Rebecca Krohn
{{short description|American ballet dancer}}
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Rebecca Krohn (born 1981/1982) is an American retired ballet dancer. She danced with the New York City Ballet as a principal dancer until her retirement in 2017, then became a ballet master and served as one of the interim leaders between late 2017 and early 2019.
Early life
Krohn was born and raised in Vestal, New York.{{cite news|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/new-york-city-ballet-loses-a-principal-dancer-but-gains-a-ballet-master|title=New York City Ballet Loses a Principal Dancer But Gains a Ballet Master|magazine=Playbill|last=Trucco|first=Terry|date=October 3, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nycballet.com/Dancers/Dancers-Bios/Rebecca-Krohn.aspx|title=Rebecca Krohn|website=New York City Ballet|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005060242/http://www.nycballet.com/Dancers/Dancers-Bios/Rebecca-Krohn.aspx|archivedate=October 5, 2017}} She started ballet at age four after seeing The Nutcracker.{{cite news|url=http://www.balletnews.co.uk/cupcakes-and-conversation-with-rebecca-krohn-principal-new-york-city-ballet/|title=Cupcakes and Conversation with Rebecca Krohn, Principal, New York City Ballet|website=Ballet News|date=April 30, 2013}} Starting from age 10, she attended summer programs at the Chautauqua Ballet, which was run by Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. In 1995, when Krohn was 14, encouraged by McBride and Bonnefoux, she entered the School of American Ballet in New York City.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/arts/dance/new-york-city-ballet-designers-fall-fashion-gala.html|title=New York City Ballet Unveils Designers for Its Fall Fashion Gala|newspaper=New York Times|last=Barone|first=Joshia|date=July 25, 2017}}
Career
In 1998, at age 17, Krohn became an apprentice with the New York City Ballet. Krohn joined the corps de ballet the following year, and appeared in the 2000 Center Stage as a background dancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.dancespirit.com/center-stage-20-anniversary-2645786483.html|title=The Making of "Center Stage," as Remembered by Its Dance Stars|magazine=Dance Spirit|last=Fuhler|first=Margaret|date=April 22, 2020}} She became a soloist in 2006, danced in the film version of Robbins' N.Y. Export: Op. Jazz in 2010,{{cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/03/a-little-seen-ballet-hits-the-screen-in-a-big-modern-way|title=Opus Jazz Dances to Your TV Screen|magazine=Vanity Fair|last=Wolcott|first=James|date=March 23, 2010}} and was promoted to principal dancer in 2012. She learned Balanchine repertory from ballet masters who worked with him, and had worked with choreographers such as Justin Peck and Benjamin Millepied. On October 7, 2017, Krohn retired from performing after a performance of in Balanchine's Stravinsky Violin Concerto, for which she danced the Aria I role.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/arts/dance/new-york-city-ballet-rebecca-krohn-cortege-hongrois.html|title=A Farewell and Other Dramas at New York City Ballet|newspaper=New York Times|last=Macaulay|first=Alastair|date=October 8, 2017}}
Following her retirement, she remains in the company as a ballet master, a move inspired by her mentors, especially Karin von Aroldingen. In December, following ballet master in chief Peter Martins's departure due to sexual assault allegations, Krohn was appointed to be in the four-person interim leadership team, led by ballet master Jonathan Stafford and also consists of Justin Peck and Craig Hall.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/09/arts/dance/team-to-lead-city-ballet-during-martins-sexual-harassment-probe.html|title=Team to Lead City Ballet During Martins Sexual Harassment Probe|newspaper=New York Times|last=Pogrebin|first=Robin|date=December 9, 2017}} The team brought back other Balanchine veterans to coach the dancers, and Krohn also worked with them as she had never worked with Balanchine himself.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/arts/dance/new-york-city-ballet-coaches-ballet-masters-patricia-mcbride-edward-villella.html|title=At City Ballet, Learning From Dancers Who Learned From Balanchine|newspaper=New York Times|last=Kourlas|first=Gia|date=October 5, 2018}} In February 2019, a permanent management with Stafford as Artistic Director and Wendy Whelan as Associate Artistic Director respectively was established.{{cite news|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/new-york-city-ballet-names-new-artistic-director-and-associate-artistic-director|title=New York City Ballet Names New Artistic Director and Associate Artistic Director|magazine=Playbill|last=Fielberg|first=Ruthoe|date=February 28, 2019}}
Personal life
In 2011, Krohn married Adam Hendrickson, a fellow New York City Ballet dancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/fashion/weddings/a-dancers-revelation-on-love.html|title=When You Know It's Love: A Slice of Bacon, and a Dancer's Revelation|newspaper=New York Times|last=Foster|first=Brooke Lea|date=March 28, 2017}}
References
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Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:People from Vestal, New York
Category:New York City Ballet principal dancers
Category:New York City Ballet balletmasters
Category:School of American Ballet alumni
Category:American prima ballerinas
Category:21st-century American ballet dancers