Arch Higgins
Arch Higgins 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
- Duke!
Miriam Mahdaviani
- Appalachia Waltz
- Correlazione
Peter Martins
- Reliquary
Trey McIntyre
- Rain
- Steel
Kevin O'Day
- Swerve Poems
Jerome Robbins
- West Side Story Suite
Susan Stroman
- Double Feature
Christopher Wheeldon
- Carnival of the Animals
- Carousel
featured rôles
George Balanchine