Indiana Woodward

Indiana Woodward (born )

Woodward's early ballet training was in the Russian ballet style. Beginning at age 10, she trained with Yuri Grigoriev, She also attended intensives at Bolshoi Ballet Academy and Kirov Academy of Ballet. She was chosen for soloist roles early on in her career, including in Wheeldon's Soirée Musicale. In 2016, she danced as the Sylph in La Sylphide in order to replace an injured dancer.

In February 2017, she was promoted to soloist. Among the ballets she had dance featured roles whilst a soloist include Balanchine's Symphony in C, as Sugar Plum Fairy and Dewdrop in The Nutcracker, Calliope in Apollo, Robbins' West Side Story Suite, "Winter" from The Four Seasons, as Juliet in Martins' Romeo + Juliet, as Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Wheeldon's Mercurial Manoeuvres, Peck's Year of the Rabbit, The Times Are Racing and Principia, and Ratmansky's Pictures at an Exhibition. She also originated roles in Peck's Pulcinella Variations (2017), Tanowitz's Bartók Ballet and Liang's Lineage (both 2019).

In October 2021, Woodward was named principal dancer. Her promotion came soon after the company return to performing after the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as multiple principal dancers' retirements. Ballets she had since performed include Balanchine's La Valse, Sonatine, Duo Concertant, Haieff Divertimento and the Divertissement in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Robbins'The Four Seasons, Piano Pieces, Fancy Free and Rondo, as well as Ratmansky's Concerto DSCH. She also originated a role in Roberts' Emanon — in Two Movements and Reisen's Play Time (both 2022).

Personal life As of 2022, Woodward lives in Upper West Side, Manhattan. She is studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree at Fordham University, with plans to major in anthropology.