Damian Woetzel - Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Damian Woetzel began taking dance lessons at age four at a local school in Newton, Massachusetts. At the age of seven, he enrolled at the Boston Ballet School, and he appeared frequently in the Boston Ballet's production of The Nutcracker. In 1983, at age 15, he moved with his family to Los Angeles, where he joined the Los Angeles Ballet and graduated from high school the same year.
In December 1984 Mr. Woetzel became a student at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, and less than six months later joined New York City Ballet's corps de ballet. In early 1989 he was promoted to the rank of soloist, and later that same year, he was promoted to the rank of principal dancer.
Mr. Woetzel has danced more than 50 featured roles in the Company's repertory.
Ballet in America: The State of the Art with Damian Woetzel.
The New York City Ballet's Damian Woetzel discusses ballet and the state of art in America.
Some of the most inspired and provocative thinkers, writers, artists, business people, teachers and other leaders drawn from myriad fields and from across the country and around the world all gathered in a single place - to teach, speak, lead, question, and answer at the 2006 Aspen Ideas Festival. Throughout the week, they all interacted with an audience of thoughtful people who stepped back from their day-to-day routines to delve deeply into a world of ideas, thought, and discussion.