Haley Schwan

Haley Schwan began her dance training at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C., and later at the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2010, she joined Staatsballett Berlin as a member of the corps de ballet. In her five seasons there, she performed a vast repertoire of classical and contemporary works, including solos created for her in Marco Goecke’s And The Sky on that Cloudy Day and Itzik Galili’s Open Square.

Schwan Moved to New York City in 2015 to explore her art form and a new perspective as a freelance dancer and choreographer. She worked with Emery Lecrone, tried her hand at acting in the immersive theater production of S. Dylan Zwickel’s Here We Dance, and choreographed Iggy Azalea & Rita Ora’s performance of “Black Widow” for the 2014 MTV VMAs. 

In 2017 she accepted a position with the Boston Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet and was promoted to second soloist in 2020. Alongside performing a varied repertoire with the company, she has also choreographed two short works for Boston Ballet in their ChoreograpHER and “The Gift” programs. She guest teaches and is a certified teacher of Progressing Ballet Technique.