Arlene Shuler

Arlene Shuler is an American arts administrator and former ballet dancer. Until 2022, she was the president and chief executive of the New York City Center.

Biography Shuler grew up in Cleveland playing ballet. She began her training at age six under Marguerite Duncan in Cleveland and then entered the School of American Ballet in New York City. The success of the new programs increased the center's budget from under $10 million in 2003 to $27.6 million in 2021.

Shuler received the Capezio Dance Award in 2009 that awards an individual or institution whose “innovation, creativity, and imagination . . . bring respect, stature, and distinction to dance.”

Personal life Shuler is married to Nigel Redden, former director of the Lincoln Center Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, and Santa Fe Opera.