Philip Neal
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Philip H. Neal (born in Richmond, Virginia) was a principal dancer with New York City Ballet.
Career
He studied from age 11 at the Richmond Ballet School. After studying there, Edward Villella arranged a summer scholarship for him at NCYB's School of American Ballet. In 1985 Philip won the silver medal at the Prix de Lausanne ballet competition.
The following year Neal graduated magna cum laude from St. Paul's School and was a National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts' Presidential Scholar of the Arts and as a consequence performed at Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He subsequently enrolled full-time at SAB and also trained at the Royal Danish Ballet School in Copenhagen, joining NYCB's corps de ballet in 1987. [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/26/arts/dance-view-at-city-ballet-virtuosity-from-the-ranks.html Dance View: At City Ballet, Virtuosity From the Ranks]' Anna Kisselgoff. February 26th, 1989
Four years later Neal was promoted to soloist and at the end of the 1992–1993 winter season to principal dancer. Neal's farewell performance took place Sunday, June 13, 2010, and consisted of ballets by George Balanchine.[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/arts/dance/15neal.html Bathed in the Limelight, but Quietly Taking Leave], Roslyn Sulcas, June 14th, 2010
Originated rôles
= Peter Martins =
= Kevin O'Day =
Featured rôles
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= George Balanchine =
- Allegro Brillante
- Ballade
- Chaconne
- Cortège Hongrois
- The Nutcracker
- Divertimento No. 15
- Jewels Diamonds
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Mozartiana
- Robert Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze
- Serenade
- Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
- Swan Lake
- Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
- Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
- Western Symphony
- Who Cares?
= Ulysses Dove =
= Boris Eifman =
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= Peter Martins =
- Black And White
- Ecstatic Orange
- Fearful Symmetries
- Les Gentilhommes
- The Sleeping Beauty Prince Désiré
- Songs of the Auvergne
- Swan Lake Prince Siegfried
- The Waltz Project
= Jerome Robbins =
= Richard Tanner =
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Television
- PBS Live from Lincoln Center, New York City Ballet's Diamond Project: Ten Years of New Choreography, 2002, Ancient Airs and Dances
- PBS Live from Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100, 2004, Liebeslieder Walzer
Footnotes
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= New York Times =
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Category:New York City Ballet principal dancers
Category:Prix de Lausanne winners
Category:American male ballet dancers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:School of American Ballet alumni