‘Gotta Dance: An interview with Tyler Angle, Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet, enthusiastic Brooklynite
Since 1964, when it became the second building constructed on the new Lincoln Center campus, the New York State Theater (known since November 2008 as the David H. Koch Theater) has been home to the New York City Ballet, one of the city’s, and the world’s, great cultural treasures.
As one walks into the lobby, (and now that “The Nutcracker” has begun its annual holiday season, through Jan. 3, 2016, there will be multitudes entering) on the right wall closest to the entrance in alphabetical order, are black and white photographs of NYCB’s principal male dancers. The first photograph is of Jared Angle, who has been a principal since November of 2005. Next to him is a photograph of his brother Tyler Angle, who has been a principal since October of 2009. (The hierarchy in ballet is “apprentice,” “member of the corps de ballet,” “soloist,” and finally, the highest ranking attainable, “principal dancer.”) Although they are originally from Altoona, Pennsylvania, they both now reside in Brooklyn, as does a third brother Bradley. It would seem the Angles of Altoona have colonized the borough of Brooklyn.
(Interestingly, NYCB has two other sets of siblings: Megan and Robert Fairchild and Abi and Jonathan Stafford, although Robert Fairchild is on temporary leave starring in “An American in Paris” on Broadway and Jonathan Stafford recently retired from his principal dancer role and is now a ballet master for the company.)