About Mr. Andrew

Andrew Veyette was born in Denver, Colorado, and began his dance training at the age of 9, studying with Betty Downs at Dance Arts in Visalia, California. Mr. Veyette continued his studies at Westside Ballet in Santa Monica, California. While at Westside Ballet, Mr. Veyette trained with Yvonne Mounsey and was personally coached by Nader Hamed. Mr. Veyette entered the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, in the fall of 1998. In the spring of 2000, Mr. Veyette became an apprentice with New York City Ballet, and later that season he joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet. In March of 2006 he was promoted to soloist. In May 2007 Mr. Veyette was promoted to principal dancer.

FEATURED ROLES AT NYCB

GEORGE BALANCHINE

Agon, Allegro Brillante, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (Second Movement, Third Movement, Fourth Movement), Coppélia (Frantz), Danses Concertantes, Divertimento from "Le Baiser de la Fée", Divertimento No. 15, Donizetti Variations, Episodes, Firebird (Prince Ivan), The Four Temperaments, Harlequinade (Harlequin), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Divertissement, Oberon, Lysander), George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® (Cavalier, Hot Chocolate), Raymonda Variations, "Rubies" from Jewels, Scotch Symphony, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, La Source, Square Dance, Stars and Stripes, Symphony in Three Movements, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 (Theme and Variations), Union Jack (Scottish and Canadian Guards Regiments and Royal Navy), Valse-Fantaisie,Western Symphony

Mr. Veyette has danced featured roles and originated new roles by virtually every major choreographer in ballet including:

MAURO BIGONZETTI, AUGUST BOURNONVILLe, MERCE CUNNINGHAM, ELIOT FELD, PONTUS LIDBERG, LAUREN LOVETTE, PETER MARTINS, JUSTIN PECK, ALEXEI RATMANSKY, JEROME ROBBINS, TWYLA THARP, SUSAN STROMAN, LYNNE TAYLOR-CORBETT, PETER WALKER, CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Warren Carlyle, Alexey Miroshnichenko, Liam Scarlett, Troy Schumacher, Richard Tanner