Tony Award nominee and former New York City Ballet Principal dancer, Robert Fairchild, starred as Jerry Mulligan on Broadway in An American Paris, the most awarded musical of the 2015/16 season.

Robert first saw Gene Kelly in Singin’ in the Rain when he was in fourth grade, which inspired his ambition to sing and dance on screen. He studied jazz and tap growing up, but at 15, his older sister, Megan Fairchild—presently a Principal dancer with New York City Ballet—encouraged him to attend a summer camp at the School of American Ballet to polish up his classical technique. To everyone’s surprise, he fell in love with ballet, and eventually joined his sister at New York City Ballet.

Now, after starring in An American in Paris in Paris, NY and London, Robert has set his sights on a broader career path that includes acting and singing and movies, bringing him back to his initial dream of being a modern day Gene Kelly.