Peter Boal

Artistic Director, PNB
Director, PNB School

Peter Boal was raised in Bedford, New York. At the age of nine, he began studying ballet at the School of American Ballet. Peter became a member of New York City Ballet’s corps de ballet in 1983 and a principal dancer in 1989. In 2005, he retired from New York City Ballet to become Artistic Director of PNB. In addition to overseeing all artistic operations, he has staged works of George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Ulysses Dove for PNB and other companies.