Sterling Hyltin

Sterling Hyltin is an American ballet dancer. She was a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet.

Early life and training Hyltin was born in Amarillo, Texas. She wanted to be a figure skater, and would train before school started. However, Hyltin's mother also enrolled her to ballet classes. When she was 12, she auditioned for School of American Ballet, but was rejected. She was ultimately accepted by SAB's summer program in 2000, and stayed in New York as a full-time student.

Hyltin received the Janice Levin Dancer Award in 2005-06, which was given to promising corps dancers of NYCB.

Hyltin was a teaching fellow at School of American Ballet between 2014 and 2016. She became a permanent faculty in 2016.

She defended Peter Martins, then Ballet Master in Chief of the New York City Ballet, when he was accused of physical and sexual abuse.

Hyltin retired in December 2022 after performing the Sugarplum Fairy in the George Balanchine version of The Nutcracker.

Selected repertoire

Afternoon of a Faun Apollo Ballo della Regina The Concert Concerto DSCH Coppélia (Swanilda) Dances at a Gathering The Four Seasons (Spring, Winter) Harlequinade (Lead Alouette) "Rubies" from Jewels A Midsummer Night's Dream (Divertissement, Hermia, Butterfly) The Nutcracker Serenade The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Eloquence, White Cat, Princess Florine) La Source Swan Lake (Balanchine version) (Odette) Swan Lake (Martins version) (Odette/Odile, Pas de Quatre, Pas de Trois) La Sylphide (The Sylph [NYCB Premiere])

Symphony in C (Second and Third Movements) La Valse Western Symphony

Created roles Robert Binet: The Blue of Distance Kim Brandstrup: Jeux Jean-Pierre Frohlich: Varied Trio (in four) Douglas Lee: Lifecasting Pontus Lidberg: The Shimmering Asphalt Annabelle Lopez Ochoa: Unframed Wayne McGregor: Outlier Peter Martins: Bal de Couture, Romeo + Juliet (Juliet), The Red Violin Benjamin Millepied: Neverwhere, Plainspoken Alexey Miroshnichenko: The Lady with The Little Dog Justin Peck: Everywhere We Go, The Most Incredible Thing (The Princess), Paz de la Jolla, Pulcinella Variations Alexei Ratmansky: Odessa Christopher Wheeldon: Rococo Variations

Personal life In 2019, Hyltin married Ryan Bailes, a research analyst at an investment management firm.