PNB dancer Kyle Davis. Photo by Lindsay Thomas.

Kyle Davis

Principal

Pronouns: He/Him
Principal: 2020
Soloist: 2016
Corps de Ballet: 2009
Apprentice: 2008

Kyle Davis (he/him) is from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He trained at Makaroff School of Ballet and on scholarship at Rock School for Dance Education and North Carolina School of the Arts, and attended summer courses on scholarship at Milwaukee Ballet School, the School of American Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. He also studied with Ethan Stiefel and Warren Conover.

In 2008, Kyle won the Prix de Lausanne competition in Lausanne, Switzerland. He also won various awards in the Youth American Grand Prix Regional and Finals in 2005 and 2006. He was a 2007-2008 recipient of the Elizabeth Harriet Weaver Memorial Scholarship and the Martha and Spencer Love Foundation Scholarship for Excellence in the Arts at the North Carolina School of the Arts.

Kyle’s works for PNB’s NEXT STEP choreographers’ showcase include Sylvia Pas de Deux (2012), Fanfare and Waltz from “Sylvia” (2013), A Hundred Ways to Paint the Portion of a Plane Bounded by Such a Curve, Part Two (2015), Make It So (2016), and Variegated Voices (2017). In 2014, he choreographed the third act of Sylvia for PNB School’s Annual School Performance. He has also created work for Chop Shop Contemporary Dance Festival and was a 2017 choreographic resident at University of North Carolina School of the Arts. In 2018, Kyle choreographed A Dark and Lonely Space for PNB’s mainstage. In 2021 he choreographed Las Estrellas for PNB’s digital season.

Leading & Featured Roles

Allegro Brillante // George Balanchine
Agon // George Balanchine
Jewels // George Balanchine

Emeralds, Rubies

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® // George Balanchine

Cavalier, Solider Doll, Hot Chocolate, Tea, Candy Cane

A Midsummer Night’s Dream // George Balanchine

Oberon, Puck

Prodigal Son // George Balanchine

Friend

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue // George Balanchine

Morrisine

La Source // George Balanchine
Square Dance // George Balanchine
Tarantella // George Balanchine
Theme and Variations // George Balanchine
arms that work // Andrew Bartee
Giselle // Peter Boal

Albert, Peasant pas de deux

Little mortal jump // Alejandro Cerrudo
One Thousand Pieces // Alejandro Cerrudo
Empire Noir // David Dawson
New Suite // William Forsythe
Rush // Paul Gibson
Place a Chill // Marco Goecke
The Sleeping Beauty // Ronald Hynd

Prince Florimund, Bluebird pas de deux, Gold and Silver pas de trois

Petite Mort // Jiří Kylián
Her Door to the Sky // Jessica Lang
Roméo et Juliette // Jean-Christophe Maillot

Benvolio, Acolyte

Cylindrical Shadows // Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Debonair // Justin Peck
The Times Are Racing // Justin Peck
Year of the Rabbit // Justin Peck
Emergence // Crystal Pite
Plot Point // Crystal Pite
Concerto DSCH // Alexei Ratmansky
Pictures at an Exhibition // Alexei Ratmansky
Wartime Elegy // Alexei Ratmansky
Dances at a Gathering // Jerome Robbins
Carmina Burana // Kent Stowell
Cinderella // Kent Stowell

Prince, Jester, Evil Sprite

Nutcracker // Kent Stowell

Prince

Swan Lake // Kent Stowell

Prince Siegfried, Jester, Wolfgang, Pas de trois, Neapolitan

Brief Fling // Twyla Tharp
Waiting at the Station // Twyla Tharp

Son

Waterbaby Bagatelles // Twyla Tharp

Original Roles

Love and Loss // Donald Byrd
Ghost Variations // Jessica Lang
The Veil Between Worlds // Edwaard Liang
Kammermusik No. 3 // Mark Morris
Bacchus // Matthew Neenan
Signature // Price Suddarth