Former American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Ethan Stiefel has been appointed Senior College on the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (JKO) College. The appointment, efficient September 2025, was introduced by ABT JKO College Creative Director Stella Abrera. Stiefel returns to the ABT JKO College after serving as Creative Director of American Repertory Ballet, the place he’s at the moment The Nora C. Orphanides Artist in Residence. Stiefel joined ABT as a Principal Dancer in 1997 and gave his ultimate efficiency with the Firm in July 2012. Stiefel was the Principal Visitor Teacher on the ABT JKO College from 2016-2021. Moreover, Stiefel has choreographed new works for the highest stage of the ABT JKO College and ABT Studio Firm.
Talking of his return to the ABT JKO College, Stiefel mentioned, “To be invited again to a company that I revere and the place I’ve beforehand acquired a lot achievement, is galvanizing and important. I’m grateful for Stella Abrera’s confidence in my expertise and skills, and for providing me the chance to tell and mentor the event of such a gifted array of younger adults. I stay up for returning to an surroundings that infinitely conjures up me and the prospect to work alongside the achieved members of the ABT JKO College crew.”
Concerning Stiefel’s appointment, Abrera commented, “Ethan is without doubt one of the biggest dance artists of our time. Together with his huge data of the classical and neoclassical canon, having danced as Principal Dancer with ABT, and as a visitor principal with main firms on the world’s most prestigious levels, he not solely brings extraordinary technical and inventive mastery but in addition an inspiring dedication to the following era. As a dance educator for a number of years, he has helped form the careers of numerous performing artists. It’s our nice fortune to welcome him again on this pivotal position to the ABT JKO College.”
Earlier than becoming a member of ABT, Ethan Stiefel was a principal dancer with New York Metropolis Ballet and Ballett Zürich. He carried out as a visitor with main firms together with The Royal Ballet, Mariinsky Ballet, Australian Ballet, and Nationwide Ballet of Canada, amongst others, and toured extensively within the U.S., Japan, Russia, and Europe. Stiefel starred as Cooper Nielsen within the movies Middle Stage, Middle Stage: Flip It Up, and Middle Stage: On Pointe. In 1999, he acquired the Princess Grace Basis’s Statue Award, and in 2008, he was honored with the Dance Journal Award. As a choreographer, he has created works for firms worldwide. Stiefel has taught at prestigious establishments like Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet College, and The College of American Ballet. He served on the jury for the Paris Opera Ballet’s 2014 promotion examination and the 2015 Prix de Lausanne.
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