Time Line
- Aged 8, found inspiration through films of Fred Astaire. Began tap dancing at local after school dance program
- Trained exclusively with Kee Juan Han at the Arizona Ballet School and Arizona School for the Arts (1997-1999)
- Attended American Ballet Theatre's Summer Intensive (1999 & 2000)
- Attended the Paris Opera Ballet School (1999-2000)
- Joined American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company (2000)
- Joined the corps de ballet of American Ballet Theatre (2001)
- Promoted to Soloist at American Ballet Theatre (2004)
- Promoted to Principal at American Ballet Theatre (2005)
- Joined Bolshoi Ballet as Premiere (2011)
- Awarded the Princess Grace Award (2002)
- Awarded the Benois de la Dance Award (2010)
- Created The Innovation Initiative at American Ballet Theatre. A forum for choreographic exploration (2010 and 2011)
- Created The David Hallberg Scholarship. An annual mentorship for an aspiring male student of dance (2010)
Guest Artist
- Mariinsky Ballet (Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, George Balanchine's Scotch Symphony)
- Australian Ballet (Nutcracker)
- Royal Swedish Ballet (George Balanchine's Theme and Variations)
- Teatro Colon/Buenos Aires (Paquita, Raymonda)
- Kiev Opera Ballet (Cinderella)
- Bolshoi Ballet (Giselle)
- Opera di Roma (Fredrick Ashton's Sylvia)
Repertoire
Full Length works:
- La Bayadère
- The Nutcracker
- Swan Lake
- The Sleeping Beauty
- Giselle
- Kenneth Macmillan's Romeo and Juliet
- Raymonda
- Don Quixote
- Le Corsaire
- Cinderella
- La Sylphide
- Othello
- John Neumeier’s Lady of the Camellias
- Alexei Ratmansky's The Bright Stream
One-Act Choreographic Work:
- Kurt Jooss
- Antony Tudor
- George Balanchine
- William Forsythe
- Jiri Kylian
- Jerome Robbins
- Fredrick Ashton
- Mark Morris
- Twyla Tharp
- Lar Lubovitch
- Alexei Ratmansky
Television:
- The Sleeping Beauty – Live Telecast with Bolshoi Ballet and DVD (November 2011)
- The Colbert Show (2011)
- CBS Sunday Morning (2011)