赛拉斯法利

赛拉斯法利 is a ballet teacher 和 choreographer. He currently serves as Armstrong 艺术ist in Residence in Ballet in the Meadows School of the 艺术s at Southern Methodist University (SMU). He is a former dancer with 纽约城市芭蕾舞团 和 former Dean of the Trudl Zipper 跳舞 Institute at The 伯恩学校 in Los Angeles, CA.

Farley began his training when he was seven years old in his hometown of Charlotte, NC with Sal 和 Barbara Messina at King David Christian Conservatory. He continued his training at Charlotte Ballet Academy with Hamburg Ballet alumni Kathryn Moriarty 和 Mark Diamond 和 纽约城市芭蕾舞团 alumni Patricia McBride 和 Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. He completed his ballet training at the School of American Ballet.

He joined 纽约城市芭蕾舞团 in 2012 和 danced with the Company until 2020. There he performed principal roles in the works of George Balanchine 和 Christopher Wheeldon 和 originated roles in ballets by Wheeldon, Lauren Lovette 和 Justin Peck.

Farley has taught nationally 和 internationally, including for the School of American Ballet, 纽约城市芭蕾舞团, 美国芭蕾舞剧院, The School at 雅各布的枕头, 休斯敦芭蕾舞团, 斯洛伐克国家芭蕾舞团, 伯恩学校, 皮博迪音乐学院, 西蒙学校, Chautauqua School of 跳舞, Duke Ellington School of the 艺术s, University of Southern California Glorya Kaufman School of 跳舞 和 肯尼迪中心.

He has choreographed for the School of American Ballet, The School at 雅各布的枕头, the New York Choreographic Institute, Columbia Ballet Collaborative at Columbia University, 作品 & Process at 古根海姆, 休斯敦芭蕾舞团, 华盛顿芭蕾舞团, 美国芭蕾舞剧院 和 纽约城市芭蕾舞团. Farley’s choreography has been presented at Lincoln Center, 肯尼迪中心, 雅各布的枕头, 古根海姆, the Metropolitan Museum of 艺术, the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in Los Angeles, CA, 和 Teatro Nacional de Cuba in Havana.

In 2017, Farley collaborated with poet Ilya Kaminsky on the ballet adaptation of Kaminsky’s book, 聋的共和国, at Grace Farms Foundation. 在2017年秋天, Farley was commissioned by MetLive艺术s to choreograph a site-specific work at The Metropolitan Museum of 艺术. 工作, 来自灵魂的歌曲, was made in collaboration with the 耳边喧嚣 podcast 和 was set to music by currently 和 formerly incarcerated musicians from San Quentin State Prison. The ballet premiered at The Met Museum in 2019.

In 2022, Farley choreographed a new work for 纽约城市芭蕾舞团 to a new score by David K. 以色列. 芭蕾舞剧，名为 时间的建筑师, was commissioned for 纽约城市芭蕾舞团’s celebration of the 50th Anniversary of its 1972 Stravinsky Festival.

In 2022, Farley choreographed Fanfare for the Common Man to the score by Aaron Copl和 as a dance film for 华盛顿芭蕾舞团. The ballet was filmed for Marquee TV on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to mark the monument’s 100th anniversary.

Farley was an inaugural Jerome Robbins 跳舞 Division Research Fellow at The New York Public Library for the Performing 艺术s. In 2023, Farley served as a Scholar in Residence at the 雅各布的枕头 跳舞 Festival for the debut performances of The Royal Ballet. 他曾为 舞蹈杂志 和 舞蹈指数 和 lectured for the 纽约城市芭蕾舞团, 纽约爱乐乐团, Saratoga Performing 艺术s Center, Park Avenue Armory 和 Museum of Modern 艺术. Farley is the writer 和 host of the 纽约城市芭蕾舞团 podcast, 聆听舞蹈. He served as the Armstrong Visiting 艺术ist in Residence in Ballet in the Meadows School of the 艺术s at Southern Methodist University for the 2020–21 academic year.

从2021年到2023年, Farley served as Dean of the Trudl Zipper 跳舞 Institute at The 伯恩学校 in Los Angeles, CA. 在科尔本的时候, Farley implemented an enhanced multi-genre training regimen 和 began new courses in Choreography 和 艺术istic Inquiry – a university-style lecture course exploring the evolution of ballet 和 its relationship to the other arts. In 2022, he instituted a Summer Ballet Intensive that welcomed guest artists including Suki Schorer, Jodie Gates 和 Michael Montgomery. He fostered collaboration between the dance program 和 all music units of the institution: Conservatory, 音乐学院, 和 Community School of Performing 艺术s. He choreographed new works for students to the music of Michael Praetorius, 比利Strayhorn, 下午部分, 塞缪尔·巴伯, 卡尔奥尔夫, Maurice Ravel 和 Shelley Washington. He facilitated masterclasses 和 lectures with leaders in the world of music 和 dance, 包括詹姆斯·康伦, 约翰Neumeier, 苏珊Jaffe, 凯尔·亚伯拉罕, 阿朗佐·金, 和 he curated an evening of Colburn students in performance at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.

Farley serves on the Board of The George Balanchine Foundation.