Jenifer Ringer - New York City Ballet

Jenifer Ringer
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Photo © Paul Kolnik
Background
Jenifer Ringer was born in New Bern, North Carolina, and was raised in Summerville, South Carolina, where she began her dance training at age 10 with local teachers. At age 12 she entered the Washington School of Ballet, where she studied for two years. After attending a summer session at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, Ms. Ringer was invited to enter the winter session at the School on a full scholarship. She became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in October 1989 and a member of the corps de ballet in January 1990. She was promoted to soloist in January 1995 and to principal dancer in spring 2000.
Featured Roles Since Joining NYCB

During her tenure with New York City Ballet, Ms. Ringer has been featured in such works as:

George Balanchine's:

  • Apollo
  • Allegro Brillante
  • Ballade
  • Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
  • Coppélia (Swanilda)
  • Cortège Hongrois
  • Divertimento No. 15
  • George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™ (Sugarplum Fairy)
  • "Emeralds" from Jewels
  • Kammermusik No. 2
  • Liebeslieder Walzer
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (Divertissement and Helena)
  • Raymonda Variations
  • Robert Schumann's "Davidsbündlertänze"
  • Scotch Symphony
  • La Sonnambula
  • La Source
  • Swan Lake
  • Symphony in C (First and Fourth Movements)
  • Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 (Theme and Variations)
  • Union Jack
  • Vienna Waltzes
  • Western Symphony (Allegro)
  • Who Cares?

Eliot Feld's:

  • Intermezzo No. 1

Robert La Fosse and Robert Garland's:

  • Tributary

Sean Lavery's:

  • Romeo and Juliet

Peter Martins':

  • Jazz (Six Syncopated Movements)
  • Jeu de Cartes
  • Mozart Serenade
  • Stabat Mater
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora and Princess Florine)
  • Swan Lake (Odette/Odile)
  • Them Twos
  • The Waltz Project

Jerome Robbins':

  • 2 & 3 Part Inventions
  • Antique Epigraphs
  • The Concert
  • Dances at a Gathering
  • Fancy Free
  • The Four Seasons (Spring)
  • Gershwin Concerto
  • The Goldberg Variations
  • I'm Old Fashioned
  • Interplay
  • In the Night
  • Opus 19/The Dreamer
  • Piano Pieces
  • West Side Story Suite

and Christopher Wheeldon's:

  • Carnival of the Animals
  • Mercurial Manoeuvres

Ms. Ringer originated featured roles in:

  • David Allan's Reunions and Pastoral Dances
  • Robert La Fosse's I Have My Own Room
  • Miriam Mahdaviani's Correlazione and Appalachia Waltz
  • Mr. Martins' Mozart Piano Concerto, Morgen, and Thou Swell
  • Kevin O'Day's Huoah
  • Alexei Ratmansky's Russian Seasons
  • Twyla Tharp's The Beethoven Seventh
  • Helgi Tomasson's Prism
  • Mr. Wheeldon's An American in Paris
  • Damian Woetzel's Ebony Concerto
Other Performances
In May of 2002, Ms. Ringer appeared in the Live from Lincoln Center broadcast of "New York City Ballet's Diamond Project: Ten Years of New Choreography," dancing in Mercurial Manoeuvres, and in May of 2004 she appeared in the Live from Lincoln Center broadcast of "Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100," dancing in Liebeslieder Walzer.
Honors
Ms. Ringer received her B.A. in English from Fordham University in December 1997.
Additional Information
In July of 2000 she married former NYCB Principal Dancer James Fayette.