Megan Fairchild

Megan Fairchild
Born	1984 (age 39–40) Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Occupation	ballet dancer
Years active	2001–present
Career
Current group	New York City Ballet
Website	meganfairchild.com

Megan Fairchild (born 1984) is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet.

Early life

Megan was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1984. She went to high school at the Professional Children's School. She studied dance at Ballet West, and entered the School of American Ballet as a boarding student in 2000.

Career

Prior to becoming a principal dancer in 2005, she was a member of the corps de ballet in 2002 and promoted to a soloist in 2004. Her brother, Robert Fairchild is also a principal with the company. She and her brother are both recipients of the Mae L. Wien Award at the School of American Ballet and the only siblings to share this distinction.

Fairchild made her Broadway stage debut playing the role of Ivy Smith in the 2014 revival of On the Town, which opened on October 16, 2014 at the Lyric Theatre. She received the 2015 Theatre World Award for her performance. She is currently a Teaching Fellow with the School of American Ballet.

Megan Fairchild's featured roles since joining the New York City Ballet have included:

• George Balanchine -

Apollo (Calliope), Allegro Brillante, Ballo della Regina, Chaconne, Coppélia (Swanilda), Danses Concertantes, Divertimento from 'Le Baiser de la Fée', Divertimento No. 15, Donizetti Variations, Duo Concertant, "Emeralds" from Jewels, George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® (Sugarplum Fairy, Dewdrop, Marzipan, Dolls), Harlequinade (Pierrette), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Butterfly, Divertissement), Raymonda Variations, "Rubies" from Jewels, Serenade, Sonatine, La Source, Square Dance, Stars and Stripes, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Symphony in C (First Movement, Third Movement), Tarantella, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, Theme and Variations, Union Jack, Valse-Fantaisie, Vienna Waltzes, Western Symphony (Adagio)

• August Bournonville -

La Sylphide (The Sylph)

• Eliot Feld -

Intermezzo No. 1 (NYCB Premiere)

• Peter Martins -

Barber Violin Concerto, A Fool for You, Eight Easy Pieces, Eros Piano, Fearful Symmetries, Jeu de Cartes, The Magic Flute (Lise), Octet, Papillons, Sinfonia, The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Ruby, Princess Florine), Songs of the Auvergne, Swan Lake (Pas de Trois, Pas de Quatre, Neapolitan), Zakouski

• Justin Peck -

The Most Incredible Thing (The Cuckoo Bird)

• Alexei Ratmansky -

Odessa, Russian Seasons

• Jerome Robbins -

Andantino, Brandenburg, Dances at a Gathering, The Four Seasons (Winter), The Goldberg Variations, Piano Pieces

• Liam Scarlett -

Acheron

• Christopher Wheeldon -

DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse, Mercurial Manoeuvres

Originated Featured Roles in

• Robert La Fosse: Land of Nod (Natalie)

• Peter Martins: Bal de Couture, Naïve and Sentimental Music

• Angelin Preljocaj: Spectral Evidence

• Alexei Ratmansky: Namouna, A Grand Divertissement

• Susan Stroman: "The Blue Necklace" from Double Feature (Florence)

• Christopher Wheeldon: Shambards

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2001	Mae L. Wien Award	Outstanding Promise		Won
2015	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	On The Town	Nominated
	Theatre World Award			Won
	Astaire Award	Best Female Dancer		Won

External links

• Cupcakes & Conversation with Megan Fairchild. Ballet News. 9 July 2010.