Ballet

Christopher d’Amboise is a dancer, director, choreographer, playwright, teacher, and educator. As a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, he worked closely with both George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. On Broadway, he co-starred with Bernadette Peters in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song and Dance, for which he earned a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical--a role in which he only danced. As a choreographer, he has created over 80 works seen worldwide, and his ballets have been presented in over 30 companies.

Ashley Bouder was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and began her ballet training at the age of six at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet with Marcia Dale Weary. After attending the 1999 Summer Program at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, she was invited by SAB to continue her training during the Winter Session. As a student, Ms. Bouder performed featured roles in Balanchine's Dances Concertantes and Stars and Stripes for the School of American Ballet's 2000 Annual Spring Workshop. Ms.