Megan Fairchild
Megan Fairchild is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet.[1] She studied at the Ballet West Conservatory in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she was born, and later on attended the School of American Ballet as a boarding student. She went to high school at the Professional Children's School. Prior to becoming a principal dancer, she was in the corps de ballet and then a soloist. She has danced in ballets including The Nutcracker, a Greek Trilogy, The Sleeping Beauty and many others. Her brother Robbie is also a principal with the company.[2] She and her brother are both recipients of the Mae L. Wien Award at the School of American Ballet and the only siblings to share this distinction. Fairchild is represented by Variations Dance Management.
Fairchild made her Broadway stage debut in the 2014 revival of On the Town, which opened on October 16, 2014 at the Lyric Theatre. She plays the role of "Ivy".[3] She received the 2015 Theatre World Award for her performance.[4]
References
- ↑ NYC Ballet
- ↑ New York Post – "Dancing to Domesticity", August 30, 2010
- ↑ Gans, Andrew. " 'It's a Helluva Town': Broadway Revival of 'On the Town' Dances Into the Lyric Tonight" playbill.com, September 20, 2014
- ↑ Viagas, Robert. "Broadway Siblings Megan and Robert Fairchild Among 71st Annual Theatre World Award Winners" playbill.com, May 5, 2015
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