Catherine Hurlin (born 1995 or 1996)[1] is an American ballet dancer. She joined the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) in 2014 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2022.
Catherine Hurlin | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 21, 1996 New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Career | |
| Current group | American Ballet Theatre |
Early life
editHurlin was born in New York City and raised in Westchester County, New York.[2][3] Her mother, was a Paul Taylor Dance Company dancer and left the company when she was 14 weeks pregnant with Hurlin.[4] Her father was a stage manager with the company and later Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS's production manager. Hurlin started creative movement at age three, then ballet at age five. When she was eight, her mother sent her to Westchester Dance Academy, a competitive dance school, where Hurlin trained in jazz and lyrical dance in addition to ballet, and performed around the East Coast on weekends.[1] At age 11, she competed at the Youth America Grand Prix, and won a scholarship to the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School (JKO School).[5] At the time, she preferred lyrical dance and later recalled her mother "dragged" her to the school, though gradually found herself enjoying ballet and decided to pursue it professionally.[1]
Career
editBetween age eleven and thirteen, Hurlin performed in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular as Clara.[6] In 2010, whilst she was a student with the JKO School, she created the role of Young Clara in Alexei Ratmansky's The Nutcracker, which was performed by the American Ballet Theatre.[7]
Hurlin first danced with the American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company, then became an apprentice with the main company in 2013, and a corps de ballet member in 2014.[2] In 2015, she danced Taylor's Company B, which had been created when her mother was in his company.[4] Whilst in the corps de ballet, she also created a role in Morris' After You, and the role of Mademoiselle Marianne Chartreuse in Ratmansky's Whipped Cream.[2] She also performed solo roles in The Sleeping Beauty,[8] La Bayadère, Le Corsaire, Don Quixote, Giselle, Swan Lake, Ratmansky's The Firebird and MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet.[2]
Hurlin was promoted to soloist in 2018.[9] The following year, she represented ABT at the Erik Bruhn Prize with colleague Aran Bell. The pair performed a pas de deux from Don Quixote and Let Me Sing Forevermore, which was created for them by Jessica Lang. Hurlin won the female category.[10] Since her promotion, she created several roles, including Hail in Ratmansky's The Seasons,[1] Greased Lighting in Tharp's A Gathering of Ghosts[11] and in Whiteside's New American Romance.[12] She had also appeared as Young Jane Eyre in Marston's Jane Eyre,[1] in Lang's Garden Blue,[5] Tharp's In the Upper Room and Deuce Coupe.[1]
In March 2020, Hurlin originated the role of Callirhoe in Ratmansky's full-length ballet Of Love and Rage in Costa Mesa, California.[13] However, ABT's spring season, which included the New York premiere and some of Hurlin's major debuts, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14] During the pandemic, she and Bell, who were quarantining together, performed Let Me Sing Forevermore at Central Park, filmed for ABT's virtual gala in May 2020.[15] In March 2021, Hurlin performed the world premiere of Ratmansky's Bernstein in a Bubble, created while a group of ABT dancers were in a bubble in Upstate New York earlier that year.[16] In the summer, she took part in the company's eight-city tour, performing outdoors and mainly with members of the corps de ballet.[17]
In 2022, at the company's first season at the Metropolitan Opera House since the pandemic, Hurlin danced as Kitri in Don Quixote, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, and Callirhoe in the New York premiere of Of Love and Rage.[18][19][20] Towards the end of the season, she was promoted to principal dancer.[21]
Repertoire
editHurlin's repertoire with the American Ballet Theatre includes:[22]
| Ballet (roles) | Choreographer |
|---|---|
| Aftereffect | Marcelo Gomes |
| AFTERITE | Wayne McGregor |
| La Bayadère (Lead D'Jampe; Third Shade) | Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa |
| The Brahms-Haydn Variations | Twyla Tharp |
| Company B | Paul Taylor |
| Le Corsaire (Odalisque) | Anna-Marie Holmes after Konstantin Sergeyev and Marius Petipa |
| Deuce Coupe | Twyla Tharp |
| Don Quixote (Kitri, Flower Girl) | After Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky; staged by Kevin McKenzie and Sandra Jones |
| Firebird (Lead Maiden) | Alexei Ratmansky |
| Garden Blue | Jessica Lang |
| Giselle (Giselle; Myrta; peasant pas de deux) | After Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa; staged by Kevin McKenzie |
| Her Notes | Jessica Lang |
| I Feel The Earth Move | Benjamin Millepied |
| In the Upper Room | Twyla Tharp |
| Jane Eyre (Young Jane) | Cathy Marston |
| Like Water for Chocolate (Gertrudis) | Christopher Wheeldon |
| Manon (Lescaut's Mistress) | Kenneth MacMillan |
| The Nutcracker (Clara, the Princess; Canteen Keeper; Nutcracker's Sister; Spanish Dance) | Alexei Ratmansky |
| On the Dnieper (Olga) | Alexei Ratmansky |
| Romeo and Juliet (Juliet, Harlot) | Kenneth MacMillan |
| The Seasons (Hail, Bacchante) | Alexei Ratmansky |
| The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Florine; The Fairy Violente; The White Cat; Cinderella) | Marius Petipa, staged and additional choreography by Alexei Ratmansky |
| Songs of Bukovina | Alexei Ratmansky |
| Swan Lake (Odette/Odile; pas de trois; Big Swan) | Kevin McKenzie after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov |
| Thirteen Diversions | Christopher Wheeldon |
Created roles
edit| Ballet (roles) | Choreographer |
|---|---|
| After You | Mark Morris |
| A Gathering of Ghosts (Greased Lighting) | Twyla Tharp |
| Let Me Sing Forevermore | Jessica Lang |
| New American Romance | James Whiteside |
| Of Love and Rage (Callirhoe) | Alexei Ratmansky |
| Praedicere | Michelle Dorrance |
| The Seasons (Hail) | Alexei Ratmansky |
| Whipped Cream (Mademoiselle Marianne Chartreuse) | Alexei Ratmansky |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Kourlas, Gia (June 21, 2019). "Look Out, a Ballet Hurricane Has Made Landfall". New York Times.
- ^ a b c d "Zhong-Jing Fang, Catherine Hurlin and Katherine Williams Promoted To Soloist With American Ballet Theatre". BroadwayWorld. June 20, 2018.
- ^ "Catherine Hurlin". Dance Spirit. September 20, 2010.
- ^ a b Kourlas, Gia (October 23, 2015). "Catherine Hurlin Continues Family History With 'Company B'". New York Times.
- ^ a b Harss, Marina (December 21, 2019). "American Ballet Theatre's Catherine Hurlin and Aran Bell Are on the Fast Track Towards Stardom". Pointe Magazine.
- ^ Foster, Hannah (December 3, 2018). "You'll Never Guess Which Dancers Made Their Stage Debut as a Radio City Clara". Dance Magazine.
- ^ Macaulay, Alastair (December 24, 2010). "A 'Nutcracker' Sprouts Alter Egos". New York Times.
- ^ Kourlas, Gia (June 27, 2019). "7 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend". New York Times.
- ^ Wingenroth, Lauren (June 29, 2019). "Congrats to ABT's Three New Soloist". Dance Magazine.
- ^ Lansky, Chava (March 25, 2019). "Congrats to 2019 Erik Bruhn Prize Winners Siphesihle November and Catherine Hurlin". Pointe Magazine.
- ^ Seibert, Brian (October 17, 2019). "Review: At Ballet Theater, Premieres More Pale Than Ghostly". New York Times.
- ^ Kourlas, Gia (October 24, 2019). "At American Ballet Theater, New Romantics Can't Beat a Greek God". New York Times.
- ^ Greskovic, Robert (March 11, 2020). "'Of Love and Rage' Review: Star-Crossed Lovers, Eye-Crossed Audience". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Libbey, Peter (April 8, 2020). "American Ballet Theater Cancels Spring Season at Met Opera House". New York Times.
- ^ Barone, Joshua (May 5, 2020). "American Ballet Theater Moves Its Spring Gala to YouTube". New York Times.
- ^ "American Ballet Theatre Presents World Premiere by Alexei Ratmansky". BroadwayWorld. February 26, 2021.
- ^ Seibert, Brian (July 29, 2022). "On the Road With Ballet Theater. Who Needs Red Velvet Seats?". New York Times.
- ^ Kourlas, Gia (June 15, 2022). "Ballet Theater Returns to the Met With a Gimmicky 'Don Quixote'". New York Times.
- ^ Kourlas, Gia (June 21, 2022). "Review: How Deep Is Your Love? A Ratmansky Ballet Dives In". New York Times.
- ^ Kourlas, Gia (July 8, 2022). "At Ballet Theater, Visions of the Natural World and 'Swan' Debuts". New York Times.
- ^ Jacobs, Julia (July 12, 2022). "Ballet Theater Promotes Several Dancers, Including 3 to Principal". New York Times.
- ^ "Catherine Hurlin". American Ballet Theatre.