Carrie Imler

Carrie Imler (born 1977 or 1978)[1] is an American ballet dancer. She joined the Pacific Northwest Ballet in 1995 and became a principal dancer in 2002. She retired in 2017, following a 22-year career, and started teaching at the company's school.

Carrie Imler
Born1977/1978 (age 42–43)
NationalityAmerican
EducationCentral Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
Pacific Northwest Ballet School
Seattle University
Occupationballet dancer
Former groupsPacific Northwest Ballet

Early life

Imler was raised in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.[2] She received her ballet training at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and summer intensives at the School of American Ballet.[3]

Career

In 1995, Imler joined the Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice, and joined the corps de ballet the following year.[4] She was promoted to soloist in 2000,[4] and principal dancer two years later following a performance of The Rite of Spring.[5]

Imler had danced lead roles in nearly 100 ballets,[5] such as Swan Lake, Don Quixote, The Merry Widow and Giselle,[1][4] and works by George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp and Alexei Ratmansky.[3] According to colleague Jonathan Porretta, she could jump as high as the men in the company.[1] A video of Imler dancing the 32 fouetté turns from the Black Swan pas de deux from Swan Lake went viral on YouTube.[2][6]

Imler retired from performing in 2017. In her last performance, she danced Balanchine's Theme and Variations, the Black Swan pas de deux, an excerpt from Tharp's Nine Sinatra Songs and a new ballet by Kiyon Gaines.[2] Having been in the company for twenty-two years, she and Batkhurel Bold, a frequent partner who retired the same year, are the company's longest-serving principal dancers.[4] Following her retirement, she joined the company school's faculty.[2]

Personal life

Imler started studying at the Seattle University in 2007, while recovering from a hip injury.[4]

References
  1. Sillman, Marcie (September 25, 2014). "Can we discuss those fouettes? Seattle's Carrie Imler is fierce". KUOW.
  2. Macdonald, Moira (May 26, 2017). "Their last dance: Pacific Northwest Ballet stars will twirl one more time before retiring". The Seattle Times.
  3. "Carrie Imler and Batkhurel Bold plan to retire". Dance Informa. December 13, 2016.
  4. Davis, Darren (June 7, 2017). "After 22 Years, Carrie Imler Says Goodbye to Pacific Northwest Ballet". Seattle Met.
  5. Burbank, Megan (June 7, 2017). "A Farewell to Seattle's Badass Ballerina". The Stranger.
  6. Macdonald, Moira (January 25, 2018). "Watch: Here's how PNB's 'Swan Lake' lead dancers tackle the notoriously difficult 32 fouetté turns". Seattle Times.
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