Arch Higgins

Arch Higgins (born Berkeley, California) was a soloist with New York City Ballet. He began his study at eight years with Berkeley Ballet Theater with former City Ballet dancer Sally Streets. From 1982 he attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet which he entered full-time on scholarship four years later. He was the recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award and joined the NYCB corps de ballet in 1989. Higgins was promoted to soloist in 1998 and danced until 2011. He is now a guest teacher for the company and assistant children's ballet master.

Rôles

originated featured rôles David Allan Pastoral Dances John Alleyne The New Blondes Robert La Fosse Duke! (Rockin' in Rhythm) Miriam Mahdaviani Appalachia Waltz[1][2] Correlazione Peter Martins Reliquary Trey McIntyre Rain Steel Kevin O'Day Swerve Poems Jerome Robbins West Side Story Suite Susan Stroman Double Feature (Makin' Whoopee!)[3] Christopher Wheeldon Carnival of the Animals[4] Carousel (A Dance)[5]

featured rôles George Balanchine Agon Allegro Brillante Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Chaconne Divertimento No. 15 Episodes The Four Temperaments Haieff Divertimento Jewels (Emeralds) A Midsummer Night's Dream Mozartiana The Nutcracker (Balanchine) Prodigal Son Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze Symphony in C Symphony in Three Movements Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 Union Jack La Valse Vienna Waltzes Peter Martins Ash Delight of the Muses Les Gentilhommes Jazz (Six Syncopated Movements) Les petits riens The Sleeping Beauty Slonimsky's Earbox Swan Lake Symphonic Dances Jerome Robbins Dances at a Gathering Fancy Free Fanfare Glass Pieces The Goldberg Variations I'm Old Fashioned Interplay In the Night Ives, Songs

References

1. NY Times Anna Kisselgoff, June 22, 2000
2. Dance Magazine Wendy Perron, June, 2000
3. NY Times by Anna Kisselgoff, January 26, 2004
4. NY Times Gia Kourlas, June 20, 2005
5. NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, February 25, 2003