principal dancer

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While Ms. Copeland, the company’s first black female principal dancer, has held her rank since 2015, she hasn’t danced with ABT in six years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

Beginning dance at age 13 — unusually late for professional standards — she defied systemic barriers to become ABT’s first Black female principal dancer in 2015.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025

This season happily occasioned the arrival of a new soloist, Ryan Tomash, currently on a leave of absence from the Royal Danish Ballet, where he is a principal dancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

He was promoted to principal dancer in 2011.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2024

Some of the girls think it’s unfair favoritism, since her mom is a former principal dancer, but I’ve never felt that way.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day