Troy Schumacher | |
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Born | Atlanta, GA | September 27, 1986
Occupation(s) | Choreographer, Dancer, Artistic Director, Movement Director |
Years active | 2005-Present |
Career | |
Current group | New York City Ballet, Founder and Artistic Director of BalletCollective |
Dances | Selected: The Impulse Wants Company (2013), Clearing Dawn (2014), All That We See (2014), Common Ground (2015), Invisible Divide (2015) |
Website | troyschumacher.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]