Daniel Ulbricht

Daniel Ulbricht was born in St Petersburg, Florida, and began his dance training at the age of eleven at the Judith Lee Johnson Studio of Dance, studying with Lenny Holmes. He also studied at Les Jeunes Danseurs with Javier Dubraq and attended the Chautauqua Summer Dance Program, training with Jean Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride. In 1999, Daniel Ulbricht was invited by the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, to continue his training during their winter programme. As a student at SAB, Daniel performed with New York City Ballet as the Jester in Peter Martins’ The Sleeping Beauty. In December 2000 he became an apprentice with New York City Ballet and in November 2001 he joined the company as a member of the corps de ballet. In January 2005, Daniel was promoted to  he rank of soloist and he became a Principal Dancer in May 2007.

Since joining New York City Ballet, Daniel Ulbricht has danced featured roles in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker (Soldier, Chinese Tea, Candy Cane), Ivesiana, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck), Mozartiana (Gigue), Prodigal Son, La Sonnambula, Stars and Stripes, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Tarantella and Tchaikovsky Suite No 3, Peter Martins’ Eight More, Fearful Symmetries, Les Gentilhommes, Harmonielehre, Jeu de cartes, Naïve and Sentimental Music, Ocean’s Kingdom (Entertainers; Leader), The Sleeping Beauty (Bluebird) and Swan Lake (Jester), Alexei Ratmansky’s Concerto DSCH, Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free, Fanfare (Tuba), The Four Seasons (Fall) and Interplay, Richard Tanner’s Soirée (Quadriglia) and Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Chiaroscuro.

Daniel Ulbricht has also originated featured roles in Melissa Barak’s Call Me Ben, Peter Martins’ Friandises, Grazioso and Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), Robert La Fosse’s Land of Nod, Alexei Ratmansky’s Namouna, a Grand Divertissement and Christopher Wheeldon’s Shambards.

He originated corps de ballet roles in Susan Stroman’s Double Feature and Wheeldon’s Carnival of the Animals and Variations sérieuses.

In addition to performing with New York City Ballet, Daniel Ulbricht has performed as a guest artist with several local and regional companies.

Daniel Ulbricht was the Janice Levin Dancer Honoree for 2003-2004.

Guest Teacher at various NYC schools including the School of American Ballet and national schools and universities.