Ballet Bio: Emilie Gerrity was born in Danbury, Connecticut, and began her dance training at the age of five at Betty Jean's Dance Studio in Wappingers Falls, New York before studying at the New Paltz School of Ballet.
Ms. Gerrity attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, during the summers of 2004, 2005, and 2006, before enrolling as a full-time student in winter 2006.
While at SAB, she performed George Balanchine's Concerto Barocco as part of Protégés II at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in June 2008. While at the School Of American Ballet she also created a short piece for SAB’s choreographic workshop along with choreographing for the School Of American Ballet’s Summer Program Institute in 2009.
Ms. Gerrity was a recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise in 2009, and was named as an apprentice that same year. Ms. Gerrity joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in September 2010.
In February 2017, Ms. Gerrity was promoted to soloist.
Photo by James Jin
FEATURED ROLES SINCE JOINING NYCB
GEORGE BALANCHINE
Agon
Ballo della Regina
Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
Coppélia (Prayer)
Cortège Hongrois
Emeralds
Firebird
The Four Temperaments (Sanguinic)
Harlequinade (La Bonne Fée)
Kammermusik No. 2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hermia)
George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® (Dewdrop, Sugarplum Fairy, Flowers, Coffee)
Raymonda Variations
Serenade
Stravinsky Violin Concerto
Symphony in Three Movements
La Valse
JEROME ROBBINS
Antique Epigraphs
The Concert
Concertino
Dances at a Gathering
The Four Seasons (Summer)
Glass Pieces
Something to Dance About
The Goldberg Variations
I'm Old Fashioned
In the Night
Moves
N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz
PETER MARTINS
Fearful Symmetries
The Red Violin
The Sleeping Beauty (Emerald, Tenderness)
Swan Lake (Pas de Quatre, Russian)
JUSTIN PECK
Pulcinella Variations
The Times Are Racing
ALEXEI RATMANSKY
Namouna, A Grand Divertissement
Russian Seasons
AUGUST BOURNONVILLE
Bournonville Divertissements (Pas de Six from Napoli and Abdallah)
WARREN CARLYLE
Something To Dance About Jerome Robbins, Broadway to Ballet
MERCE CUNNINGHAM
Summerspace
EDWAARD LIANG
Lineage
CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON
Carousel (A Dance)
Polyphonia
Soirée Musicale
Originated Featured Roles in
LAUREN LOVETTE
For Clara
BENJAMIN MILLEPIED
Neverwhere
MATTHEW NEENAN
The Exchange
JUSTIN PECK
Bright
In Creases
MYLES THATCHER
Polaris
Originated Corps Roles In
KIM BRANDSTRUP
Jeux
WARREN CARLYLE
SOMETHING TO DANCE ABOUT Jerome Robbins, Broadway to Ballet
PONTUS LIDBERG
The Shimmering Asphalt
PETER MARTINS
Ocean's Kingdom
JUSTIN PECK
The Most Incredible Thing
Paz de la Jolla
Year of the Rabbit
ALEXEI RATMANSKY
Odessa