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Nicholas Patterson

demi Soloist

Meet Nicholas

Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
Nicholas Patterson began his training at the Richmond Ballet School in 2005 at the age of 8. After 7 years in the school he went to the Boston Ballet Summer Intensive and was accepted into the Preprofessional Program for the upcoming year. After a year in the Preprofessional Program, he was asked to join the Boston Ballet Trainee Program. After completing two years in the trainee program, he was offered a job at the Orlando Ballet. He spent 4 seasons in the Orlando Ballet Company before joining Philadelphia Ballet, formerly Pennsylvania Ballet, for our 2019/2020 Season as a member of the Corps De Ballet. He was promoted to the rank of Demi Soloist for the 2022/2023 Season.

PERSONAL QUOTE

“Failure is your best teacher. You cannot truly learn without making mistakes”
– Nicholas Patterson

FUN FACT

Nicholas used to play ice hockey and still knows how to ice skate.

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Performance Highlights

With Philadelphia Ballet:

  • George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®  (Lead Candy Cane)
  • Angel Corella’s La Bayadere (Bronze Idol)
  • George Balanchine’s Symphony in C (Third Movement Lead)
  • Angel Corella’s Swan Lake (Beno)
  • Angel Corella’s Don Quixote (Lead Gypsy)
  • Yin Yue’s A Trace of Inevitability
  • Stanton Welch’s Clear (Lead Man)
  • Angel Corella and Russell Ducker’s Suspended in Time
  • Hans Van Manen’s 5 Tango’s
  • Angel Corella’s Landscaping the Mist
  • Angel Corella’s Raymonda Suite
  • Meredith Rainey’s Spillway

With Orlando Ballet:

  • Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free (Sailor One)
  • Robert Hill’s The Nutcracker (Cavalier, Snow King)
  • Robert Hill’s Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio)
  • Michael Pink’s Dracula (Bell Boy)
  • Val Caniparoli’s A Cinderella Story (Dog)
  • Arcadian Broad’s Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere)
  • Arcadian Broad’s Wonderland (White Rabbit)

International Ballet Competitions:

  • Varna International Ballet Competition (2016 and 2018)
  • Beijing International Ballet Competition (2019)

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