Parrish Maynard

Parrish Maynard danced with American Ballet Theatre, where he was invited to join by Mikhail Baryshnikov. He rose through the ranks to become a Principal Dancer before joining San Francisco Ballet. In addition to being a recipient of the Princess Grace Award and the Presidential Scholar Award, he was a silver medalist in the International Ballet Competition. Maynard has performed in Dance in America’s American Ballet Theatre Now, danced Nacho Duato’s Romanso, and danced in Lar Lubovich’s Othello at San Francisco Ballet in the role of Iago which was created on him. In 2005, Maynard joined the faculty of San Francisco Ballet School. In his 10 years at San Francisco Ballet, Maynard choreographed more than 20 ballets for the San Francisco Ballet School, some of which have been danced by companies around the world including American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, Royal Ballet School, and Royal New Zealand Ballet.

Maynard is well versed in the classical full-length repertoire as well as neoclassical works such as Lar Lubovich’s Othello, Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias, John Neumeier’s The Little Mermaid, and Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll & Hyde. 

Throughout his career, Maynard has worked with many of the leading choreographers of our time, including George Balanchine, Jorma Elo, William Forsythe, Nacho Duato, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Yuri Possokhov, Wayne McGregor, Mark Morris, Alexei Ratmansky, Twyla Tharp, Helgi Tómasson, Paul Taylor, Antony Tudor, and Liam Scarlett.

Maynard specializes in male classical technique and coaching and currently serves as Rehearsal Director for the Kansas City Ballet under Artistic Director Devon Carney.