SECOND SOLOIST

Schuyler Wijsen

Berkeley, CA

Joined Boston Ballet in 2021

Biography

Schuyler Wijsen began his ballet training at Oakland School for the Arts under the direction of Reginald Ray Savage and Allison Hurley, followed by studies with San Francisco Ballet School. In 2017, Wijsen was invited to attend the School of American Ballet. Upon his graduation in 2021, he received the Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise.

Wijsen’s Boston Ballet repertoire includes leading and featured roles in works including Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella (Stepsister, Fairy Cavalier), George Balanchine’s Emeralds, Diamonds, and Symphony in Three Movements, Lia Cirio’s After, Jorma Elo’s Ruth’s Dance, Carmen, Plan to B, and Le Sacre du Printemps, William Forsythe’s Approximate Sonata and Herman Schmerman, Stephen Galloway’s DEVIL’S/eye, Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort, Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker (Snow King), Raymonda, and Swan Lake (Pas de Cinq), Justin Peck’s Everywhere We Go, Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty (Pas de Trois, Prince of the East), Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering, and My’kal Stromile’s Form and Gesture and The Leisurely Installation of a New Window.

Wijsen joined Boston Ballet as an artist of the Company in 2021 and was promoted to second soloist in 2026.