Professional Career
Teuscher joined the ABT Studio Company in 2006. She then became an apprentice with ABT’s main company in December 2007, and six months later was promoted to the corps de ballet. After seven years in the corps de ballet, Teuscher was promoted to soloist in August 2014. In September 2017 she was promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer by then Artistic Director, Kevin Makenzie.
Over her career, she has built a repertoire of major classical and contemporary roles. Her artistry has earned considerable critical acclaim. For example, her debut as Odette/Odile, The New York Times described her as “the complete package, a mixture of astonishing technique, grandeur and ease.”
Acclaim
“Statuesque — 5’7”, with striking extensions that contribute to her commanding stage presence…she could be mistaken for a Russian ballerina, if it weren’t for her very American versatility.”
- Dance Magazine
“The understated, elegant Teuscher…has found a way to fold her acting into the precision of her dancing so delicately that artifice dissolves. In “Giselle,” she illuminated her character with subtle gestures and a powerful technique, but her Juliet was something else. Not a moment was wasted. It was real.”
- New York Times
“The Balanchine is a glittering display of virtuosity and musicality, and Teuscher…was majestic: clean, clear, and expansive, distinct in her upper body.”
- New York Times
“Ms. Teuscher, is movingly impersonal, dancing objectively as if serving the choreography rather than herself.”
- New York Times
“But the most radiant dancer of the night was Teuscher. The contrast of her rapid, whispering feet and voluminous arms commanded the stage from the start. Myrta is cold and vengeful, and while Teuscher masters that character’s steely side, she also brings the slightest shadow of wistfulness. Teuscher makes your mind race — her Myrta, authoritative and glamours, must have a whopper of an origin story.”
- New York Times
“Ms. Teuscher’s dancing draws attention to shape, contours, sequences.”
- New York Times
“And she moves the way she looks: Her line has amplitude; her phrases unfold smoothly, like thick cream.”
- New York Times
Recognition and Awards
In 2012, Teuscher was chosen to represent American Ballet Theatre in the elite ballet competition, The Erik Bruhn Competition. The Erik Bruhn Prize competition selects two young and upcoming dancers from companies with with Bruhn had a strong affiliation The competition celebrates artistic and technical merit by having each dancer perform a classical pas de deux and a contemporary solo or pas de deux.
In 2016. Teuscher received the prestigious Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship, awarded to young artist of extraordinary promise. The fellowship supports professional development with funds for training, coaching, and artistic exploration.
Career Milestones
2006: Joined ABT’s Studio Company
2007: Became and apprentice with ABT’s main company
2008: Promoted to the corps de ballet of ABT
2012: Participated in the Erik Bruhn Competition
2014: Promoted to soloist at ABT
2016: Received the Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship
2017: Promoted to Principal Dancer with ABT
Early Life and Training
Devon Teuscher was born in Pennsylvania but moved to Utah at the age of one. At the age of seven Devon’s family moved to Illinois and that’s where her dancing journey began. She started dance lessons at a local school in Champaign, Urbana called Art In Motion. It is there were she got her love for being on stage dancing in various jazz competitions. At the age of nine she began her formal ballet training with the Champaign-Urbana Ballet Academy. When her family relocated again to Vermont, she continued her ballet studies at the Vermont Ballet Theatre School under the direction of Alex and Kristen Nagiba. At age fifteen she relocated to New York City and entered the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School (JKO School) on full scholarship.
Devon attended summer intensives at several prestigious schools including The Kirov Academy of Ballet, The Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and The American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive program on scholarship.
