{{short description|American ballet dancer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox dancer | name = Rebecca Krohn | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|35|2017|03|28}} | birth_place = Vestal, New York | nationality = | citizenship = | education = School of American Ballet | occupation = {{flatlist| *ballet dancer *ballet master}} | years_active = 1998-2017 | height = | spouse = {{marriage|Adam Hendrickson|2011}} | partner = | children = | website = <!-- {{URL|website}} --> | current_group = New York City Ballet | former_groups = | dances = | module = }}
'''Rebecca Krohn''' (born 1981/1982)<ref name=Foster/> is an American retired ballet dancer. She danced with the New York City Ballet as a principal dancer until her retirement in 2017, then became a ballet master and served as one of the interim leaders between late 2017 and early 2019.
==Early life== Krohn was born and raised in Vestal, New York.<ref name=playbill>{{cite news|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/new-york-city-ballet-loses-a-principal-dancer-but-gains-a-ballet-master|title=New York City Ballet Loses a Principal Dancer But Gains a Ballet Master|magazine=Playbill|last=Trucco|first=Terry|date=October 3, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycballet.com/Dancers/Dancers-Bios/Rebecca-Krohn.aspx|title=Rebecca Krohn|website=New York City Ballet|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005060242/http://www.nycballet.com/Dancers/Dancers-Bios/Rebecca-Krohn.aspx|archivedate=October 5, 2017}}</ref> She started ballet at age four after seeing ''The Nutcracker''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.balletnews.co.uk/cupcakes-and-conversation-with-rebecca-krohn-principal-new-york-city-ballet/|title=Cupcakes and Conversation with Rebecca Krohn, Principal, New York City Ballet|website=Ballet News|date=April 30, 2013}}</ref> Starting from age 10, she attended summer programs at the Chautauqua Ballet, which was run by Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux.<ref name=playbill/> In 1995, when Krohn was 14, encouraged by McBride and Bonnefoux, she entered the School of American Ballet in New York City.<ref name=playbill/><ref name=Barone>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/arts/dance/new-york-city-ballet-designers-fall-fashion-gala.html|title=New York City Ballet Unveils Designers for Its Fall Fashion Gala|newspaper=New York Times|last=Barone|first=Joshia|date=July 25, 2017}}</ref>
==Career== In 1998, at age 17, Krohn became an apprentice with the New York City Ballet. Krohn joined the corps de ballet the following year,<ref name=playbill/><ref name=Barone/> and appeared in the 2000 ''Center Stage'' as a background dancer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dancespirit.com/center-stage-20-anniversary-2645786483.html|title=The Making of "Center Stage," as Remembered by Its Dance Stars|magazine=Dance Spirit|last=Fuhler|first=Margaret|date=April 22, 2020}}</ref> She became a soloist in 2006,<ref name=Barone/> danced in the film version of Robbins' ''N.Y. Export: Op. Jazz'' in 2010,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/03/a-little-seen-ballet-hits-the-screen-in-a-big-modern-way|title=Opus Jazz Dances to Your TV Screen|magazine=Vanity Fair|last=Wolcott|first=James|date=March 23, 2010}}</ref> and was promoted to principal dancer in 2012.<ref name=Barone/> She learned Balanchine repertory from ballet masters who worked with him, and had worked with choreographers such as Justin Peck and Benjamin Millepied.<ref name=playbill/> On October 7, 2017, Krohn retired from performing after a performance of in Balanchine's ''Stravinsky Violin Concerto'', for which she danced the Aria I role.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/arts/dance/new-york-city-ballet-rebecca-krohn-cortege-hongrois.html|title=A Farewell and Other Dramas at New York City Ballet|newspaper=New York Times|last=Macaulay|first=Alastair|date=October 8, 2017}}</ref>
Following her retirement, she remains in the company as a ballet master, a move inspired by her mentors, especially Karin von Aroldingen.<ref name=playbill/> In December, following ballet master in chief Peter Martins's departure due to sexual assault allegations, Krohn was appointed to be in the four-person interim leadership team, led by ballet master Jonathan Stafford and also consists of Justin Peck and Craig Hall.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/09/arts/dance/team-to-lead-city-ballet-during-martins-sexual-harassment-probe.html|title=Team to Lead City Ballet During Martins Sexual Harassment Probe|newspaper=New York Times|last=Pogrebin|first=Robin|date=December 9, 2017}}</ref> The team brought back other Balanchine veterans to coach the dancers, and Krohn also worked with them as she had never worked with Balanchine himself.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/arts/dance/new-york-city-ballet-coaches-ballet-masters-patricia-mcbride-edward-villella.html|title=At City Ballet, Learning From Dancers Who Learned From Balanchine|newspaper=New York Times|last=Kourlas|first=Gia|date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> In February 2019, a permanent management with Stafford as Artistic Director and Wendy Whelan as Associate Artistic Director respectively was established.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/new-york-city-ballet-names-new-artistic-director-and-associate-artistic-director|title=New York City Ballet Names New Artistic Director and Associate Artistic Director|magazine=Playbill|last=Fielberg|first=Ruthoe|date=February 28, 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life== In 2011, Krohn married Adam Hendrickson, a fellow New York City Ballet dancer.<ref name=Foster>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/fashion/weddings/a-dancers-revelation-on-love.html|title=When You Know It's Love: A Slice of Bacon, and a Dancer's Revelation|newspaper=New York Times|last=Foster|first=Brooke Lea|date=March 28, 2017}}</ref>
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