Rebecca Krohn

In 1998, at age 17, Krohn became an apprentice with the New York City Ballet. Krohn joined the corps de ballet the following year,^[2][5] and appeared in the 2000 Center Stage as a background dancer.^[6] She became a soloist in 2006,^[5] danced in the film version of Robbins' N.Y. Export: Op. Jazz in 2010,^[7] and was promoted to principal dancer in 2012.^[5] She learned Balanchine repertory from ballet masters who worked with him, and had worked with choreographers such as Justin Peck and Benjamin Millepied.^[2] 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.^[8]

Following her retirement, she remains in the company as a ballet master, a move inspired by her mentors, especially Karin von Aroldingen.^[2] 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.^[9] 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.^[10] In February 2019, a permanent management with Stafford as Artistic Director and Wendy Whelan as Associate Artistic Director respectively was established.^[11]

In 2011, Krohn married Adam Hendrickson, a fellow New York City Ballet dancer.^[1]