1. Teresa Reichlen joined the New York City Ballet in 2001, was promoted to principal dancer in 2009, and retired in 2022.
10 Facts About Teresa Reichlen
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Teresa Reichlen is the first person from that academy accepted by the School of American Ballet, but she deferred for a year and then entered SAB in 1999, at age 15.
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In 2000, at age sixteen, Reichlen got an apprenticeship at the New York City Ballet.
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Teresa Reichlen thought she would join Pacific Northwest Ballet, which is known for hiring taller dancers, but ended up joining the corps de ballet the following year.
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At age 19, Teresa Reichlen danced the solo role in "Rubies" from Jewels.
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Teresa Reichlen has danced lead roles in works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Justin Peck and Christopher Wheeldon.
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Teresa Reichlen had performed with Wheeldon's company, Morphoses, and Columbia Ballet Collaborative.
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In 2010, Teresa Reichlen performed in Cuba, alongside several other NYCB dancers.
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In 2018, after NYCB was sued by Alexandra Waterbury, a former student at SAB, Teresa Reichlen spoke on behalf of the dancers at NYCB's fall fashion gala.
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Teresa Reichlen retired from ballet in February 2022, following a performance of Balanchine's one act Swan Lake.