Gabe Stone Shayer studied with Alexei Boltov and Alexei and Natalia Cherov, going on to train at The Rock School for Dance Education. In 2009, he participated in YAGP and attended the Bolshoi Ballet Academy Program in Moscow, winning First Place for Best Male Dancer. In 2010, He won the YAGP Semi-Final Grand Prix, and became a finalist at the USAIBC in Jackson, Mississippi. Shayer then joined the Bolshoi Ballet Academy under the tutelage of Ilya Kuznetsov. After touring with the academy ballet, he joined the ABT Studio Company in 2011, and the main Company in 2012.