justin Peck’s premiere will also be announced at a later date.

The third week of the season will also include a programme featuring a World Premiere by NYCB Principal Dancer Tiler Peck, which will take place on 8 May. This will be Tiler Peck’s third work created for NYCB, and the score and other collaborators for the ballet will be announced at a later date.

The same programme will also feature the NYCB premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s Fandango, originally created in 2010 for Wendy Whelan, to music by Luigi Boccherini, and premiered at the Vail Dance Festival. The programme will also include Jerome Robbins’ The Four Seasons from 1979 to music by Giuseppe Verdi and the Justin Peck premiere from the 2027 Spring Gala.

The fourth and fifth weeks of the 2027 Spring Season will feature a programme consisting of Alysa Pires’ premiere for the 2026 Fall Fashion Gala, Robbins’ Moves from 1959, and Mauro Bigonzetti’s Oltremare from 2008 set to music by Bruno Moretti.

On 15 May, NYCB will present the first of six performances of Justin Peck’s full- length Copland Dance Episodes. Created in 2023 to music by Aaron Copland, including his Fanfare for the Common Man, Rodeo, Appalachian Spring, and Billy the Kid, the ballet for 30 dancers features sets by the acclaimed visual artist Jeffrey Gibson, costumes by former NYCB dancer Ellen Warren, and lighting by the Tony Award-nominated designer and long-time Peck collaborator Brandon Stirling Baker.

NYCB will present its second sensory-friendly performance of the 2026-27 season on 16 May. The special one-time-only programme will feature two landmark works from the Company’s Co-Founding Choreographers: George Balanchine’s Serenade and Jerome Robbins’ The Four Seasons.

The final week of the 2027 Spring Season will feature seven performances of Balanchine’s full- length production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Created in 1962 to music by Felix Mendelssohn, the beloved production was Balanchine’s first fully original full-length ballet, and features scenery and lighting by David Hays and costumes by Karinska.

NEW WORKS FOR 2026-27 SEASON – Choreographers

JENNIFER ARCHIBALD

Fall Gala World Premiere – Thursday, 1 October 2026

Jennifer Archibald is the founder and Artistic Director of the Arch Dance Company and Program Director of ArchCore40 Dance Intensives. Originally from Toronto, Canada, she is a graduate of The Ailey School and the Maggie Flanigan Studio, where she studied the Meisner Technique. In 2017, she was appointed as the first female resident choreographer in Cincinnati Ballet’s 40-year history.

Archibald has choreographed for the National Ballet of Canada, Ailey II, Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Memphis, BalletMet, Ballet West, Nashville Ballet, Charlotte Ballet, Smuin Contemporary Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, and The Washington Ballet, among others. She has worked commercially for Nike, MAC Cosmetics, and Tommy Hilfiger. In August, she will return to Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena to choreograph the opening for KCON, K-pop’s annual conference. Archibald was a guest artist in residence for The Kennedy Center’s Pathways to Performance programme, and was the acting Movement Director for Michael Kahn’s The Oresteia at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. She is the creator and choreographer of the acclaimed Maslow’s Peak, a full-length work inspired by Lord of the Flies, produced by BalletX. Archibald is known for her “Documentary Ballets” rooted in historical events, such as Breaking’Bricks for Tulsa Ballet, about Tulsa’s Black Wall Street; Sounds of the Sun for Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, about dancer and Holocaust hero Florence Waren; and Seven for St. Louis’s MADCO Dance Company, about Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee. She holds an MFA in choreography, teaches master classes internationally, and has taught at the Yale School of Drama for more than a decade, where she currently serves as a Guest Acting Lecturer. She is also on the faculty of the University of South Florida School of Theatre and Dance.

ALYSA PIRES

Fall Gala World Premiere – Thursday, 1 October 2026

Alysa Pires is a Canadian choreographer who was born and raised on the traditional territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ people near Victoria, B.C. Pires was the first Canadian woman to create a work for NYCB, making her Lincoln Center debut in May 2023 with Standard Deviation. She is also a three-time participant of the New York Choreographic Institute, an affiliate of NYCB.

Her works have been performed by companies such as the National Ballet of Canada, Orlando Ballet, Alberta Ballet, Ballet Kelowna, Ballet Edmonton, Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami, and more. Pires was one of the 2025 recipients of BalletCollective’s Commission for Developing Choreographers.

Pires began working with the National Ballet of Canada as part of their Choreographic Workshop, where she created her critically acclaimed work In Between. She represented the company at the 13th International Competition for the Erik Bruhn Prize and was then appointed Choreographic Associate by Karen Kain, a position that she held from 2019 to 2022. Other works for the NBoC include Frenzied Order, in a state of vanishing, and Skyward.

Her first commission for Ballet Kelowna, MAMBO, has become a signature work for the company, touring extensively across Canada and internationally. In 2022, Ballet Kelowna premiered the company’s first full-length commission, Pires’ lauded adaptation of Macbeth.

Pires was one of the 2017 winners of Northwest Dance Project’s International Choreographic Competition. She is an Honours BFA graduate from Toronto Metropolitan University and was the recipient of the 2015 Jack McAllister Award, which recognises alumni accomplishment.

PAM TANOWITZ

World Premiere for Adrian Danchig-Waring Farewell – Sunday, 18 October 2026

Pam Tanowitz is a New York City–based choreographer. Her company Pam Tanowitz Dance has performed at Bard SummerScape festivals (2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2025), La Biennale di Venezia, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Barbican Centre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and New York City Center.

Tanowitz has created three ballets for The Royal Ballet. Other companies that have danced her dances are Paul Taylor Dance Company, Martha Graham Dance Company, Miami City Ballet, and The Australian Ballet. She has also created dances for Vail Dance Festival and The Juilliard School.

For New York City Ballet, she has made Bartók Ballet, Law of Mosaics, and a film, Solo for Russell: Sites 1-5. NYCB also dances her ballet Gustave Le Gray No. 1.

Artistic highlights include the Doris Duke Award (2020), Fisher Center at Bard Choreographer-in- Residence (present), LMCC Liberty Award for Artistic Leadership (2022), NYCC Artist at the Center (2023), Jacob’s Pillow Award (2024), Herb Alpert Award (2019), and Juilliard Creative Associate (2024, 2025).

ALEXEI RATMANSKY

Romeo & Juliet – New York City Ballet Premiere – 19 January 2027

Fandango – New York City Ballet Premiere – 8 May 2027

Alexei Ratmansky began his position as Artist in Residence at New York City Ballet in August 2023. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Ratmansky is of Ukrainian descent, and trained at the Bolshoi Ballet School in Moscow prior to becoming a Principal Dancer with the Ukrainian National Ballet, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and the Royal Danish Ballet. From 2004 to 2008, he was the Artistic Director of the Bolshoi Ballet. He served as Artist in Residence at American Ballet Theatre from 2008 to 2023.

Ratmansky first worked with New York City Ballet as part of a Working Session of the New York Choreographic Institute, an affiliate of NYCB, in 2002. His acclaimed ballets for the Company include Russian Seasons (2006), Concerto DSCH (2008), Namouna, A Grand Divertissement (2010), Pictures at an Exhibition (2014), Odesa (2017), Voices (2020), Solitude (2024), Paquita (2025), and The Naked King (2026).

Ratmansky has received the Benois de la Danse award for his full-length Anna Karenina, created for the Royal Danish Ballet in 2005, and for Shostakovich Trilogy, an ABT and San Francisco Ballet co- commission in 2014. He was made a Knight of Dannebrog in Denmark in 2001, a MacArthur Foundation Fellow for 2013, and a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres, an honour presented by the French Ministry of Culture, in 2026. He is also Associate Artist with Dutch National Ballet, and his work is performed by nearly all major international ballet companies.

JUSTIN PECK

Spring Gala World Premiere – 6 May 2027

Justin Peck is the Resident Choreographer and Artistic Advisor of New York City Ballet. He has created more than 50 works for NYCB and other dance companies around the world, including the Paris Opéra Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Houston Ballet, L.A. Dance Project, and The Juilliard School. His works have also been performed by Dutch National Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Acosta Danza, and Hong Kong Ballet, among many other companies.

A native of San Diego, California, Peck studied at California Ballet before enrolling at the School of American Ballet (SAB) in 2003. He joined NYCB as a dancer in 2007 and was promoted to Soloist in 2013. Peck first choreographed as a student at SAB in 2005.

He participated in a working session at the New York Choreographic Institute (NYCI), an affiliate of NYCB, in the fall of 2009, and received NYCI’s first year-long choreographic residency in 2011. He was named NYCB’s Resident Choreographer, the second in the Company’s history, in July 2014, and was also appointed as Artistic Advisor in February 2019. Peck retired from dancing following NYCB’s 2019 Spring Season.

He was the subject of the 2014 documentary Ballet 422, which followed him for two months as he created NYCB’s 422nd original ballet, Paz de la Jolla. In 2015, his ballet Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes won the Bessie Award for Outstanding Production and he is also the recipient of the 2018 Ted Arison Young Artist Award.

Peck is a three-time Tony Award winner for his choreography for the 2018 Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel; the 2024 production of Illinoise, based on Sufjan Stevens’ album Illinois, which Peck also directed; and the 2025 production of Buena Vista Social Club, which he co- choreographed with Patricia Delgado. Peck also choreographed Steven Spielberg’s award-winning film adaptation of West Side Story and Bradley Cooper’s film Maestro.

TILER PECK

World Premiere – Saturday, 8 May 2027

Tiler Peck is a choreographer and Principal Dancer with New York City Ballet. Peck made her choreographic debut at the Vail Dance Festival in 2018 and choreographed her first piece for NYCB, Concerto for Two Pianos, during the 2024 Winter Season. Her second piece for NYCB will premiere at the 2026 Spring Gala on Thursday, May 7.

Peck has also choreographed for Boston Ballet, BalletX, Cincinnati Ballet, Northern Ballet, and for her curated evening Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends, which has toured internationally, earning an Oliver Award nomination and 2 National UK Dance Awards. She choreographed for the feature film John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, and has choreographed and appeared in the TV series Tiny Pretty Things and Ray Donovan. She also curated the programme BalletNOW for the Los Angeles Music Center, which was captured in the feature documentary film Ballet Now.

Peck began her dance training at the age of 2 at her mother’s dance studio, Bakersfield Dance Company, and studied ballet in the Los Angeles area before entering the School of American Ballet, the official school of NYCB. She joined NYCB in 2005, was promoted to Soloist in 2006, and to Principal Dancer in 2009. Her repertory includes featured roles in numerous works by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, and she has originated roles in works by many choreographers including Kyle Abraham, Mauro Bigonzetti, Michelle Dorrance, William Forsythe, Alonzo King, Peter Martins, Wayne McGregor, Jillian Meyers, Benjamin Millepied, Justin Peck, Angelin Preljocaj, Alexei Ratmansky, Susan Stroman, and Christopher Wheeldon.

Additional credits include the title role in the Kennedy Center production of Little Dancer; performances in On the Town (Ivy) and in Meredith Willson’s The Music Man, both on Broadway; New York Philharmonic’s Live From Lincoln Center production of Carousel; The Hip Hop Nutcracker on Disney+; Josh Groban’s Great Big Radio City Show PBS special; The Ellen DeGeneres Show; Dancing with The Stars; Julie’s Greenroom; The Late Show With Stephen Colbert; Amazon Prime’s Étoile; and the Kennedy Center Honors. She is also the subject of PBS’ Great Performances documentary Tiler Peck: Suspending Time. Her most recent book, XO Ballerina Big Sis, published with Penguin Random House in October 2025.