The Ailey School

Gregory Dolbashian was born and raised in New York City. He made his professional stage debut at the age of eight with the Glimmerglass Opera Company and in the Philip Glass/Robert Wilson world tour of Einstein on the Beach. Gregory received his dance training at The Ailey School and SUNY Purchase, where he graduated cum laud. He is the recipient of several awards including, the Bessie Schoenberg Residency at The Yard, The Pretty Creatives Competition for Northwest Dance Project, and The Hubbard Street 2 International Choreographic Competition, among others. His company commissions include Atlanta Ballet, TU Dance, Zenon Dance Company, Ballet Austin, LA Contemporary Dance Company, Hubbard Street 2, City Dance Ensemble, Dark Circles Contemporary Dance, and Northwest Dance Project.

Gregory has also received commissions from the American Dance Festival as a featured choreographer in The Footprints Program and has created multiple works for principals and soloists at American Ballet Theater.  His college commissions include SUNY Purchase, University of Minnesota, University of Hawaii, DeSales University, The Hartt School, Point Park, The Ailey School, Long Island University, NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and the Juilliard School.

Gregory debuted his own company, The DASH Ensemble, in 2010 at the Joyce SoHo in New York. The company has toured abroad and throughout the U.S. in venues such as the Skirball Center, New York Live Arts, Jacob’s Pillow, Riverside Theater, Dance at Bryant Park, Summer Stage Central Park, The JOYCE Theater, The Agnes Varis Lab for Performance at Gibney 890, The Dimenna Center for Music at Baryshnikov Arts Center, The Sheen Center, NYU’s Jack Crystal Theater and The Guggenheim Works and Process Series.  

The DASH Ensemble premiered the film “DAYWALKING” at New York's Tribeca Cinemas in collaboration with fashion film director Charlie Wan. Gregory holds workshops and intensives throughout the U.S. at universities, companies, and competitive studios. As a soloist and performer, his work was presented at American Dance Festival in the one man show, Awkward Magic. Gregory is the co-founder with Loni Landon of The Playground, a choreographic initiative that was voted 25 to Watch in 2013 by Dance Magazine.