Troy Schumacher

Troy Schumacher
Born (1986-09-27) September 27, 1986 (age 38)
Atlanta, GA
Occupation(s)Choreographer, Dancer, Artistic Director, Movement Director
Years active2005-Present
Career
Current groupNew York City Ballet, Founder and Artistic Director of BalletCollective
DancesSelected: The Impulse Wants Company (2013), Clearing Dawn (2014), All That We See (2014), Common Ground (2015), Invisible Divide (2015)
Websitetroyschumacher.com

Troy Schumacher is an American choreographer, dancer, and director based in New York City.[1] He is a soloist in the New York City Ballet and has choreographed for the company since 2014; before being promoted to soloist, he danced in NYCB's corps de ballet starting in 2005.[2] He is the founder of Balletcollective, an arts collective that has created new ballet-based works since its inception in 2010.[3] His work has been presented by New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival, Performa, Danspace Project, Guggenheim Works & Process, the Joyce Theater, and NYU Skirball Center. In addition to live performances, Schumacher has choreographed numerous fashion and commercial shoots, including works for Sony PlayStation, Capezio featuring Maddie Ziegler, HP, Aritzia, CR Fashion Book, Tom Ford, and The New York Times. He has been dubbed a “visionary artist” [4] by T Magazine and is “one of his generation’s most acclaimed choreographers” [5]

  1. ^ "The New York Times". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  2. ^ "NYCB - Troy Schumacher". nycballet.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  3. ^ "ABOUT BALLETCOLLECTIVE". BALLETCOLLECTIVE.
  4. ^ Milzoff, Rebecca (September 19, 2014). "6 Visionary Artists Reshaping Their Craft (Published 2017)" – via NYTimes.com.
  5. ^ Harss, Marina (April 20, 2017). "A Dancer's Creative Evolution (Published 2014)" – via NYTimes.com.