 Tyler Walters is Associate Professor of the Practice of Ballet at Duke University where he is Co-director of the Duke University Ballet Repertory Ensemble. As a former Principal Dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, Mr. Walters was featured in performances across the United States and around the world. During his twelve years with the Joffrey he also appeared on national and international television including in three of the "Dance in America" series. He was a principal guest artist with such companies as Pennsylvania Ballet and National Ballet of Iceland, and was Principal Dancer with the Atlanta Ballet.
As a freelance choreographer, Mr. Walters has gained national recognition including a Choo-San Goh Award, and most recently, a fellowship from the New York Choreographic Institute (New York City Ballet affiliate). He has created eight commissioned ballets for Carolina Ballet and has had his work commissioned by Oregon Ballet Theatre, ABT Studio Company, and the Joffrey Concert Dancers.
Mr. Walters is Founding Director of Carolina Ballet's Summer Intensive which draws talented students from all over the world to work and study with artists of Carolina Ballet for five weeks each summer. He also works with Carolina Ballet on a regular basis as Resident Guest Teacher/Character Artist and has taught for such professional companies and professional training programs as the Joffrey Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet School, The Julliard School, North Carolina Dance Theatre School, Princeton Ballet School, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and Regional Dance America. He is a partner and instructor at the Ballet School of Chapel Hill.
In addition to being a choreographer, teacher, and performer, Mr. Walters' interest in ballet history led him to spearhead the reconstruction of Antony Tudor's 1936 ballet "The Planets" (for which the Duke University Dance Program was awarded a grant from the NEA and Dance/USA). This important early work was nearly lost, and is now the oldest extant ballet by Tudor. |