Roman Mejia was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and began studying ballet at age three with his mother and father. At age 13 he entered the Mejia Ballet Academy. Roman Mejia attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet (SAB), New York City Ballet’s official school, in 2014 and 2015, before entering SAB full-time for the 2015 winter term. In August 2017 he became an apprentice with NYCB, and he joined the company as a member of the corps de ballet in November 2017. He was promoted to the rank of soloist in October 2021 and Principal Dancer in February 2023.
In 2019 Dance Magazine featured Mejia as one of their “25 To Watch,” and he became a recipient of the prestigious Princess Grace Foundation-USA Dance Fellowship. In 2020 he was named a Clive Barnes finalist. His repertory includes leading roles in works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, William Forsythe, Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky, and Christopher Wheeldon, among many others. Most recently, he starred in Twyla Tharp’s TWYLA NOW and Tiler Peck’s Artists at the Center at New York City Center. Roman Mejia joined Caili Quan as the Vail Dance Festival’s 2022 artist-in-residence.
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