Isabella Boylston

Isabella Boylston

Organization:

American ballet theatre(NY, USA)

School:

The HARID Conservatory(USA)

Academy of Colorado Ballet(USA)

Position:

Principal

Year:

2001

Awards:

Princess Grace Award 2009, Prix Benois de la Danse 2010, Clive Barnes Award 2011, Annenberg Fellowship 2014

Born in Sun Valley, Idaho, Isabella Boylston began dancing at the age of three. While training at the Academy of Colorado Ballet, she won the gold medal in 2001 at the Youth America Grand Prix Finals in New York City. In 2002, she began training at the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, on a full scholarship. Boylston joined the ABT Studio Company in 2005, the main Company as an apprentice in May 2006 and the corps de ballet in March 2007. She was promoted to Soloist in June 2011 and to Principal Dancer in August 2014. Boylston won the 2009 Princess Grace Award and was nominated for the 2010 Prix Benois de la Danse. In 2011 she received the Clive Barnes Award. She was the recipient of the 2014 Annenberg Fellowship. She has appeared as a guest artist with the Mariinsky Ballet in St. Petersburg and the Royal Danish Ballet. Ms. Boylston’s performances with American Ballet Theatre are sponsored by Linda Allard and Andrea and Ken Brodlieb.