Biografia

Long time boyfriend of fellow ABT principal dancer Gillian Murphy.

Appointed Dean of the School of Dance at the North Carolina School of the Arts.

Studied at Mikhail Baryshnikov's School of Classic Ballet.

Joined the American Ballet Theater in April 1997, as a principal dancer.

Ethan finished up as Artistic Director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet and returned to America to pursue other opportunities closer to home.

Baryshnikov was and is my idol. He's the man. He was someone I've looked up to all throughout my life.

American ballet, for me, is Stanley Williams.

I enjoy what I do, so why not just go about it in a good way, a positive way he muses. I don't concern myself with becoming a star. I just go out there and try to give an honest performance and if, when I get offstage, I'm a complete schmuck, then that's me.

Dancing exacts a toll. I don't dance for applause. But there have definitely been moments, when I've been injured, when I say to myself, 'To come back to this, is it really worth it. It's just tough. It takes so much out of you physically and there's a lot of stress involved. Emotionally, it can drain you. I travel around a lot and it's great, it's exciting, but I don't see any of it. I do my shows and I'm off to the next place.

Somedays, I just don't want to take (ballet) class.