Tanner Schwartz

Dancer

Tanner began dancing at The Westside School of Ballet in Los Angeles, CA and with Marat Daukayev, former principal dancer at the Mariinsky Ballet. At age 13, he moved to New York to study at the School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center, and at age 16 was the recipient of the D.A.N.C.E. (Danish American National Cultural Exchange) award, to dance as an apprentice with the Royal Danish Ballet.

After this, Tanner went on to dance with Philadelphia Ballet, Boston Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, The Washington National Opera, and The Metropolitan Opera, where he currently performs.