Silas Farley

Silas Farley (born Silas Farley started dancing at age seven. as well as former New York City Ballet principal dancers Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. At the time, since he was too young to choreograph at the student workshop there, he served as the unofficial ballet master and "the cheerleader with a notebook" for a piece by 18-year-old Lauren Lovette. Farley did so for another year, then choreographed for the workshop for two consecutive years. Farley attended SAB with scholarship and graduated after four years of training. Lead roles he performed include the Cavalier in Balanchine's The Nutcracker and Prince Ivan in Firebird. Throughout his time in the company, he was one of the few African American dancers in the company. He joined the board of the George Balanchine Foundation the same year. He also choreographed a video titled Werner Sonata for the Washington Ballet, and another for The Guggenheim's Works & Process series. He also made Collage & Creed for American Ballet Theatre, which premiered in June 2021 in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado.

Farley became the dean of the Colburn School's Trudl Zipper Dance Institute in July 2021, succeeding Jenifer Ringer. Darleen Callaghan, Farley's former teacher who remains a mentor, assumed the role of associate dean.

On May 5, 2022, Farley's first main stage production for the New York City Ballet, Architects of Time, premiered. He and composer David K. Israel were commissioned by the company to make a ballet inspired by a poem Balanchine wrote for Igor Stravinsky, who set it to a melody.

Personal life Farley is married to Cassia Wilson, also a ballet dancer.

As of 2020, he is studying at the Harvard Extension School.