Guest Instructor - Choreographer
Ballet
Robert Fairchild was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and began his dance training at Dance Concepts at the age of four with Rebecca Bateman and Kaelynne Oliphant. His formal ballet training began at the age of ten at the Ballet West Conservatory with Sharee Lane. Other various teachers include: Laura King, Trey Barber, Brooke Healy, and Jaqueline and Heather College of Utah Regional Ballet.
Mr. Fairchild attended the 2002 and 2003 summer courses at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, and enrolled as a full time student in the fall of 2003. In June 2005, Mr. Fairchild became an apprentice with NYCB, and the following June, he joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet. He was promoted to soloist in May 2007 and in October 2009 was promoted to Principal Dancer.
Since joining New York City Ballet, Mr. Fairchild has danced featured roles in George Balanchine's Apollo, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, Divertimento No. 15, Duo Concertant, Emeralds from Jewels, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lysander),George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (Cavalier, Hot Chocolate, Candy Cane, Mother Ginger), Scotch Symphony, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, La Sonnambula, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Symphony in Three Movements, Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3, Union Jack, Western Symphony, and Who Cares?; Jerome Robbins' Afternoon of a Faun, Fancy Free, The Four Seasons (Summer), I'm Old Fashioned, Interplay, Opus 19/The Dreamer, and West Side Story Suite (Tony and Riff); Peter Martins' Hallelujah Junction, Les Gentilhommes, Jeu de Cartes, Mirage, River of Light, The Sleeping Beauty (Puss in Boots and Wolf), Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried and Benno), and Thou Swell; Alexei Ratmasky's Russian Seasons; Christopher Wheeldon's DGV: Danse ŕ Grande Vitesse; Jorma Elo's Slice to Sharp; Angelin Preljocaj's La Stravaganza; and Susan Stroman's Double Feature and Blossom Got Kissed (from Duke!).
Mr. Fairchild originated the role of Romeo in Mr. Martins' Romeo + Juliet and has originated featured roles in Peter Martins' Ocean's Kingdom, Christopher Wheeldon's Les Carillons, Melissa Barak's Call Me Ben, Jirí Bubenícek's Toccata, Adam Hendrickson's Flit of Fury - The Monarch, Douglas Lee's Lifecasting, Wayne McGregor's Outlier, Alexei Ratmansky's Namouna, A Grand Divertissement, and NYCB's premiere of Christopher d'Amboise's Tribute.
Mr. Fairchild was the 2005 recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award.