Silas Farley danced at the New York City Ballet between 2013 and 2020, and choreographed outside the company.
12 Facts About Silas Farley
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One of his brothers, Matthias Silas Farley, is a football player.
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Silas Farley later joined a program for young male dancers at the North Carolina Dance Theatre School of Dance, where he was taught by the school's then-director, Darleen Callaghan, as well as former New York City Ballet principal dancers Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux.
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At age fourteen, Silas Farley entered the School of American Ballet.
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Silas Farley did so for another year, then choreographed for the workshop for two consecutive years.
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Silas Farley attended SAB with scholarship and graduated after four years of training.
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In 2012, Silas Farley became an apprentice with the New York City Ballet, and was chosen to be a teaching fellow at SAB.
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Silas Farley joined the corps de ballet the following year.
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Silas Farley joined the board of the George Balanchine Foundation the same year.
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In June 2020, Silas Farley, who was 26, announced that he would retire from the New York City Ballet, but would continue to host "Hear the Dance" and teach at SAB when possible.
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Silas Farley taught master classes and choreographed for the school's virtual summer intensive and a section of the virtual production of The Nutcracker.
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Silas Farley became the dean of the Colburn School's Trudl Zipper Dance Institute in July 2021, succeeding Jenifer Ringer.