Arch Higgins Explained

Arch Higgins (born Berkeley, California) was a soloist with New York City Ballet. He began his study at eight years with Berkeley Ballet Theater with former City Ballet dancer Sally Streets. From 1982 he attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet which he entered full-time on scholarship four years later. He was the recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award and joined the NYCB corps de ballet in 1989. Higgins was promoted to soloist in 1998 and danced until 2011. He is now a guest teacher for the company and assistant children's ballet master.

Rôles

originated featured rôles

David Allan

• Pastoral Dances

John Alleyne

• The New Blondes

Robert La Fosse

• Duke! (Rockin' in Rhythm)

Miriam Mahdaviani

• Appalachia Waltz^{[1] [2]}
• Correlazione

Peter Martins

• Reliquary

Trey McIntyre

• Rain
• Steel

Kevin O'Day

• Swerve Poems

Jerome Robbins

• West Side Story Suite

Susan Stroman

• Double Feature (Makin' Whoopee!)^[3]

Christopher Wheeldon

• Carnival of the Animals^[4]
• Carousel (A Dance)^[5]

featured rôles

George Balanchine

• Agon
• Allegro Brillante
• Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
• Chaconne
• Divertimento No. 15
• Episodes
• The Four Temperaments
• Haieff Divertimento
• Jewels (Emeralds)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Mozartiana
• The Nutcracker (Balanchine)
• Prodigal Son
• Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze
• Symphony in C
• Symphony in Three Movements
• Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
• Union Jack
• La Valse
• Vienna Waltzes

Peter Martins

• Ash
• Delight of the Muses
• Les Gentilhommes
• Jazz (Six Syncopated Movements)
• Les petits riens
• The Sleeping Beauty
• Slonimsky's Earbox
• Swan Lake
• Symphonic Dances

Jerome Robbins

• Dances at a Gathering
• Fancy Free
• Fanfare
• Glass Pieces
• The Goldberg Variations
• I'm Old Fashioned
• Interplay
• In the Night
• Ives, Songs

References

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/22/arts/dance-review-dips-slides-and-high-kicks-updated-in-a-rural-setting.html NY Times
2. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1083/is_6_74/ai_62685056 Dance Magazine
3. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/26/arts/city-ballet-review-plenty-of-pastiche-and-pizazz-but-sorry-no-popcorn.html NY Times
4. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/20/arts/dance/20ball.html NY Times
5. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/25/arts/city-ballet-review-whiffs-of-carousel-perfume-a-love-duet.html NY Times