Yoon Jung Seo

Photo: João Menegussi.

A native of Gwangmyeong, South Korea,Yoon Jung Seo began studying ballet at age six. She attended the renowned Yewon School starting at age 12 and entered Seoul Arts High School at age 15. Seo participated in annual competitions in South Korea, winning several tournaments. She graduated from Yewon School with top honors in ballet and earned top scores every semester at Seoul Arts High School as a ballet major. In 2019, she was a finalist and won a scholarship at the Prix de Lausanne, and later participated in the Houston Ballet Summer Intensive.

Seo joined American Ballet Theatre Studio Company in September 2019, became an apprentice with the main Company in November 2021, and joined the corps de ballet in February 2022. She was promoted to Soloist in September 2026. Her repertoire includes a Flower Girl in Don Quixote, the peasant pas de deux in Giselle, a Shade in The Kingdom of the Shades, one of the Nutcracker’s Sisters in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker, a Commedia Dancer in Othello: A Dance in Three Acts, Princess Florine in Susan Jaffe’s The Sleeping Beauty, Act III, the pas de trois and Hungarian Princess in Swan Lake, Ceres in Sylvia, leading roles in Sextet and Les Sylphides, and featured roles in Bach Partita and Raymonda: Grand Pas Hongrois. She created a leading role in Children’s Songs Dance.

Seo was named an Honored Artist in Dance for the 2025-2026 Clive Barnes Award in Dance and Theatre.

ABT is grateful to Janine and Steven Racanelli for supporting the Dancer Fund in honor of Yoon Jung Seo.