Megan Fairchild

Megan Fairchild (born 1984) is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet.^[1]

Early life

She studied at the Ballet West Conservatory in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she was born in 1984, and entered the School of American Ballet as a boarding student in 2000. She went to high school at the Professional Children's School.

Career

Prior to becoming a principal dancer in 2005, she was in the corps de ballet(2002) and then as a soloist (2004). Her brother, Robert Fairchild is also a principal with the company.^[2] She and her brother are both recipients of the Mae L. Wien Award at the School of American Ballet and the only siblings to share this distinction. Fairchild made her Broadway stage debut in the 2014 revival of On the Town, which opened on October 16, 2014 at the Lyric Theatre. She plays the role of "Ivy".^[3] She received the 2015 Theatre World Award for her performance.^[4]

She is currently a Teaching Fellow with the School of American Ballet.

Featured roles

^[5] George Balanchine

   Apollo (Calliope)
   Allegro Brillante
   Ballo della Regina
   Chaconne
   Coppélia (Swanilda)
   Danses Concertantes
   Divertimento from 'Le Baiser de la Fée'
   Divertimento No. 15
   Donizetti Variations
   Duo Concertant
   "Emeralds" from Jewels
   George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® (Sugarplum Fairy, Dewdrop, Marzipan, Dolls)
   Harlequinade (Pierrette)
   A Midsummer Night's Dream (Butterfly, Divertissement)
   Raymonda Variations
   "Rubies" from Jewels
   Serenade
   Sonatine
   La Source
   Square Dance
   Stars and Stripes
   The Steadfast Tin Soldier
   Symphony in C (First Movement, Third Movement)
   Tarantella
   Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
   Theme and Variations
   Union Jack
   Valse-Fantaisie
   Vienna Waltzes
   Western Symphony (Adagio)
   Who Cares?

August Bournonville

   La Sylphide (The Sylph)

Eliot Feld

   Intermezzo No. 1 (NYCB Premiere)

Peter Martins

   Barber Violin Concerto
   A Fool for You
   Eight Easy Pieces
   Eros Piano
   Fearful Symmetries
   Jeu de Cartes
   The Magic Flute (Lise)
   Octet
   Papillons
   Sinfonia
   The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Ruby, Princess Florine)
   Songs of the Auvergne
   Swan Lake (Pas de Trois, Pas de Quatre, Neapolitan)
   Zakouski

Justin Peck

   The Most Incredible Thing (The Cuckoo Bird)

Alexei Ratmansky

   Russian Seasons

Jerome Robbins

   Andantino
   Brandenburg
   Dances at a Gathering
   The Four Seasons (Winter)
   The Goldberg Variations
   Piano Pieces

Liam Scarlett

   Acheron

Christopher Wheeldon

   DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse
   Mercurial Manoeuvres

Originated featured roles in

   Robert La Fosse: Land of Nod (Natalie)
   Peter Martins: Bal de Couture, Naïve and Sentimental Music
   Angelin Preljocaj: Spectral Evidence
   Alexei Ratmansky: Namouna, A Grand Divertissement
   Susan Stroman: "The Blue Necklace" from Double Feature (Florence)
   Christopher Wheeldon: Shambards

Awards

• Nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award.
• Recipient of a Theatre World Award for her portrayal of Ivy Smith, AKA Miss Turnstiles.
• Recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise in 2001.

References

External links

• "Cupcakes & Conversation with Megan Fairchild". Ballet News. July 9, 2010.