Mira Nadon poses against a white backdrop. She leans back on her hands as she sits on one shin with her downstage foot propped on pointe. Her expression is cool as she turns her face to the camera. She wears a dark green sleeveless unitard. Her dark hair is neatly pulled back in a high bun.

The Diamond: New York City Ballet Principal Mira Nadon’s Brilliance Has Many Facets

As Mira Nadon stepped onstage for George Balanchine’s “Diamonds” pas de deux at the Kennedy Center in June, I was struck by both her youth and her maturity. At just 23, the New York City Ballet principal was making her debut in a role typically reserved for the company’s senior ballerinas. Yet she was bringing something new and distinctive to her interpretation.

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