Darci kistler biography template

          In her own words, she tells about her amazing career, from her first pink tutu to her starring role in The Nutcracker ballet.

          Kistler, who was hand-picked by famed choreographer George Balanchine, began her stellar career with the company at the age of PE_Darci_3..

          Darci Kistler

          American ballerina (born 1964)

          Darci Kistler (born June 4, 1964)[1] is an American ballerina.

          She is often said to be the last muse for choreographer George Balanchine.

          Early life

          Kistler was born in Riverside, California, the fifth child (with four older brothers) of a medical doctor and his wife.

          In , he made Darci Kistler a principal with NYCB.

        1. Kistler in her first year was considered remarkable, and at the age of 17 she became the youngest principal dancer in the company's history.
        2. Kistler, who was hand-picked by famed choreographer George Balanchine, began her stellar career with the company at the age of PE_Darci_3.
        3. It's fair to say that Darci Kistler had the last laugh.
        4. Ballerina Darci Kistler () began her training at the age of four and in she was selected to study at the School of American Ballet.

          5. Her brothers excelled in amateur wrestling, and she followed them into water-skiing, basketball, football and horseback riding.

          Ballet career

          At age 4, Kistler received her first tutu and began ballet training that same year.

          She claimed although she was always athletic, she could never keep with her brothers—so ballet turned out to be one cornerstone she had mastered. After seeing a ballet performance of Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, she decided she wanted to take up ballet herself.

          She studied with Mary Lynn at Mary Lynn's Ballet Arts and later with Irina Kosmovska in Los Angeles.

          In early 1979, Kistler was selected to study at New York Cit