Philip Neal
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Philip Neal was a principal dancer with New York City Ballet
. He studied from age 11 at the Richmond Ballet School. After six years of study there, Edward Villella
arranged a summer scholarship for him at NCYB's School of American Ballet
. In 1985 Philip won the silver medal at the Prix de Lausanne
ballet competition.
The following year Neal graduated magna cum laude from St. Paul's School and was a National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
' Presidential Scholar of the Arts
and as a consequence performed at Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He subsequently enrolled full time at SAB and also trained at the Royal Danish Ballet
School in Copenhagen, joining NYCB's corps de ballet in 1987.
Four years later Neal was promoted to soloist and at the end of the 1992–1993 winter season to principal dancer. Neal's farewell performance took place Sunday, June 13, 2010, and consisted of ballets by George Balanchine
.
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
. He studied from age 11 at the Richmond Ballet School. After six years of study there, Edward Villella
Edward Villella
Edward Villella is an American ballet dancer and choreographer, frequently cited as America's most celebrated male dancer at the time....
arranged a summer scholarship for him at NCYB's School of American Ballet
School of American Ballet
The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the...
. In 1985 Philip won the silver medal at the Prix de Lausanne
Prix de Lausanne
The Prix de Lausanne is an International dance competition held annually in Lausanne, Switzerland. The competition is for young dancers seeking to pursue a professional career in classical ballet, and many former prize winners of the competition are now leading stars with major ballet companies...
ballet competition.
The following year Neal graduated magna cum laude from St. Paul's School and was a National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
The National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts honors the most talented high school seniors, or, more specifically, American students in the 17-18 year-old age bracket, in the performing, visual and literary arts through the YoungArts program...
' Presidential Scholar of the Arts
Presidential Scholars Program
The United States Presidential Scholars Program is the highest possible honor for graduating high school seniors in the United States of America....
and as a consequence performed at Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He subsequently enrolled full time at SAB and also trained at the Royal Danish Ballet
Royal Danish Ballet
The Royal Danish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, it originates from 1748, when the Royal Danish Theatre was founded, and was finally organized in 1771 in response to the great popularity of French and Italian styles of dance...
School in Copenhagen, joining NYCB's corps de ballet in 1987.
Four years later Neal was promoted to soloist and at the end of the 1992–1993 winter season to principal dancer. Neal's farewell performance took place Sunday, June 13, 2010, and consisted of ballets by George Balanchine
George Balanchine
George Balanchine , born Giorgi Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a Georgian father and a Russian mother, was one of the 20th century's most famous choreographers, a developer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet...
.
George Balanchine
- Allegro Brillante
- Ballade
- ChaconneChaconne (ballet)Chaconne is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to ballet music from Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice . The premiere took place Wednesday, January 22nd, 1976, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center with lighting by Ronald Bates; Robert Irving conducted...
- Cortège Hongrois
- The NutcrackerThe NutcrackerThe Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...
- Divertimento No. 15
- JewelsJewels (ballet)Jewels is an award-winning ballet in three parts created for New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine. It premièred on Thursday,...
Diamonds - A Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's Dream (ballet)A Midsummer Night's Dream is a two-act ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music for Shakespeare's play of the same name. In addition to the incidental music, Balanchine incorporated other Mendelssohn works into the ballet including Overtures to Athalie, Son...
- Mozartiana
- Robert Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze
- SerenadeSerenade (ballet)Serenade is a ballet by George Balanchine, subsequently co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet, to Tschaikovsky's 1880 Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48...
- Slaughter on Tenth AvenueSlaughter on Tenth AvenueSlaughter on Tenth Avenue is a ballet with music by Richard Rodgers and choreography by George Balanchine. It occurs near the end of Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical comedy On Your Toes. Slaughter is the story of a hoofer who falls in love with a dance hall girl who is then shot and killed...
- Swan LakeSwan Lake (Balanchine)Swan Lake is a one-act ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine after Lev Ivanov to Tschaikovsky'seponymous music...
- Tschaikovsky Pas de DeuxTschaikovsky Pas de DeuxThe Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to an excerpt from Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act III, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky...
- Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 (ballet)Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine on his earlier company, American Ballet Caravan to eponymous music from 1879–80. The premiere took place on May 29, 1941, at Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro,...
- Western SymphonyWestern SymphonyWestern Symphony is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to music arranged by Hershy Kay. The premiere, Tuesday, September 7th, 1954, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, was conducted by Leon Barzin and presented in practice clothes...
- Who Cares?Who Cares? (ballet)Who Cares? is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to the songs of George Gershwin in an orchestration by Hershy Kay...
Peter Martins
- Black And WhiteBlack and White (ballet)Black and White is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster, subsequently balletmaster in chief, Peter Martins to some of Michael Torke's eponymous music which was commissioned for City Ballet's American Music Festival; the premiere took place May 7, 1988, at the New York State Theater,...
- Ecstatic OrangeEcstatic OrangeEcstatic Orange is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Peter Martins to Michael Torke's Verdant Music , Purple and Ecstatic Orange for City Ballet's American Music Festival; the second movement, Purple, was to a score commissioned for the occasion...
- Fearful SymmetriesFearful SymmetriesFearful Symmetries can refer to:*Fearful Symmetries by S. Andrew Swann*Fearful Symmetries by Peter Martins*Fearful Symmetries by John Coolidge Adams*Fearful symmetry is a phrase from William Blake's poem 'The Tyger'....
- Les GentilhommesLes GentilhommesLes Gentilhommes is a ballet for nine men made by New York City Ballet's balletmaster-in-chief Peter Martins to Georg Friedrich Händel's 1739 Concerti Grossi, Opus 6, nos. 9 and 2...
- The Sleeping Beauty Prince Désiré
- Songs of the Auvergne
- Swan LakeSwan Lake (Martins)Swan Lake is a two-act ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief Peter Martins after Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov and George Balanchine to Tschaikovsky's eponymous music...
Prince Siegfried - The Waltz Project
Jerome Robbins
- BrandenburgBrandenburg (ballet)Brandenburg is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to music from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos :*Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048 Allegro **Brandenburg Concerto No...
- Dances at a GatheringDances at a GatheringDances at a Gathering is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to the music of Chopin: *John Clifford*Robert Maiorano*John Prinz*Edward Villella- 2008 Spring – Jerome Robbins celebration : *Yvonne Borree...
- The Four SeasonsThe Four Seasons (ballet)The Four Seasons is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to excerpts from Giuseppe Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani , I Lombardi and Il Trovatore...
Spring - Glass PiecesGlass PiecesGlass Pieces is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to Philip Glass' Rubric and Façades from Glassworks and excerpts from his opera Akhnaten. The premiere took place on Thursday, May 12th, 1983, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center...
- The Goldberg VariationsThe Goldberg Variations (ballet)The Goldberg Variations is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's ballet master Jerome Robbins to Johann Sebastian Bach's eponymous music from 1742, BWV 988, his only work in the form of theme and variations; the theme is a sarabande he wrote for his second wife...
- I'm Old FashionedI'm Old Fashioned (ballet)I'm Old Fashioned is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to Morton Gould's adaptation of a theme by Jerome Kern, “I'm Old Fashioned,” to a Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth sequence from the film You Were Never Lovelier. The premiere took place on Thursday, June 16,...
- In G MajorIn G MajorIn G Major is a ballet made for New York City Ballet's Ravel Festival by balletmaster Jerome Robbins to the composer's Piano Concerto in G Major . The premiere took place May 15, 1975, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with lighting by Mark Stanley...
- InterplayInterplay (ballet)Interplay is a ballet made by Jerome Robbins, subsequently balletmaster of New York City Ballet, for Billy Rose's Concert Varieties to Morton Gould's 1945 American Concertette...
Television
- PBS Live from Lincoln CenterLive from Lincoln CenterLive From Lincoln Center is an ongoing series of musical performances produced by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in conjunction with Thirteen/WNET in New York City....
, New York City Ballet's Diamond ProjectDiamond ProjectThe Diamond Project was inaugurated May 27, 1992, at New York City Ballet with funding from the Irene Diamond Fund. It has presented — every two to four years — work by new choreographers.- 1992 : *David Allan*John Alleyne*Bart Cook*William Forsythe...
: Ten Years of New Choreography, 2002, Ancient Airs and Dances - PBS Live from Lincoln CenterLive from Lincoln CenterLive From Lincoln Center is an ongoing series of musical performances produced by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in conjunction with Thirteen/WNET in New York City....
, Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100, 2004, Liebeslieder Walzer