Biography

Lawrence Rines trained at the School of American Ballet and The Rock School for Dance Education. He has attended summer intensives at Ellison Ballet, The Kirov Academy of Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Miami City Ballet, The School of American Ballet, and The Royal Ballet School.

His repertoire includes Karole Armitage’s Bitches Brew, Paulo Arrais’ ELA, Rhapsody in Blue, Sir Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella (Jester), George Balanchine’s Chaconne (Demi Couple, Pas de Deux), Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Donizetti Variations, Symphony in C (Third Movement, Principal), Episodes, Jewels (Diamonds, Rubies), Symphony in Three Movements (5 couples), Theme and Variations, Coppélia, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 (Pas de Trois), and Kammermusik No. 2, August Bournonville’s Bournonville Divertissements (Napoli Pas de Six), John Cranko’s Romeo & Juliet (Benvolio, Carnival King), Alexander Ekman’s Cacti, Jorma Elo’s Elo Experience, William Forsythe’s Blake Works I, Playlist (EP), Artifact 2017, Pas/Parts 2018, The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, and The Second Detail, Jiří Kylián’s Wings of Wax, José Martinez’s Resonance, Wayne McGregor’s Chroma and Obsidian Tear, John Neumeier’s Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler (Soloist Men, Pas de Quatre), Mikko Nissinen’s Swan Lake (Pas de Trois, Pas de Cinq) and The Nutcracker (Lead Russian, Bear, Doll, Spanish, Chinese, Pastorale), Justin Peck’s In Creases, Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty (Puss in Boots, Bluebird), Helen Pickett’s Eventide, and Jerome Robbins’ Interplay and Glass Pieces (First Movement Principal, Third Movement).

Rines has also performed Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude at the Nantucket Atheneum 10th Anniversary Dance Festival under the director of Tyler Angle, principal dancer with New York City Ballet. While at SAB, Matthew Renko choreographed a solo on Rines in the inaugural year of the New York Choreographic Institute’s summer session in 2008. 

Rines joined Boston Ballet II in 2009 and became an artist of the Company in 2011. He was promoted to second soloist in 2017, and to soloist in 2019.


Position funded by Ellen Slaby and Bruce Richardson