ICB Artist Bio
Tiler Peck
Soloist, New York City Ballet
B Tiler Peck was born in Bakersfield, California. She began her dance training at the age of seven, studying privately with former Bolshoi Ballet principal dancer Alla Khaniashvili in Hollywood. At the age of 11 she began studying at Conjunctive Point in Culver City, California, with former New York City Ballet dancers Colleen and Patricia Neary. During this time she also studied with former NYCB principal Yvonne Mounsey at Westside School of Ballet in Santa Monica. Peck entered the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, full time in the fall of 2003. In September 2004, Peck became an apprentice with New York City Ballet. In February 2005 she joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet and was promoted to soloist in December 2006.
Since joining New York City Ballet, Peck has performed featured roles in George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, Coppélia (Swanilda), Divertimento No. 15, Donizetti Variations, Emeralds from Jewels, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Butterfly), George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker (Dewdrop, Marzipan, Dolls, and Sugarplum Fairy), Raymonda Variations, Symphony in C (Fourth Movement), Symphony in Three Movements, Tarantella, Theme and Variations, Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3, and Valse-Fantaisie ; Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free, Four Bagatelles, The Four Seasons (Fall), Interplay, Mother Goose (Princess Florine), Les Noces, Other Dances, and 2 & 3 Part Inventions; Peter Martins’ A Fool For You, Romeo + Juliet (Juliet), The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Florine and Emerald), and Swan Lake (“Pas de Quartre”); Susan Stroman’s Double Feature (Anne Windsor);and Christopher Wheeldon’s An American in Paris, Carousel (A Dance), and Mercurial Manoeuvres.
Peck has originated featured roles in Peter Martins’ Friandises and The Red Violin; Melissa Barak’s A Simply Symphony; and Mauro Bigonzetti’s In Vento and Oltremare. In addition, Peck has performed featured roles in the NYCB premieres of Christopher d’Amboise’s Tribute and Jerome Robbins’ N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz.
Peck was a 2004 recipient of the Princess Grace Foundation - USA Dance Fellowship, a 2004 Mae L. Wien Award recipient, and a Janice Levin Honoree for 2006-2007.
In addition, Peck performed in Meredith Willson’s The Music Man on Broadway and as Clara in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. At the opening ceremony for the 1998 Goodwill Games, Peck danced a featured role in choreography by Marguerite Derricks. Peck’s film credits include appearances in A Time for Dancing (2000), Geppetto (2000) and Donnie Darko (2001).