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Kay Mazzo was born in Chicago, where she received early training from Bernadine Hayes. The School of American Ballet (SAB) is an American classical ballet school and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. In 1996, Mr. Boal received the Dance Magazine Award, and in 2000, he received a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) for his performance in Ms. Fenley’s State of Darkness. Ms. Stafford was a Teaching Fellow at SAB from 2012-16 and joined the School’s permanent faculty in September 2016. Disney+ is gifting ballet fans with an inside look at the School of American Ballet with its new show "On Pointe." Mr. Scordato has performed featured roles in numerous ballets including Balanchine’s Agon, Chaconne, Divertimento No. In February 2019, he was named Artistic Director of both New York City Ballet and the School of American Ballet. in English from Fordham University. From Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Documentaries, On Pointe centers students of the prestigious School of American Ballet as they prepare for … The company has toured to Europe, Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada, and throughout the United States, with celebrated appearances at Jacob’s Pillow, Vail International Dance Festival, and in New York City and Washington, D.C. She also trained at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts before enrolling at the School of American Ballet from 2011-2015. Ms. King attended SAB’s five-week Summer Course in 1998 at the age of 13 and returned for the 2000 and 2001 Summer Courses before enrolling as a full-time student in the fall of 2001. SAB has trained more dancers for careers in professional ballet than any other US school. From the ages of 12 to 16, he attended five consecutive Summer Courses at the School of American Ballet before enrolling as a full-time student in the fall of 1986. In 2014, Ms. Fairchild made her Broadway debut in the Tony Award-nominated revival of On the Town at the Lyric Theater. Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo initially began because Léonide Massine, the choreographer of Colonel Wassily de Basil's Ballets Russes, desired to be more than just Colonel Wassily de Basil's right-hand man.De Basil was the artistic director of his Ballet Russes, and Massine desired that position, so he broke off to start his own company. American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City.Through 2019, it had an annual eight-week season at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) in the spring and a shorter season at the David H. Koch Theater in the fall; the company tours around the world the rest of the year. At San Francisco Ballet, Mr. Garcia’s featured roles included Balanchine’s Apollo, The Four Temperaments, Jewels (“Rubies”), Prodigal Son, Square Dance, Symphony in C,  Tarantella, and Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux; William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude; Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering, Dybbuk, Fanfare, Glass Pieces, and Other Dances; Helgi Tomasson’s Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty (Bluebird, Pas de Six), Swan Lake, and Mr. Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov’s Don Quixote; and Christopher Wheeldon’s Polyphonia and There Where She Loved. For New York City Ballet’s 1993 Balanchine Celebration, Ms. Pilarre reconstructed Balanchine’s Symphonie Concertante, consulting with the ballet’s original principals, Tanaquil LeClercq and Maria Tallchief, and using archival film footage of Ballet Society’s 1947 production and ABT’s 1983 revival. On Pointe captures a season in New York City’s world renowned School of American Ballet (SAB). Ms. King has performed a wide range of featured roles during her career at New York City Ballet spanning the Company’s diverse repertoire. He attended the School of American Ballet’s 1996 and 1997 Summer Courses before enrolling as a full time student at SAB in the fall of 1997. Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center 1001 S 6th Street • Council Bluffs, IA 51501. She was promoted to soloist in March 2006, and in May 2007 she was named a principal dancer. She was appointed to the faculty in 1998. Discovering their potential won’t be easy. Susan Pilarre was born in Brooklyn, NY, and began her ballet training in Cedarhurst, NY, with New York City Ballet Principal Melissa Hayden. © 2019 School of American Ballet. Leyland holds a Bachelor’s degree in English and a Masters Degree in Dance Education (K-12 concentration) from NYU. The school trains students from the age of six, with professional vocational ballet training for students aged 11–18. Lauren King was born in Massapequa Park, New York, and began her dance training at the age of 10 with Jane Miller, Luba Gulyaeva, Ali Pourfarrokh, and Lynn Glauber at the American Theater Dance Workshop, the official school of the Eglevsky Ballet Company, in New Hyde Park, New York. Noah performed as a child in The Nightingale and Raft of Medusa with the First All Children’s Theater just opposite Lincoln Center. She originated roles in Robbins’s West Side Story Suite; in Peter Martins’s Chichester Psalms, Harmonielehre, Symphonic Dances,  The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and Romeo+Juliet; and in Christopher Wheeldon’s Carnival of the Animals, Variations Serieuses, and An American in Paris. Ms. Ash returned to her hometown of Rochester in 2018 and 2019 to partner with the city of Rochester for Swan Dreams Project summer programs for underserved youth, and she continues to seek new avenues for the Project to inspire youngsters through her example. He has originated featured roles in ballets by Justin Peck (Belles-Lettres, Pulcinella Variations, Scherzo Fantastique), Peter Martins (Mirage, Ocean’s Kingdom), Liam Scarlett (Acheron), Troy Schumacher (Common Ground) and Peter Walker (dance odyssey). for Live From Lincoln Center on PBS. He joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in July 2007, was promoted to the rank of soloist in July 2011, and was named a principal dancer in June 2015. Ms. King served as a SAB Teaching Fellow for the 2016-17 Winter Term and was a regular guest teacher at SAB for the 2017-18 winter and summer training programs. Since our founding in 1934. The School of American Ballet has been a premier dance academy for 85 years but has never before allowed documentary filmmakers access to its inner workings. She joined the School’s permanent faculty in September 2018 while continuing her performing career with New York City Ballet. Ms. Fairchild attended the School of American Ballet’s 1999 and 2000 Summer Courses before enrolling as a full-time student in September 2000. The school trains students from the age of six, with professional vocational ballet training for students aged 11–18. SAB and New York City Ballet have historically shared a common artistic leader: founder George Balanchine until his death in 1983, Peter Martins from 1983-2017, and, as of February 2019, Jonathan Stafford. In 2005, he retired from New York City Ballet after a 22-year career with the company. As a student, Ms. Killian participated in the New York City Ballet Education Department’s Lecture Demonstration program, performing pas de deux from Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and The Nutcracker® for local-area school children under the direction of Suki Schorer. She joined SAB’s permanent faculty in 1983, serving as a coordinator of curriculum between 1993 and 1997. Unless otherwise noted, classroom photos by Rosalie O’Connor and performance photos by Paul Kolnik. The School of American Ballet is teaming up with Imagine Documentaries and DCTV for the project. A documentary crew follows four leading men of American Ballet Theatre to their respective hometowns as they rehearse a newly commissioned work by choreographer Mark Morris. He joined SAB’s faculty in 2010 and retired from performing in 2011. Now, he is one of the primary dancers featured on … 15, Symphony in C, Vienna Waltzes and Symphony in Three Movements. View our grad school rankings & resources to find the best grad school for you. Ms. Anderson also originated a featured role in Justin Peck’s The Most Incredible Thing. Leyland became an adjunct instructor for NYU Tisch for the 2020-21 school year. When she was 17, George Balanchine invited her to join the New York City Ballet. Ms. Mann served as a SAB Teaching Fellow for the 2017-18 Winter Term. All Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Mr. Simmons is also a graduate of the Workshop in Business Opportunites Program and a member of the School of American Ballet’s Alumni Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion. He has also performed leading roles in Jerome Robins’s Andantino,  Brandenburg, Dances at a Gathering, Four Bagatelles, The Goldberg Variations, Opus 19, and Other Dances; in Peter Martins’s A Fool for You, Hallelujah Junction, Naïve and Sentimental Music, Romeo + Juliet (Tybalt), The Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake; in Mauro Vigonzetti’s Vespro; in Christopher Wheeldon’s DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse, Mercurial Manoeuvres, and Polyphonia; and in Justin Peck’s Everywhere We Go. During his final year at SAB, Mr. Hall originated the principal male role in Christopher Wheeldon’s Scènes de Ballet, which premiered during NYCB’s 1999 spring season and was performed at that year’s SAB Workshop Performances. 15, Jewels (“Emeralds”), Episodes, The Four Temperaments, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®, La Sonnambula, La Source, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Symphony in C, Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. She was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award, and received a Theatre World Award for her portrayal of Ivy Smith (AKA Miss Turnstiles). From 2007 to 2009 she reunited with Christopher Wheeldon as a member of his Morpheses touring company, performing around the world in works by Mr. Wheeldon and William Forsythe. He later studied at Interlochen Arts Academy, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Miami City Ballet, the School of American Ballet, Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn, The Ailey School and Ballet Divertimento in Montreal, Canada. At SAB’s June 1990 Workshop performances, she danced featured roles in Stars and Stripes and the pas de deux from Kermesse in Bruges. Upon retiring from performing in May 2014, Mr. Stafford was named one of NYCB’s ballet masters. She was invited to become an apprentice with New York City Ballet in June 2006 and joined the NYCB corps de ballet in the spring of 2007. In 1997, she joined the School of American Ballet as a guest teacher upon retirement from New York City Ballet. Ms. Pilarre also collaborated with Suzanne Farrell on the staging of La Valse and La Source for Suzanne Farrell Ballet’s 2005 performances at The Kennedy Center. One performance of Mr. Simmons noted that he was “vibrant in his solo, whipping off multiple pirouettes…,” and “he added powerful turns and jumps while remaining sensitive to the otherwise gentle ending.” Leyland is also a sought after teacher having taught at notable institutions like the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Harlem School for the Arts, Steps on Broadway, NYU, and the Ailey School. Ballet Docu-series ON POINTE Premieres Dec. 18 on Disney Plus On Pointe captures a season in New York City’s world renowned School of American Ballet. From casting to rehearsals, the process to set the stage for New York City Ballet's production of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® is pure magic. Upon his retirement from performing in 2016, Mr. Hall joined New York City Ballet’s artistic staff as a ballet master. During his career with NYCB, Mr. Hall danced featured roles in numerous ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Peter Martins, and has also originated roles in works by Justin Peck, Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky, Benjamin Millepied, Jorma Elo, and Lynne Taylor-Corbett, among others. In addition to touring with New York City Ballet, Mr. Boal performed as a principal dancer with Ballet Arizona; the Ballet du Nord in France; the Kirov Ballet; The Metropolitan Opera, dancing the variation in Zeffirelli’s La Traviata; the Norwegian National Ballet; the Royal Birmingham Ballet; the Suzanne Farrell Ballet; the Wendy Perron Dance Company; and with Molissa Fenley at the Joyce Theater. Born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Abi Stafford began her dance training at the age of six with the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet in Carlisle under the direction of Marcia Dale Weary. She danced principal roles in Divertimento No. Mr. Stafford originated the role of Paris in Mr. Martins’ Romeo + Juliet. Mr. Garcia began guest teaching at the School of American Ballet during the 2017-18 Winter Term and joined SAB’s permanent faculty in September 2018. In 2015 he was named SAB’s first Professional Placement Manager, a role created to assist students with the transition into their professional careers. Ms. Ash was tapped to become an apprentice with New York City Ballet in June 1996 and was hired into the corps de ballet upon making her debut during NYCB’s 1996 summer residency in Saratoga Springs, New York. 2 (1973), Coppélia (1974), Union Jack (1976), Vienna Waltzes (1977), and Ballo Della Regina (1978). Ms. Ash retired from performing in 2009 prior to the birth of her first child. Mr. Simmons has also performed with the New York City Ballet, Peridance Ensemble, Forces of Nature Dance Company, Nathan Trice’s/Rituals, George Faison and Ballet X. Leyland has also performed at Jacob’s Pillow, the Cincinnati, Moscow and Miami International Ballet Festivals. She first performed with New York City Ballet at the age of eight when the Company brought The Nutcracker on tour to the Chicago Opera House. He subsequently returned to San Francisco Ballet School to resume his studies and was selected by Helgi Tomasson, Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet, to perform in a world premiere ballet created especially for the 1996 Spring Student Showcase. To pursue their dreams, these dancers will have to rise above the barre. Artistic Director,Pacific Northwest Ballet. At age 16 Noah became principal guest artist with the American Ballet Company, where he began performing principal roles in Balanchine ballets. His film work includes Columbia Pictures’ feature film Center Stage and the 2010 film adaptation of Jerome Robbins’ N.Y. Two years later he danced the role of the Nutcracker Prince. Leyland is a Graduate of the Professional Performing Arts High School in New York City and a former member of Ailey 2 and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. When he was 15, Sam Merkle moved from Richmond to New York City to attend the prestigious School of American Ballet. At New York City Ballet, Mr. Garcia’s repertoire includes principals roles in Balanchine’s Brahms/Schoenberg Quartet, Coppélia, Danses Concertantes, Divertimento from ‘Le Baiser de la Fée’, Donizetti Variations, Harlequinade,  A Midsummer Night’s Dream, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Prodigal Son,  Jewels (“Rubies”), Sonatine, La Source,  Symphony in C, Tarantella, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, Theme and Variations, Union Jack, and Vienna Waltzes. Season 39, Episode 7 | 1h 25m. Ms. Fairchild was a Teaching Fellow at SAB from 2012-16 and a frequent guest teacher during the 2017-18 winter and summer training programs. She currently teaches advanced classes in addition to managing the School’s artistic staff and overseeing all aspects of SAB’s ballet training programs. She is one of the principal auditioners for the School’s National Audition Program, which screens over 2,000 prospective students each year in 22 U.S. cities for the five-week Summer Course. Ms. Fairchild has originated principal roles in ballets by Robert La Fosse (Land of Nod), Peter Martins (Bal de Couture, Naïve and Sentimental Music), Angelin Preljocaj (Spectral Evidence), Alexei Ratmansky (Namouna, A Grand Divertissement), Susan Stroman (Double Feature) and Christopher Wheeldon (Shambards). Over a decade of collaboration with William Forsythe, Noah performed the greater portion of the Frankfurt Ballet’s repertoire, notably premiering in the original cast of The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude which was created on him. Since 2009, Elizabeth has served as senior faculty at the New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA) School of Ballet. Mr. Hall was promoted to soloist in May 2007. In 1992, he married dancer Kelly Cass. In 1983, she staged Balanchine’s Slaughter on Tenth Avenue ballet for the Broadway revival of On Your Toes. Meagan Mann was reared in Lakewood and Howell, New Jersey, and began her ballet training at More Than Dance in Jackson, New Jersey. He performed the virtuoso principal male role in George Balanchine’s Square Dance as part of the School’s 2006 annual Workshop Performances and later that year he was asked to become an apprentice with New York City Ballet. The series has not yet been shopped to TV buyers. Among the numerous ballets in which she has starred are Allegro Brillante, Ballo della Regina,  Coppélia, La Sylphide, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Donizetti Variations, Duo Concertant, Raymonda Variations, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker,  Jewels  (“Emeralds” and “Rubies”), Square Dance, Stars and Stripes, Theme and Variations,  Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, and Taranetella. Over the course of her nearly twenty-year career, Ms. Mazzo’s repertoire included countless roles in the works of Balanchine, Robbins, and other choreographers such as Merce Cunningham, Antony Tudor, Todd Bolender and John Taras. Imagine Documentaries recently inked a first-look pact with Apple but it’s unclear if “On Pointe” will end up there. Bills' Disney+ documentary series On Pointe (premiering December 18) showcases the tapestry of students that make up the School of American Ballet as they prepare for the New York City Ballet… Among the many ballets in which she performed principal parts are Swan Lake, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®, Serenade, Symphony in C, Jewels, Agon, Square Dance, Episodes, La Sonnambula, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, La Valse, Liebeslieder Walzer, Apollo, and Donizetti Variations. She served as President of the Jury of the 2014 Prix de Lausanne international ballet competition. Curtain Up: The School of American Ballet Workshop. 15, The Four Temperaments, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® (Cavalier and Candy Cane), Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. She has also originated principal roles in ballets by Robert Binet, Kim Brandstrup, Jean-Pierre Frohlich, Douglas Lee, Pontus Lidberg, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Wayne McGregor, Benjamin Millepied, Alexey Miroshnichenko, Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon. Under the direction of Mr. Boal, PNB has continued to expand and diversify its repertory to include works by Ulysses Dove, Susan Marshall, Mark Morris, Victor Quijada, Twyla Tharp, Christopher Wheeldon, and others. In the spring of 2003, she was awarded Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award, which acknowledges the exemplary achievement of young artists. In addition to teaching at SAB, Mr. Higgins has been Associate Children’s Repertory Director at New York City Ballet since the fall of 2013. Soloist roles included La Source, Scotch Symphony, Raymonda Variations, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®, Don Quixote, Coppelia, Goldberg Variations, Stars and Stripes, Chaccone, Ballo Della Regina and Swan Lake. She originated a featured role in Balanchine’s Who Cares?, and her repertoire included featured roles in The Four Temperaments, Stars and Stripes, Serenade, La Source, La Valse, Divertimento No. Ms. Pilarre retired from dancing in 1980 but continued her involvement with the work of George Balanchine by staging his ballets for companies around the U.S. NEW YORK -- Now you can look inside the School of American Ballet with unprecedented access with the Disney+ docu-series "On Pointe." A graduate of Professional Children’s School, Mr. Stafford graduated summa cum laude from the Fordham School of Professional and Continuing Studies in May with a B.A. Ms. Pilarre joined SAB’s permanent faculty in 1986. Upon retiring from performing in 2009, Ms. Abergel joined SAB’s faculty and became NYCB’s Assistant Children’s Repertory Directory. A six-part documentary, On Pointe follows several students as they train for professional dance careers at the prestigious School of American Ballet (SAB) in New York City. Born in Maywood, Illinois, Craig Hall began his dance training at the age of four at Stairway of the Stars with Lois Baumann. ), but the documentary certainly makes a … After 3 years as soloist with the Royal Ballet of Flanders, he toured the U.S. and Mexico as a principal guest artist before William Forsythe invited him to the Frankfurt Ballet in 1991. Though it's not yet clear where "On Pointe" will air, we do know that it'll follow talented SAB students preparing for professional ballet careers—much as Teen Vogue 's popular "Strictly Ballet" web series did back in the day . The six-part docuseries, which began filming in summer 2019 and concluded in early 2020 when the school shut down due to COVID-19, follows a season with SAB students. Ms. Ash appeared as herself and as the principal dance double for Zoe Saldana in the 2000 feature film Center Stage. She returned to the U.S. in 2005 to join the California-based Alonzo King LINES Ballet, originating roles in new works by Mr. King including Handel and Migration and touring with the company in the U.S. and abroad. Nancy Schwartzman is a documentary Peabody Award Nominated director director, producer, and media strategist who uses storytelling and technology to create safer communities for women and girls. The company of 51 dancers presents more than 100 performances annually of full-length and mixed repertory ballets at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall and on tour. He has also choreographed an industrial for Pier 59 Studios RED Camera Event and for alternative rock band Opium Ink’s music video “Porcelain Doll.” He became the director of Leyland Simmons and Company in 2017 and the Co-Founder and Co-Director of Moving Education Institute Inc. Mr. Stafford became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in October 1998 and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in February 1999. He retired from performing in July 2012 after 14 years with New York City Ballet. The show is being billed as the real-life Center Stage . During her ten years with NYCB, Ms. Ware performed in numerous works by the Company’s founding choreographers, George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. Upon her retirement from performing, Ms. Ash founded The Swan Dreams Project, a not-for-profit endeavor which was initially conceived as a photography project but has expanded to include programs, lectures and camps with Ms. Ash’s career and imagery as the foundation of the Project’s mission to dismantle stereotypes surrounding race, beauty and talent. Mr. Scordato earned a merit scholarship to the School of American Ballet’s 2002 Summer Course at the age of 16 and was invited to continue his training in SAB’s Winter Term the same year. She joined the School’s permanent faculty in September 2018 while continuing her performing career with New York City Ballet. Nancy Schwartzman - Director/Producer. She served as a guest teacher at the School’s 2016 and 2017 California Workshop for Young Dancers and during the 2017-2018 Winter Term and held the position of Visiting Faculty Chair from September 2018 to July 2020. In her position with the Company, Ms. Abergel casts and rehearses children from the School of American Ballet in all NYCB productions featuring roles for children, including George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®, The Sleeping Beauty, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Swan Lake and Coppélia. Ms. Killian currently also serves as Repertory Director for the New York City Ballet’s Education Department, staging productions featuring SAB’s Intermediate and Advanced students for NYCB’s Ballet Bridges programs, which reach over 2,000 public school children each year. Ms. Pilarre was invited by George Balanchine to join NYCB when she was 15. Mr. Scordato currently oversees the SAB/NYCB Apprentice Mentorship Program alongside SAB’s dean of students and continues to dance with New York City Ballet. At 17 he performed in a New York production of West Side Story before pursuing his career in Europe. Now Disney+ delivers On Pointe, a documentary series about the real-life students at the prestigious School of American Ballet, in New York. Disney+ Documentary Series On American Ballet In The Works. She was accepted into the School of American Ballet’s Children’s Division at the age of 11 and progressed through the Intermediate and Advanced training levels over the following 6 years. Ms Ware retired from dancing in 1980. During his career at New York City Ballet, Mr. Hendrickson danced featured roles in numerous ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Peter Martins, including The Goldberg Variations, Fancy Free, Watermill, Symphony in Three Movements, Chaccone, and Fearful Symmetries. He has staged Peter Martins’s Les Gentilhommes in both 2011 (with Albert Evans) and 2016; and for SAB’s 2013 Workshop he staged Balanchine’s Le Tombeau de Couperin with NYCB Ballet Mistress Rosemary Dunleavy. Ms. Mazzo auditioned for SAB’s Summer Course when she was 12 and attended the program for three consecutive years before moving to New York and enrolling as a full-time student in SAB’s advanced division in 1959. She joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in October 2002, was promoted to the rank of soloist in February 2004, and in January 2005, she was promoted to principal dancer. His first story ballet, The Overcoat (after Nikolai Gogol), won 2 ‘Golden Sofit’ awards including Best Ballet of the Year, and a ‘Golden Mask’ Russia’s highest theatrical prize. She performed with New York City Ballet for seven years, originating corps roles in new works by Peter Martins, Christopher Wheeldon, and Miriam Mahdaviani, among others, and performing in numerous masterworks of George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. In 2003, Ms. Ash joined Béjart Ballet Lausanne as a soloist and for two years toured Europe and the Far East performing new and classic works by Maurice Béjart, including a principal role in his landmark Le Presbytère. Ms. Ash was appointed to the School of American Ballet’s permanent faculty in September 2020. The numerous ballets in which she has starred include Apollo, Ballo della Regina, Coppélia, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Duo Concertant, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®, Jewels ( “Rubies”), Stars and Stripes, Theme and Variations, La Sonnambula, La Source, Mozartiana, La Valse, Symphony in Three Movements, Afternoon of a Faun, The Cage, The Concert, In G Major, The Four Seasons, Hallelujah Junction, Calcium Light Night, Jeu de Cartes, Concerto DSCH, Pictures at an Exhibition and Polyphonia, among others. World premier for the 2020-21 School year 2005, he was promoted to soloist, and Martins. 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