Charles Askegard

Charles Askegard

Charles Askegard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and began his dance training at the age of five with Loyce Houlton and the Minnesota Dance Theatre. He continued his studies in Minneapolis until the age of 16, spending one summer at the School of American Ballet in 1983

Mr. Askegard joined American Ballet Theatre as a member of the corps de ballet in 1987, and was promoted to soloist in 1992. In 1997, he left ABT to join New York City Ballet as a soloist and was promoted to principal the next year.

Mr. Askegard appeared in PBS' Live from Lincoln Center broadcast, "New York City Ballet's Diamond Project: Ten Years of New Choreography" in 2002, dancing in Them Twos and two years later in the Live From Lincoln Center broadcast, “Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100,” in Vienna Waltzes. He has been a guest artist with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet Etudes of South Florida, the Bavarian State Ballet, Philippine Ballet Theatre, The Daring Project] and Stars of American Ballet. He also appeared in Fred Wiseman's documentary Ballet.

Mr. Askegard danced his farewell performance the last day of the Fall 2011 season, Sunday, October 9th; the program consisted of the Diamonds pas de deux from Jewels, Episodes, In Memory of ... and Western Symphony. [1] [2] He will be forming his own ballet company, Ballet Next. [3]

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Personal life

Mr. Askegard is married to author Candace Bushnell. [4]

Repertory

Created roles

Peter Martins

Eliot Feld

  • Organon

Robert La Fosse

  • Duke!

Helgi Tomasson

Christopher Wheeldon

Featured roles

George Balanchine

Jerome Robbins

Peter Martins

Eliot Feld

  • Intermezzo No. 1
  • The Unanswered Question

Footnotes

  1. ^ NY Times, Alastair Macaulay, October 10, 2011
  2. ^ NY Times, Roslyn Sulcas, September 30, 2011
  3. ^ NY Post, October 11, 2011
  4. ^ NY Times, Bob Morris, July 7, 2002

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