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.

Roles

originated featured roles

David Allan Pastoral Dances

John Alleyne The New Blondes

Robert La Fosse Duke! (Rockin' in Rhythm)

Miriam Mahdaviani Appalachia Waltz 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!)

Christopher Wheeldon Carnival of the Animals Carousel (A Dance)

featured roles

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