10 Facts About Unity Phelan

Unity Sickles Phelan was born on February 1995 and is an American ballet dancer.

Unity Phelan joined the New York City Ballet in 2013 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2021.

Unity Phelan's father founded a health service company, where he was the chief executive, and her mother is an international tax consultant and partner at a national public accounting and business advisory firm.

Unity Phelan's parents thought she was too young, but allowed her to train there full-time the following year.

Unity Phelan became an apprentice with the New York City Ballet in 2012, and joined the corps de ballet the following year.

Unity Phelan has created roles in Peck's Easy, Lovette's The Shaded Line and Ratmansky's Voices.

Unity Phelan then appeared in a dream ballet sequence in the 2020 film, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, choreographed by Peter Walker.

Unity Phelan's promotion came soon after the company return to performing after the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as multiple principal dancers' retirements.

Unity Phelan graduated in 2020, with a bachelor's degree in economics and organizational leadership.

In 2022, Unity Phelan married Cameron Dieck, a former New York City Ballet dancer.