- Gillian Murphy
Gillian Murphy (born 1979) is a principal dancer with
American Ballet Theatre .Raised in Florence,
South Carolina , she received most of her early dance training in that state. After some experience with the Columbia City Ballet, she continued her studies at theNorth Carolina School of the Arts . There, under the tutelage of the famousballerina Melissa Hayden , Murphy danced principal roles in several of the school’s ballets including a production of "The Nutcracker " andGeorge Balanchine ’s "Concerto Barocco", "Western Symphony", "Tarantella " and "Theme and Variations".Murphy joined
American Ballet Theatre as a member of thecorps de ballet in August 1996, and was promoted to Soloist in 1999 and then to Principal Dancer in 2002.American Ballet Theatre repertoire
Leading roles in "Sylvia", "Cinderella", "
Swan Lake ", "Don Quixote", "La Bayadère ", "La Fille Mal Gardée ", "Le Corsaire ", "Giselle ", SirAntony Tudor 's "Pillar of Fire",Jerome Robbins ' "Fancy Free", "Apollo", "Flames of Paris " pas de deux, "Grand Pas Classique", "HereAfter", "Jeu de Cartes",Sir Kenneth MacMillan 's "Manon", "The Nutcracker ",Marius Petipa 's "Raymonda ", Balanchine's "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux", "Symphony in C", and "Études", "Ballet Imperial", "Theme and Variations", "Baroque Game",Stanton Welch 's "Clear", "Diversion of Angels", "Les Patineurs",Mark Morris ’ "Gong",Paul Taylor ’s "Black Tuesday",Twyla Tharp 's "In the Upper Room",Michel Fokine 's "Les Sylphides ", "The Elements", and "Without Words". She created leading roles inPeter Quanz 's "Kaleidoscope" and "Within You Without You: A Tribute toGeorge Harrison ", and Twyla Tharp's "Rabbit and Rogue".Murphy danced the dual roles of Odette-Odile in the 2005
PBS televisionbroadcast ofTchaikovsky 's "Swan Lake " with premier "danseur"Angel Corella .Awards
* Finalist at the Jackson International Ballet Competition (1994)
* Awarded the Prix de Lausanne Espoir after performing the final round at theBolshoi Theatre inMoscow (1995).
* National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts awardee (1996)
* Finalist at New York IBC (1996)
* Presidential Scholar nominee (1996)
* Awarded the Princess Grace Foundation-USA grant (1998)
* Named one ofDance Magazine's "25 to Watch" (2002)DVD recordings
* "Swan Lake" with
Angel Corella (American Ballet Theatre - 2005)
* "Le Corsaire" with Angel Corella/Ethan Stiefel /Julie Kent (American Ballet Theatre - 2001)External links
* [http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=31 For additional information, visit her Bio page at ABT's official website]
* [http://www.gillianmurphy.com/gillian.html Gillian Murphy's Homepage]
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