- Charles Askegard
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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]
Contents
Personal life
Mr. Askegard is married to author Candace Bushnell. [4]
Repertory
Created roles
Peter Martins
- Harmonielehre
- River of Light
- Swan Lake
- Them Twos
- Thou Swell
- Viva Verdi
Eliot Feld
- Organon
Robert La Fosse
- Duke!
Helgi Tomasson
- Prism, Diamond Project, 2000
Christopher Wheeldon
Featured roles
George Balanchine
- Allegro Brillante
- Apollo
- Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
- Concerto Barocco
- Coppélia
- Cortège Hongrois
- Firebird
- The Four Temperaments
- Jewels: Diamonds
- Ivesiana
- Kammermusik No. 2
- Liebeslieder Walzer
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Monumentum pro Gesualdo
- Movements for Piano and Orchestra
- The Nutcracker
- Orpheus
- Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze
- Scotch Symphony
- Serenade
- Stars and Stripes
- Stravinsky Violin Concerto
- Swan Lake
- Symphony in C
- Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
- Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
- Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
- Union Jack
- Vienna Waltzes
- Walpurgisnacht Ballet
- Western Symphony
- Who Cares?
Jerome Robbins
Peter Martins
- Barber Violin Concerto
- Fearful Symmetries
- Morgen
- Naïve and Sentimental Music
- The Sleeping Beauty
- The Waltz Project
Eliot Feld
- Intermezzo No. 1
- The Unanswered Question
Footnotes
- ^ NY Times, Alastair Macaulay, October 10, 2011
- ^ NY Times, Roslyn Sulcas, September 30, 2011
- ^ NY Post, October 11, 2011
- ^ NY Times, Bob Morris, July 7, 2002
External links
- Charles Askegard at the Internet Movie Database
- San Francisco Chronicle, Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press, October 10, 2011
- Time Out New York, Gia Kourlas, October 20 – November 19, 2011
- Grand Rapids Press, Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk, September 16, 2011
Categories:- Danseurs
- New York City Ballet principal dancers
- American ballet dancers
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