Paul Craig

PRINCIPAL WITH BOSTON BALLET

Paul Craig began his dance and performance training at The Conservatory of Dance in Manistee, Michigan. He received the Garold Gardner Scholarship to train at Virginia School of the Arts under the direction of Petrus Bosman and Tyrone Brooks. Paul was awarded the Virginia School of the Arts Merit Award and the Virginia School of the Arts Deans Award upon graduating. He then spent a year at Boston Ballet School as a trainee before joining Boston Ballet II in 2007. He joined the Corps de Ballet in 2008  and was promoted to Second Soloist in 2014. Paul was promoted to soloist in the middle of Boston Ballet's 2015/2016 season and in 2017, he was promoted to principal

Paul’s Boston Ballet classical repertory includes Paris in Cranko’s “Romeo and Juliet”, Florence Clerc’s “La Bayadere”, Kudelka’s “Cinderella”, Mikko Nissinen’s “Swan Lake” and “The Sleeping Beauty.” He has also danced featured roles in Robbins' “Fancy Free”, Wheeldon’s “Polyphonia”, Balanchine’s “Divertimento No. 15”, “The Four Temperaments”, “Rubies”, and “Theme and Variations”, Kylian’s “Bella Figura”, “Wings of Wax” and “Petite Mort”, Forsythe’s “The Second Detail”, and Jorma Elo’s “Double Evil”, “Brake the Eyes”, “Slice to Sharp”, and “Carmen.”