Sterling Hyltin is an American ballet dancer. She is currently a principal dancer at the

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Early life and training

Hyltin was born in

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. She wanted to be an ice skater, and would train before school started. However, Hyltin's mother also enrolled her to ballet classes. When she was 12, she auditioned for

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, but was rejected. She was ultimately accepted by SAB's summer program in 2000, and stayed in New York as a full-time student.

Career

Hyltin became an apprentice with

in 2002, and became a member of the corps de ballet the following year. She was named soloist in 2006 and principal dancer the following year. Her repertoire included classical roles such as Aurora in '' The Sleeping Beauty'' and the Sylph in '' La Sylphide'',

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's works such as "Rubies" from '' Jewels'', '' Western Symphony'' and '' Theme and Variations'', and Jerome Robbins works including '' Afternoon of a Faun'' and '' The Four Seasons''. She also originated a number of roles including

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's ''Varied Trio (in four)'' and Justin Peck's '' Pulcinella Variations''. Hyltin was featured in documentary ''Ballet 422'', which follows the creation of Peck’s '' Paz de la Jolla''. Hyltin received the Janice Levin Dancer Award in 2005-06, which was given to promising corps dancers of NYCB. Hyltin was a teaching fellow at School of American Ballet between 2014 and 2016. She became a permanent faculty in 2016. She defended Peter Martins, then Ballet Master in Chief of the New York City Ballet, when he was accused of physical and sexual abuse.

Selected repertoire

*'' Afternoon of a Faun'' *''

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'' *'' Ballo della Regina'' *'' The Concert'' *''Concerto DSCH'' *'' Coppélia'' (Swanilda) *''

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'' *'' The Four Seasons'' (Spring, Winter) *'' Harlequinade'' (Lead Alouette) *"Rubies" from '' Jewels'' *''

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'' (Divertissement, Hermia, Butterfly) *'' The Nutcracker'' *'' Serenade'' *'' The Sleeping Beauty'' (Aurora, Eloquence, White Cat, Princess Florine) *'' La Source'' *'' Swan Lake (Balanchine version)'' (Odette) *''Swan Lake (Martins version)'' (Odette/Odile, Pas de Quatre, Pas de Trois) *'' La Sylphide'' (The Sylph

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*'' Symphony in C'' (Second and Third Movements) *'' La Valse'' *'' Western Symphony''

Created roles

*Robert Binet: ''The Blue of Distance'' *Kim Brandstrup: ''Jeux'' *Jean-Pierre Frohlich: ''Varied Trio (in four)'' *Douglas Lee: ''Lifecasting'' *Pontus Lidberg: ''The Shimmering Asphalt'' *Annabelle Lopez Ochoa: ''Unframed'' *Wayne McGregor: ''Outlier *Peter Martins: ''Bal de Couture'', '' Romeo + Juliet'' (Juliet), ''The Red Violin'' *Benjamin Millepied: ''Neverwhere'', ''Plainspoken'' *Alexey Miroshnichenko: ''The Lady with The Little Dog'' *Justin Peck: '' Everywhere We Go'', ''The Most Incredible Thing'' (The Princess), ''Paz de la Jolla'', '' Pulcinella Variations'' *Alexei Ratmansky: ''Odessa'' *Christopher Wheeldon: ''Rococo Variations''

Personal life

In 2019, Hyltin married Ryan Bailes, a research analyst at an investment management firm.

References

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