Table of Biography
Tiler Peck is a popular American ballet dancer and also a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. Tiler Pack has been in musical theater productions, guest roles in movies like Donnie Darko, and TV shows like Tiny Pretty Things.
Early Life and Childhood
Tiler Peck was born on January 12, 1989, in Bakersfield, California, U.S. Her age is currently 35 years old. However, there is no information about her parents and other family members. She holds American nationality and is of a white ethnic background. According to her birthdate, she was born under the zodiac sign Capricorn.
Peck began her education at the age of two at her mother’s Bakersfield dance school. She began her professional training in classical ballet at the age of seven, when Alla Khaniashvili, a former dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, gave her private classes in Hollywood.
Later, in California, she started training with dancers Colleen and Patricia Neary from the New York City Ballet. She enrolled in the Westside School of Ballet in Santa Monica during this time, where she studied under the former principal of the New York City Ballet, Yvonne Mousey, and picked up the Balanchine method.
Ballet Career
Peck enrolled in the School of American Ballet for the winter term of 2000–2001 while appearing on Broadway in Susan Stroman’s revival of the Meredith Wilson musical The Music Man. She enrolled as a full-time student the next year beginning with the 2002 summer session.
She started working as an apprentice with New York City Ballet in September 2004. In February 2005, she was elevated to the corps de ballet, then in December 2006 to soloist, and finally in October 2009 to lead dancer.
Caption: Tiler Peck was captured during one of her performance
Source: New York City Center
Peck danced in front of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the Kennedy Honors ceremony twice, in 2012 and 2014. She launched “Tiler Peck Designs” in 2014, her dance apparel line that Body Wrappers sells.
Along with her colleague Joaqun De Luz, she appeared at the Laguna Dance Festival the same year. To collaborate with her on her new musical, Little Dancer, Peck, and Susan Stroman reconnected in Washington, DC, in October of the same year.
At the NYCB, Peck has performed works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Susan Stroman, Christopher Wheeldon, and Justin Peck. She has played major roles in numerous productions, including Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, The Raymonda Variations, La Sylphide, Romeo and Juliet, Coppélia, The Sleeping Beauty, and Jewels.
Other Appearances
Peck has experimented with things outside of ballet, such as acting and musical theater. She took on the same role in the updated and retitled Marie, Dancing Still version of the musical Little Dancer in 2019. Additionally, she has participated in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular as Clara.
She has appeared in a few minor films. A Time for Dancing (2000), Geppetto (2000), Donnie Darko (2001), Catfish (2010), Enemy Within (2014), and Ballet 422, a documentary about choreographer Justin Peck’s creative process, are just a few of the films in which she has appeared. As a guest performer on Dancing with the Stars, she has performed on television. She appeared as Dewdrop in the Live from Lincoln Center production of “The Nutcracker” in 2011.
She returned to Lincoln Center in 2013 to reprise her role as Louise Bigelow in the PBS adaptation of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel. Peck made her debut as a ballerina on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in 2017 by making an appearance. The 2018 documentary film Ballet Now, which was screened at the 2018 Seattle International Film Festival, centered on Peck. Peck played Sienna Milken in the 2020 season of the Netflix series Tiny Pretty Things.
Personal Life
Tiler Peck is a straight-gender person. As for her marital status, she is a divorced woman. She tied the knot with Robert Fairchild, a New York City principal ballet dancer on June 22, 2014, in New York. However, the couple couldn’t continue their marriage for long and decided to separate in 2017.
Caption: Tiler Peck with her ex-husband, Robert
Source: Times Free Press
Tiler Peck – Net Worth 2024
This veteran American professional ballet dancer has earned a decent amount of money throughout her career. Tiler Peck has a net worth of $5 million as of 2024. But she hasn’t disclosed her salary and other asset values.
Social Media
Reflecting on her social media presence, Tiler Peck is quite active on social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok. Her official Facebook account ‘Tiler Peck’ has gained more than 6.2K followers. Likewise, her Instagram account ‘@tilerpeck’ has gained more than 442K followers and has shared 2,197 posts as of now.
Similarly, she joined Twitter in October 2012 and has more than 8.2K followers on her account ‘@tilerpeck’. Moreover, she is also active on TikTok under the username ‘@tilerpeck’ where she has gained more than 173.8K followers and over 3.6 million hearts.
Tiler Peck – Body Measurements
As a ballet dancer, Tiler Peck has a well-maintained figure. She stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches and weighs 60kg. However, there are no details about her body size, dress size, bra size, shoe size, and so on. She has a pair of brown eyes with brown colored hair.
Caption: Tiler Peck posing for a photo
Source: Instagram