Catherine Hurlin

Catherine Hurlin is an American ballet dancer. She is currently a soloist with (ABT). 
Catherine Hurlin was born in New York City born on January 21, 1996. Hurlin began her training at age five with Westchester Dance Academy and Scarsdale Ballet Studio in White Plains, New York. Hurlin's early dance school, Westchester Dance Academy, is known for its competition dance aura. She began dancing competitively and trained in many dance styles. The dance academy chose to compete in Youth America Grand Prix, a world-renowned ballet competition.
In 2007, Catherine Hurlin was invited to the Youth America Grand Prix finals located in New York City. Here she was awarded The Hope Award. In 2008, she was given a full scholarship to the official school of the American Ballet Theater, the (JKO). At the time the school was under the direction of Franco De Vita.
Hurlin's extensive performance experience includes her being cast in the role of Clara three years in a row in The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. In 2012, she was promoted to American Ballet Theater's pre-professional company named the ABT Studio Company. While dancing with the studio company, she starred in roles such as The Dying Swan in Alexei Ratmansky's Carnival of the Animals (also known as Le Carnaval des Animaux). Other features include Flames of Paris, Tarantella (choreography by George Balanchine), Verdi, (Raymond Luken), and Airs Paul Taylor. During her time at the JKO school, she performed roles in Mozartiana, The Sleeping Beauty, and Le Corsaire. Hurlin was also known to create a new role, Young Clara, in Ratmansky's The Nutcracker. 
In December of 2013, Hurlin was placed as an apprentice in the main company. The following year she given a contract to join the Corps de Ballet in June 2014. Four years later, she was promoted to the rank of a soloist.
Awards
Award 	Year	Organization
The Hope Award 	2007	Youth America Grand Prix
Angelina Ballerina Stars of Tomorrow Scholarship	2010	Dizzy Feet Foundation
Northern Training Scholar 	2011	?
Roles Since Joining American Ballet Theater
Name 	Role 	Choreographer
After Your (2015) 	Featured Role 	Mark Morris
Aftereffect (2013) 	Featured Role 	Marcelo Gomes
AFTERITE 	Leading Role 	Wayne McGregor
La Bayadère 	Lead D'Jampe; Third Shade 	Natalia Makarova
The Brahms-Haydn Variations	Featured Role 	Twyla Tharp
Company B 	Featured Role 	Paul Taylor
Le Corsaire 	Odalisque 	Konstantin Sergeyev after and Marius Petipa
Deuce Coupe 	Featured Role 	Twyla Tharp
Don Quixote 	Flower Girl 	Alexander Gorsky;
Staged by Kevin Mckenzie and Sandra Jones
Firebird 	Lead Maiden 	Alexei Ratmansky
Garden Blue 	Leading Role 	Jessica Lang
A Gathering of Ghosts 	Greased Lightning 	Twyla Tharp
Giselle 	Myrta; Peasant Pas de Deux 	After Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa; staged by Kevin Mckenzie
Her Notes 	Leading Role 	Jessica Lang
I Feel The Earth Move 	Leading Role 	Benjamin Millepied
In the Upper Room 	Featured Role 	Twyla Tharp
Jane Eyre 	Young Jane 	Cathy Marson
Let Me Sing Forevermore 	Leading Role 	Jessica Lang
”Manon'' 	Lescaut's Mistress 	Kenneth MacMillan
New American Romance 	Leading Role 	James Whiteside
The Nutcracker 	Canteen Keeper; Nutcracker's Sister; Spanish Dance 	Alexei Ratmansky
Of Love and Rage 	Callirhoe 	Alexei Ratmansky
On the Dnieper 	Olga 	Alexei Ratmansky
Praedicere 	Featured Role 	Michelle Dorrance
Romeo and Juliet 	Harlot 	Kenneth MacMillan
The Seasons 	Hail; Bacchante 	Alexei Ratmansky
The Sleeping Beauty 	Princess Florine (Bluebird); The Fairy Violente (Temperament); The White Cat; Cinderella	Alexei Ratmansky
Songs of Bukovina 	Featured Role 	Alexei Ratmansky
Swan Lake 	Pas de trois; Big Swan 	Kevin Mckenzie after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Thirteen Diversions 	Leading Role 	Christopher Wheeldon
Whipped Cream 	Mademoiselle Marianne Chartreuse 	Alexei Ratmansky
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