Isabella Boylston, [Dancer]

BIO: Born in Sun Valley, Idaho, Isabella Boylston began dancing at the age of three. While training at the Academy of Colorado Ballet, she won the gold medal in 2001 at the Youth America Grand Prix Finals in New York City. In 2002, she began training at the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, on a full scholarship. There she performed numerous leading roles, including Medora in Le Corsaire, the pas de trois from Paquita, Lise in La Fille mal gardée and the Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker.
Boylston joined the ABT Studio Company in 2005, the main company as an apprentice in May 2006 and the corps de ballet in March 2007. Her repertory with the Company includes the Ballerina in The Bright Stream, Moss in Cinderella, Aurora in Coppélia, an Odalisque in Le Corsaire, a flower girl in Don Quixote, the second girl in Fancy Free, the peasant pas de deux and Moyna in Giselle, a Harlot in Romeo and Juliet, Princess Florine and the Fairy of Fervor in The Sleeping Beauty, the pas de trois and the Polish Princess in Swan Lake, the Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, the lead in Theme and Variations and roles in Ballo della Regina, Birthday Offering, Brief Fling, Désir, Everything Doesn’t Happen at Once and From Here On Out.
She created leading roles in Lauri Stallings’ Citizen, Alexei Ratmansky’s Dumbarton and Christopher Wheeldon’s Thirteen Diversions.
Boylston won the 2009 Princess Grace Award and was nominated for the 2010 Prix Benois de la Danse. She was promoted to Soloist in June 2011.

• "I discovered Isabella Boylston on YouTube, randomly, as I was looking up dance videos for inspiration. Unlike my other posts, I do not know her personally. However, she helped change my perception on ballet technique, and I started working towards a better approach to the form. I do not have the best body for dance, but because Boylston's work is extremely clear on her facility, I was able to understand how to apply the movement to my body. I love her because she is as light as a feather when dancing. Her thought behind the movement is direct and effortless. I have not been graced with the opportunity of seeing her perform, but I am more than willing to spend any amount of expensive ticket money to. If she can move me through a moving image on the internet, then she can do a billion times better at a live performance. I think the ABT recognizes her light because so far, she has been in each level of the company for one year. Now, I think they will keep her as a Soloist for a little bit, to not scathe the beautiful Misty Copeland who should be a Principal by now, but I absolutely cannot wait until she is a Principal! Boylston is a true breath of fresh air."

Isabella Boylston: American Ballet Theatre

Everything Doesn't Happen at Once Duet  : This is one of my favorite duets choreographed by Benjamin Millepied with Isabella Boylston, and Principal ABT dancer, Marcello Gomez.