Taylor is a professional dancer in NYC, where she has performed on some of the biggest stages of the dance world. Carving her own path as a freelancer, she works with a variety of companies & shows in effort to land as much stage time as possible. Her extensive ballet background has led her to work in classical, contemporary, commercial, modern, and musical theater genres.
Currently an extra dancer with The Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Taylor danced 2 seasons in the ensemble of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular in NYC as an AGVA member.
She also danced at RCMH in David Byrne's World Tour Concert in Feb. 2009. She is SAG & AGMA eligible and appeared as Mary in the Nativity scene of the Radio City Xmas national commercial 2010.
She performed for XBOX Kinect's live launch in Times Square, in a promotion for ABC's 'Dancing with the Stars,' and in a 2005 episode of MTV's 'MADE.'
She was chosen for a solo work in Dance Theater Workshop's Studio Series residency with Oren Barnoy in 2011, dabbling in downtown dance.
As a student she performed with Boston Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Dances Patrelle, and the Ailey Extension Program.
Classical Repertoire
Soloist and corps roles in Balanchine’s “Divertimento No. 15,” “Raymonda Variations,” “Symphony Contertante,” and “The Nutcracker,” Lew Christiansen’s “Con Amore,” Cynthia Gregory’s “Swan Lake,” Bournonville’s “Napoli,” Don Quixote, La Bayadere, Coppelia, Le Corsaire, Giselle, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nutcracker, Paquita, Romeo & Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Pirates (principal).
Contemporary Repertoire
Original and repertory roles in Brian Reeder’s “Beat Goes On,” Christopher D’Amboise’s “On the Edge,” Roman Baca’s “Homecoming,” Rebecca Kelly’s “Travelers” and “Writing in Water,” Jacqui Young’s “Women’s Strength,” Ned Kinter’s “The Water Goblin,” Ian Colless’ “Ripple.2,” Michael Wright's "Re-evolution," Jeremy McQueen’s “Concerto Nuovo,” Oren Barnoy’s “Team Leader” at Dance Theater Workshop, Felice Lesser's "Funding the Arts."
