NYCB: Miriam Miller promoted to Principal

New York City Ballet announced today that Miriam Miller has been promoted to Principal Dancer.

“The promotion was made on Thursday, January 30 by NYCB Artistic Director Jonathan Stafford and Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan, following a performance of George Balanchine’s Variations Pour une Porte et un Soupir, in which Miller performed the leading female role,” the company said in a press release dated on 31st January 2025.

Miller is scheduled to debut in Alexei Ratmansky’s new work for the companyon 7th February. The new work is apparently Paquita!

Miller, from Iowa, became an apprentice of the New York City Ballet in January 2015 and joined the company as a corps member a year later. In 2022, she became Soloist.

While still an apprentice with the company, she performed the role of Titania in George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Congratulations!