PNB dancer Ryan Cardea. Photo by Lindsay Thomas.

Ryan Cardea

Corps de Ballet

Pronouns: He/Him
Corps de Ballet: 2010
Apprentice: 2009

Ryan Cardea is from New York, New York. He studied on scholarship at the School of American Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and he attended summer courses at American Ballet Theatre, Chautauqua School of Dance, Miami City Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School, where he was a 2009 recipient of the Flemming Halby Exchange with the Royal Danish Ballet School.

Leading & Featured Roles

Coppélia // George Balanchine

Dr. Coppelius

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® // George Balanchine

Herr Drosselmeier, Solider Doll, Tea, Candy Cane

A Midsummer Night’s Dream // George Balanchine

Lysander

Prodigal Son // George Balanchine

Friend

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue // George Balanchine

Gangster

arms that work // Andrew Bartee
Giselle // Peter Boal

Old Man

One Thousand Pieces // Alejandro Cerrudo
Rassemblement // Nacho Duato
New Suite // William Forsythe
The Sleeping Beauty // Ronald Hynd

Catalabutte, Puss in Boots

Forgotten Land // Jiří Kylián
Sechs Tänze (Six Dances) // Jiří Kylián
Roméo et Juliette // Jean-Christophe Maillot

Acolyte

3 Movements // Benjamin Millepied
Debonair // Justin Peck
Plot Point // Crystal Pite
Don Quixote // Alexei Ratmansky

Harlequin

Cinderella // Kent Stowell

Harlequin

Nutcracker // Kent Stowell

Herr Drosselmeier, Commedia

Swan Lake // Kent Stowell

Neapolitan Dance

Signature // Price Suddarth
Afternoon Ball // Twyla Tharp
Nine Sinatra Songs // Twyla Tharp

Original Roles

Love and Loss // Donald Byrd
Place a Chill // Marco Goecke
Kammermusik No. 3 // Mark Morris
Picnic // Noelani Pantastico
Salt of the Earth // Ezra Thomson