Carla Körbes

Career Körbes became an apprentice the New York City Ballet in 1999, and joined the company as a full-time corps de ballet member the following year. She received the Janice Levin Dancer Award in the 2001-02 season. She was named soloist in 2005. Later that year, she joined the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, when Boal became the artistic director of PNB. She made her company debut as a demi-soloist in Symphony in Three Movements. The following year, she was promoted to principal dancer.

Körbes was named one of "25 to Watch" by Dance Magazine in 2006. Alastair Macaulay, dance critic of The New York Times, has repeatedly singled out her performances for praise. In 2010, during a nationwide tour of the Nutcracker season, he stated that Körbes was the best dancer he had seen of the tour, and in 2012, in a review of the Vail International Dance Festival, he stated that Körbes "is one of the finest ballerinas appearing in America today; some think her the finest, and last weekend I felt in no mood to contradict them."

In 2014, at age 33, Körbes announced she would leave PNB in June 2015, as "her body needs something different" following a knee surgery. Per PNB tradition, her final performance was a program for departing dancers, which she danced Jessica Lang's The Calling, Balanchine's Serenade and "Diamonds" from Jewels.

In 2015, Körbes was named an artist in residence at the Vail International Dance Festival. Later that year, she became the associate artistic director of L.A. Dance Project, which was directed by Benjamin Millepied. She also taught at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. She occasionally performs at festivals and galas.

In 2017 she joined the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music ballet faculty as an associate professor.

Personal life In April 2015 she married British photographer Patrick Fraser and later that year gave birth to a baby boy named Rafael.

Selected repertoire Körbes' repertoire with the New York City Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet includes: