Ty Gurfein
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Ty Gurfein is a danseur performing with the Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company
. He trained at the School of American Ballet
from age 9 on full scholarship, studying with Peter Boal
and Olga Kostritsky. At SAB Ty danced with New York City Ballet
in Swan Lake
, Sleeping Beauty and George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker
. Ty enrolled in the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre
at age 14. He studied there for two years under John Meehan
and Franco De Vita and joined ABT II
in 2007.
Christopher Wheeldon
Christopher Wheeldon is an international choreographer of contemporary ballet. Born in Somerset, England, to an engineer and a physical therapist, Wheeldon began training to be a ballet dancer at the age of 8. He attended the Royal Ballet School between the ages of 11 and 18...
. He trained at the 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...
from age 9 on full scholarship, studying with Peter Boal
Peter Boal
Peter Boal is artistic director of Pacific Northwest Ballet and director of its affiliated school in Seattle, Washington. He was born in Bedford, New York, in 1965 and began studies at the School of American Ballet at age nine.Mr...
and Olga Kostritsky. At SAB Ty danced with New York City Ballet
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...
in Swan Lake
Swan 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...
, Sleeping Beauty and George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
The 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...
. Ty enrolled in the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre , based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century. It continues as a leading dance company in the world today...
at age 14. He studied there for two years under John Meehan
John Meehan (dancer)
John Meehan is an Australian dancer and ballet director, born 1950. He was dancer & ballet director. He studied at the Australian Ballet School, joined the Australian Ballet in 1970 and was promoted to principal dancer in 1974, creating roles in several works, including Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow...
and Franco De Vita and joined ABT II
American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre , based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century. It continues as a leading dance company in the world today...
in 2007.